Health Systems Strengthening

Online Course

Future Learn
Health Systems Strengthening

What is the course about?

Health Systems Strengthening
The course Health Systems Strengthening is an online class provided by The University of Melbourne through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

The greatest challenges and advances in global health demand systems strengthening interventions.

Course description
  • Learn how to build better health systems.
  • 8 weeks
  • In this course, you’ll explore the complexity of health systems and apply systems thinking to health systems strengthening (HSS).
    You’ll critique major health system frameworks, analyse health system inequities, and interrogate the evidence for HSS approaches.
    You’ll be equipped with the knowledge and skills to develop HSS interventions across areas such as health policy, health financing, human resources, supply chain management, quality of care and private sector engagement.
    This course was developed by the Nossal Institute and UNICEF to equip UNICEF staff to work in HSS; now it’s open to you.
  • This course is part of our Study with Australia collection, with free upgrades and digital certificates supported by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission until 30 June, 2020. Explore more courses from leading Australian education providers.
  • Health system structures, functions and components, and how they interact.
  • How to use evidence, and analysis of inequity, to drive interventions to strengthen health systems.
  • Strengthening health systems through action in areas such as health policy, financing, human resources, supply chain management, quality of care and private sector engagement.
  • Using complex systems thinking to address health system problems.
  • Develop knowledge and skills in health systems strengthening (HSS), to improve outcomes for disadvantaged women and children.
  • Apply complex systems thinking in the design and implementation of HSS interventions.
  • Evaluate HSS interventions for their evidence base, sustainability and capacity to support universal health coverage.
  • This course would suit middle and high-level health professionals, including health administrators and policy makers, doctors, nurses and others who work to shape health systems. The course focuses primarily on low and middle income country contexts.
  • The University of Melbourne
  • The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia.
  • The Nossal Institute for Global Health
  • The University of Melbourne’s Nossal Institute for Global Health is a leader in health systems research and teaching.
  • UNICEF
  • UNICEF promotes the rights and wellbeing of every child in 190 countries and territories, with a special focus on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children.

Prerequisites & Facts

Health Systems Strengthening

Course Topic

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University, College, Institution

The University of Melbourne

Course Skill Level

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

Degree & Cost

Health Systems Strengthening

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / The University of Melbourne you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
The University of Melbourne
Health Systems Strengthening
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