Managing health issues at population level
The world faces many health challenges such as HIV/Aids, obesity and malnutrition. Managing health is an essential part of sustainable development. The Public Health specialization focuses on the analysis of public health and social issues affecting populations at local, national and global levels.
You learn to develop, implement and evaluate effective disease prevention strategies, advise on current health and social issues and to fully understand the impact globalization has on health related issues.
Key issues
Public health at WHC is multi-disciplinary, it looks at public health in a multi-level way. The key issues are topics such as HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis and diabetes. Issues affecting many people all around the world. You learn how to critically assess these issues, how to prevent them or how to create effective interventions.
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Career opportunities with a BBA in Public Health
When you graduate you start working as a junior project manager in a market that has a growing need for project managers who are ready to tackle a task with knowledge and practical experience, have worked in an international atmosphere and are open-minded and ambitiously achieve their goals.
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Lecturers with international experience
According to our Public Health lecturers, a career in Public Health is the most wonderful career choice you can make. Our lecturer’s careers are good examples:
Aryanti Radyo-Wijati
‘I worked as a medical doctor with individual patients and through this work I realized that there are a lot of issues that affect a greater number of people. This made me want to work at a population level. I have a master’s degree in Public Health and I also have a master’s in Medical Anthropology. I work as a consultant in public health specifically related to HIV/Aids prevention.
To work in this field it is important to be open- and broad-minded. It is also important to track your career well – work towards the direction you choose.’
Sander Leusenkamp
‘I have a master’s degree in Culture, Organization & Management. My most relevant work experience was in Africa, where I was a project manager in the area of health care structures. I try to incorporate my work experience into my classes as much as possible. I know the students appreciate this.’