Cardiometabolic Research and Training Program
Summer Quarter 2023 University of Washington eDGH Course – Economic Evaluation in Global Health
Course Dates: July 10 to Sept 17, 2023
Faculty: Monisha Sharma, PhD, MSPH
Overview: Find out how to evaluate health interventions for programs in low- and middle-income countries in terms of costs and outcomes through a series of cost analyses.
Learn how to estimate healthcare costs, measure health outcomes, and interpret different types of economic evaluations (including cost-minimization analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-utility analysis, and cost-benefit analysis).
In this course, you’ll also learn about modeling methods and analysis tools to help you make economically sound healthcare decisions.
Format
This online course has recorded lectures, readings, discussion forums, quizzes, a course project, and problem sets.
Participants are also required to attend four 1-hour synchronous group discussions over the course of 3 months, all of which will be held on Zoom during the evening hours, East Africa time.
You are invited to participate as part of an CMRTP site with the University of Nairobi.
Participating as a site group provides a forum for discussing course concepts and applying them to local context and customs.
The course is taught in English.
Participants should be comfortable with written and spoken English
How to Apply:
Please email (cardmetprogram@gmail.com) by Friday, April 21, 2023, with a copy of your CV and a brief statement on how this course would benefit your career.
Note: KEMRI and MoH are encouraged to apply