MPH7210 Health and Health System

This course gives students an introduction to and overview of the key areas of Health Systems. It will enable the students to acquire scientific knowledge, appropriate attitude and, adequate skills to handle and manage Health Systems at all levels of health service delivery. They will thus play a significant role in System Strengthening in Uganda and beyond. The course covers concepts of Health Systems, Components of Health Systems, and Characteristics of functional Health System and emerging Health System issues. The course will consist of a series of lectures and one week flied attachment.

Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course the students should be able to:

• Define concepts of a health system
• Describe the components of a health system
• Explain the importance of system thinking for health system strengthening
• Discuss the characteristics of functioning health system
• Describe the challenges and emerging health system issues in Uganda
• Describe the health systems used in the UK and Israel