Maternal and Reproductive Health

This course provides a critical understanding of the principal problems of maternal and reproductive health in low and middle income countries today

Fechas

24 March - 1 April 2025

Precio

570 Euros + University taxes

Dedicación

Full-time

Horario

9:00 - 13:30*

Modalidad

Face-to-face*

Idioma

English

Duración

6 days

Créditos

3 ECTS (this course is in the process of accreditation through the University of Barcelona)

This course, developed for students interested in working on health issues in the international arena, provides a critical understanding of the principal problems of maternal and reproductive health in low and middle income countries today. It integrates epidemiological and clinical information with relevant knowledge and tools related to health interventions, health policy and development.

This course is accredited by the University of Barcelona and tropEd - Network for Education in International Health.

Course coordinator

• Dra. Azucena Bardají, Associate Research Professor, ISGlobal
• Dra. Raquel Gonzalez, Assistant Research Professor, ISGlobal

Requirements

Candidates should have demonstrated interest in global health and/or maternal and reproductive health studies and an undergraduate degree in a related field. 

Assessment

Students will be evaluated based on:

• A short dissertation 
• Active participation 

Course accredited by the Univesity of Barcelona and tropEd - Network for Education in International Health.

Application

Interested candidates must complete this form. 

*The time and format of sessions are subject to change.

Module 1: Maternal Health

• Antenatal care in low income countries  
• Burden and impact of malaria during pregnancy (MiP)
• Adolescent pregnancies
• The impact of emergent infectious diseases and global pandemics on maternal and infant health  
• Integrating HIV PMTCT in maternal and child health programs: experience from an HIV hotspot in sub-Saharan Africa
• Emergency obstetric care
  • Post-partum haemorrhage (PPH). Promoting effective interventions
  • Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia. Obstetric Fistula

Module 2: Sexual and Reproductive Health

• Sexually transmitted infections: Prevention and case management
• Life-course immunization, and women´s health
  • Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Infection and Cervical Cancer
  • HPV vaccination strategies, feasibility studies for the introduction of HPV vaccination in LMICs
  • Maternal immunization for protecting mothers and babies
• Family planning (FP) programmes in resource-poor settings
• Unwanted pregnancy. Unsafe abortions
• Violence against women and sexual violence