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e S

pa

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ce

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ffe

rs t

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n G

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duat

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ent

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refl

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offi

cial

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cou

nt

as e

lect

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er d

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ram

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essi

onal

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tific

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wor

kin

g p

rofe

ssio

nal

take

cou

rses

on

line

pas

s/fa

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asis

sup

por

t th

ew

ork

you

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alre

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equ

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ou t

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wor

kin

g

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plic

atio

n

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rtifi

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QS

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m a

UA

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mp

loye

e, s

ho

uld

I

en

roll

in t

he

gra

du

ate

or

pro

fess

ion

al

ce

rtif

ica

te?

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rad

ua

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ate

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re

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mp

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uca

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or

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ific

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sho

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roll

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com

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fec

tio

us

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ea

se

s

of

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ba

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ea

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nif

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nc

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od

uce

th

e b

asic

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log

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pid

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iolo

gy,

co

ntr

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nd

pre

ven

tion

of

infe

ctio

us

dis

eas

es

of

glo

bal

he

alth

sig

nifi

can

ce

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ng C

lass

es

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07

: G

lob

al

He

alt

h &

Ge

nd

er*

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ntif

y th

e g

en

de

red

nat

ure

of

glo

bal

he

alth

issu

es

and

app

ly a

ge

nd

er

pe

rsp

ect

ive

to p

rog

ram

pla

nn

ing

, po

licy

anal

ysis

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ese

arch

de

sig

n

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11:

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rna

tio

na

l

NG

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an

ag

em

en

t

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min

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role

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pla

y in

aid

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velo

pm

en

t, a

nd

hu

man

rig

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tro

du

ce k

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skill

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lop

me

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ian

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r u

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un

da

me

nta

ls

of

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ba

l H

ea

lth

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od

uce

s a

bro

adu

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ers

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din

g o

f g

lob

al d

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ase

bu

rde

n, t

ren

ds,

an

dd

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rap

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atim

pac

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mer

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GH

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05

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bil

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& G

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alt

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lore

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and

re

latio

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dis

abili

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nu

triti

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tivity

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co

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ity d

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lop

me

nt

du

rin

g in

ten

sive

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ek

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rse

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or

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re d

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ils

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ma

y b

e of

fere

d b

ian

nu

ally

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eck

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zerN

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r u

pd

ate

d c

ours

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hed

ule

s*

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06

: C

riti

ca

l Is

su

es

in

Glo

ba

l M

ate

rna

l &

Ch

ild

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alt

h

Intr

od

uce

par

ticip

ants

to

th

em

atic

issu

es

inad

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cin

g t

he

he

alth

sta

tus

of

wo

me

n, c

hild

ren

and

ad

ole

sce

nts

glo

bal

ly.

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nal

yze

cau

ses

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on

seq

ue

nce

s o

f g

lob

alin

eq

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in m

ate

rnal

& c

hild

he

alth

(MC

H)

mo

rbid

ity &

mo

rtal

ity.

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Cla

sses

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fug

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alt

h

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dre

ss h

eal

th c

on

cern

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en

cysi

tuat

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eal

th c

are

in r

efu

ge

e c

amp

s, a

sw

ell

as e

qu

ity a

nd

hu

man

rig

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as

the

y ap

ply

to r

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pla

ced

pe

rso

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nal

yze

inte

rre

latio

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ips

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twe

en

mig

ratio

n,

refu

ge

e, &

dis

pla

ced

sta

tus

and

he

alth

.

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ma

y b

e of

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ian

nu

ally

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FA

QS

Do

I h

ave

to

ta

ke

th

e c

ore

cla

ss

be

fore

ta

kin

g e

lec

tive

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A:N

o, t

he

co

re c

lass

is n

ot

a

pre

req

uis

ite

for

GH

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lec

tive

s.

We

re

com

me

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yo

u t

ake

th

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so

on

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can

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rst

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l or

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sse

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un

de

rgra

du

ate

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de

nt?

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un

de

rgra

du

ate

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de

nts

ca

n

tak

e in

div

idu

al

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lass

es

pro

vid

ed

yo

u g

et

the

ne

ed

ed

pe

rmis

sio

ns

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lkto

you

ra

dvi

sor!

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we

ver,

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de

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du

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nts

ca

nn

ot

en

roll

in a

nd

co

mp

lete

th

e

cert

ific

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pro

gra

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de

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gra

du

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roll

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