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Overview
At Child Nutrition from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine you will develop an understanding of current nutrition policies and public health strategies to prevent stunting and childhood overweight. You will also consider causative factors of nutritional disorders as food production and food security.
Students at Child Nutrition from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine will:
- learn about epidemiology of nutritional disorders and the assessment of nutritional status according to international growth standards.
- take an evidence-based approach to discuss treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies, both in hospital and community settings.
- explore operational aspects of nutritional rehabilitation units and emergency nutrition interventions by using practical examples.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Nutrition and health in the context of the mother and child:
- Assessment of nutritional status:
- Aetiology and prevention of malnutrition in children:
- Diagnosis and management of severe malnutrition
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 14 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
IELTS 6.5
TOEFL® IBT 88
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Credits
10 alternative credits
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Nutrition & Dietetics Food Science Animal Science View 80 other Short Courses in Animal Science in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
IELTS 6.5
TOEFL® IBT 88
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Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Anyone who works in the fields of international child health would find this course useful.
- Students whose first language is not English must provide evidence of an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) score of at least 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in all learning components, or a TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of at least 88 for the Internet-based Test (iBT), with minimum scores of 21 for Listening and Writing, 22 for Reading and 23 for Speaking. Tests should be within their validity period of 2 years.
Tuition Fee
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International
1250 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1250 GBP for the full programme during 14 days. -
National
1250 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1250 GBP for the full programme during 14 days.
Living costs for Liverpool
556 - 1035 GBP /month
Living costs
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