7THINGSYOU’LL LEARN IN THE MASTER

OF GLOBAL HEALTH

SCHOOL, HOW WHETHER YOU GO TO

COULD HAVE JUST AS MUCH IMPACT ON YOUR HEALTH

THAT A GLOBAL ECONOMY MEANS THAT GLOBAL COOPERATION IS NEEDED TO FUND ESSENTIAL R&D:

DOCTOR AS WHETHER YOU GO TO THE

THAT CHRONIC ILLNESSES, LIKE CANCER AND HEART DISEASE, ARE NO LONGER JUST THE CONCERN OF HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES

NUMB

ER O

F DE

ATHS

(MIL

LION

S)

30

25

20

15

10

5

0

GROUP III: Injuries

GROUP II: Other deaths from chronic non-communicable diseases

GROUP II: Premature deaths from non-communicble diseases (below the age of 60 years), which are preventable

GROUP I: Communicable diseases, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions

HIGH-INCOMECOUNTRIES

UPPER-MIDDLEINCOME-COUNTRIES

LOWER-MIDDLEINCOME-COUNTRIES

LOW-INCOMECOUNTRIES

5.9m

0.9m

3.0m

1.1m

10.2m

2.3m

3.3m

3.0m

2.3m

6.8m

3.7m

13.6m

OF GLOBAL INVESTMENT IN HEALTH R&D IS FOCUSED ON THE 90% OF THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE

10%

90% OF GLOBAL INVESTMENT IN HEALTH R&D IS FOCUSED ON THE 10% OF THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, LIKE MALARIA, TUBERCULOSIS AND HIV/AIDS,

ARE NOT JUST A PROBLEM OF THE SOUTH

THAT

THAT RIGOROUS RESEARCH, WHETHER QUANTITATIVE OR QUALITATIVE, IS A CORNERSTONE OFGLOBAL HEALTH

ESSENTIAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS ARE NOT JUST FOR BUSINESS STUDENTS -- THEY ARE NEEDED TO REACH OUR GLOBAL HEALTH GOALS

THAT

STRATEGIC PLANNING

ORGANISATION

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

LEADERSHIP TEAM-BUILDING

THAT EFFECTIVE HEALTH POLICIES AND STRATEGIES ALSO NEED A

STRONG POLITICAL WILL AND LEADERSHIP

WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS AND KNOWLEDGE, YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORLD-WIDE EFFORT TO SOLVE OUR MOST DIFFICULT GLOBAL

HEALTH CHALLENGES.JOIN US AT THE ISGLOBAL-UB MASTER

OF GLOBAL HEALTH!

NOEDUCATION

PRIMARYEDUCATION

LOWERSECONDARYEDUCATION

UPPERSECONDARYEDUCATION

POSTSECONDARYEDUCATION

DIST

RIBU

TION

(%)

0.4

0.35

0.3

0.25

0.2

0.15

0.1

0.05

0

ADVOCACY + NETWORKING

KEY ACTORS AND STAKEHOLDERS

MOBILISATION AND FUNDS

Source: Karlsen et al. BMC Public Health 2011 11:606

Source: Geneau et al Lancet 2010;376:1689-98