Highlights
Tuition fee
840 GBP / full
840 GBP / full
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Tuition fee
840 GBP / full
840 GBP / full
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Duration
3 months
Duration
3 months
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Campus location
Buxton, United Kingdom
Campus location
Buxton, United Kingdom
Taught in
English
Taught in
English

About

The module may cover the following topics, however, it responds to current public health issues. University of Derby offers the Global And Environment Public Health programme. 

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Overview

Key facts

  • This module will look at Environmental and Public Health issues in a global context. It will explore some of the major environmental and public health stressors that affect people in developing countries and look at examples of good practice, through case studies, of ways in which these stressors can be eliminated, controlled or mitigated.
  • University of Derby 's Global And Environment Public Health programme will teach you more about this topic. 

Programme Structure

Courses include:

  • A critical evaluation of the main diseases spread by poor sanitation and contamination of drinking water. For example cholera, schistosomiasis, food poisoning, dysentery, etc.
  • A critical evaluation of the main vector-borne diseases including malaria, DHF, African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, filariasis, Chagas Disease
  • The impact of pneumonia on the health of children in developing countries.
  • An evaluation of the worldwide spread of HIV/AIDS and the impact on the human population.
  • An evaluation of the worldwide spread of TB and the impact on the human population.
  • The WHO neglected tropical disease strategy.
  • Consideration of the approaches that have been successful in reducing the impact of the above diseases through a series of case studies.
  • Global extreme weather changes effects of global warming & extreme heat, extreme wet weather, cold and drought.

Key information

Duration

  • Full-time
    • 3 months
  • Part-time
    • 3 months

Start dates & application deadlines

More details
  • September (on-campus) January (online)

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus, Online

Campus Location

  • Buxton, United Kingdom

What students do after studying

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

  • This course is for anyone who has an interest in global and environmental public health.
  • We have a mixture of students from a public health, biomedical science and hazards management courses as well as healthcare professionals, who currently study together.
  • You should have studied at level 6 previously and successfully completed a module / degree. 
  • You should have the ability to study at level 7.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
  • International

    Non-residents
    840 GBP / full
    840 GBP / full
  • Domestic

    Citizens or residents
    840 GBP / full
    840 GBP / full

Additional Details

  • Online study is £840 and on-campus study is £1000.

Funding

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