BHP Directors Alex Berland and John Richards are continuing to support development of the Master’s program in Public Health at IUBAT. Alex is teaching “Social and Behavioural Sciences in Public Health” and John is teaching “Biostatistics” via Zoom. There are also frequent email exchanges and online meetings with other program faculty, currently for instance, to plan internships and to review exam questions. On his recent visit to Bangladesh, Alex met with the newest batch of students as well as with the initial batch, who will soon proceed to their internships before graduating next spring.
We initiated this MPH program for a specific purpose: The shortage of health-care providers [HCP] in Bangladesh is made worse by shortages of HCP with post-graduate training who can educate, supervise and lead others to deliver health services. This situation has created a favourable job market for capable individuals who have both clinical experience and specialized knowledge in areas such as adult education, NGO and hospital management, and research and evaluation. Several MPH programs exist already, but the quality is not always high and the focus is often narrow. The MPH that we have developed at IUBAT is rigorous, using modern educational methods, to prepare graduates who can tackle system-level problems in Bangladesh and internationally.
International students are welcome at IUBAT, a fully accredited English-medium university, with one of the loveliest campuses in Dhaka. We also invite public health professionals to join us as guest faculty or research collaborators by emailing BangladeshHealthProject@pm.me
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