ITM Antwerp Call for Applications: Challenges in International Health Course
Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) Antwerp is calling for applications for the ‘Challenges in International Health’ course.
Recent diseases outbreaks such as the Ebola virus and the COVID-19 pandemic, and humanitarian emergencies due to the climate crises have urged health actors globally to recognise the need for improved crisis preparedness and emergency response. Due to demographic transitions, countries are faced with a rise in non-communicable diseases? while the prevention and control of infectious diseases still pose major challenges. Policy makers and governments need to ensure universal access to good quality care for all while paying particular attention to people in vulnerable situations.
These challenges require context-adapted and multidisciplinary responses. Evidence from basic and implementation research will be important to guide decision makers and health workers across the globe.
Date: October 2 – December 22, 2023
Place: In person in Antwerp, Belgium
Eligibility:
- Are you a physician, a nurse, a midwife, a biomedical or social scientist? Are you eager to broaden your horizons in health? Do you want to be better equipped to work in emergencies or with people in vulnerable situations globally? Do you have ambitions for a career in international health at local, national and international organizations? Or do you aim for a research career and want to pursue a PhD or an advanced Master’s degree? Then this course is for you!
Course fee:
- € 1590 EEA / 4500 non-EEA
Read more here.
Application deadline July 1, 2023.
