Course details
COURSE OVERVIEW
The health and wellbeing of people differ widely across the globe. Life expectancy varies from 45 years in some countries to double that figure in others, and similar inequalities exist within countries.
Many complex factors and processes simultaneously operating from the local to the global spheres affect the health of individuals, populations, and nations. As these factors change, so do the challenges and opportunities for improving health locally and globally. The global health program at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Global Health Research develops students' understanding of the complex determinants of health and their potential solutions in order to help them contribute to the improvement of health and the achievement of health equity and social justice worldwide. With this purpose, this program offers an inter-multi and cross-disciplinary approach to health and ill-health.
The course brings together experts from the health sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, development studies, anthropology, economics, and political sciences among others in order to deliver a stimulating and vibrant program. We combine traditional didactic teaching with dynamic and interactive methods, using case studies alongside evidence and insights from the various disciplines to facilitate students' critical understanding of current global health issues, their complex determinants, and their potential solutions.
KEY AREAS OF STUDY
- Determinants of health and ill-health in a globalized world
- Global burden and management of disease and injury
- Access to medicines
- Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)
- Health, poverty, and development
- Global mental health
- Emerging infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance
- Conflict and violence
- Research practice in global contexts
Core modules
- Global Burden and Management of Disease
- Global Health Principles
- Research Practice in Global Contexts
- Dissertation (Research Project)
Optional modules (choice of two)
- Access to Medicines
- Anthropological Perspectives on Mind, Madness and Mental Health
- Anthropology of Fertility, Reproduction and Health
- Communicable Diseases
- Conflict, Violence and Health
- Health and Development
Graduates of this programme will have the skills to work as global health practitioners, policy makers, consultants or researchers within international health and development agencies.
Previous graduates have gone into a range of careers, including working for national and international NGOs and Public Health England (PHE). Others are working in national and international-level research organisations and universities, and some have continued for further postgraduate training at PhD level.
Updated on 17 January, 2021
Eligibility / Requirements
A first- or upper second-class undergraduate honours degree or equivalent in any global health-related subject (eg anthropology, development studies, sports, nursing, political sciences, psychology, pharmacy, etc) or the successful completion of at least three years’ basic medical science at a UK medical school (having gained at least 360 credits). Relevant experience is desirable but not essential; English Language (IELTS): A minimum score of 7, with no less than in each section.
Job roles this course is suitable for:
Global Health practitioners , Policy makers , Consultants/researchers international health , Public health practitionersCourse Location
About Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Global Health and Infection have been core to the BSMS strategy since the medical school opened in 2003. These disciplines have grown alongside BSMS and a new department of Global Health and Infection emerged in 2014.
Our work spans three main areas: neglected tropical diseases, bacterial infection (including tuberculosis) and HIV and sexual health. We work with partners locally, nationally and internationally. Crosscutting themes such as ethics and mental health ensure we have strong collaborations with colleagues in other departments across the Universities of Brighton and Sussex.
We also run a Global Health/Global Pharmacy MSc programme. Our research takes an inter-disciplinary and responsive approach. We work on existing and newly arising global health issues, including neglected tropical and non-communicable diseases, infectious diseases (tuberculosis, malaria, HIV), antibiotic resistance, health risk behaviours and their determinants, occupational health policy and practice, and hospital-acquired infections in low-income settings.
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