As per World Health Organization “Public health refers to all organized measures (whether public or private) to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong life among the population as a whole. Its activities aim to provide conditions in which people can be healthy and focus on entire populations, not on individual patients or diseases.” All professionals who are currently involved in or are aspiring for a career in developing, improving and innovating programmes, services and policies focused at promoting the health of the population, should have thorough knowledge of the public health discipline. Master of Public Health (MPH) is such a programme, designed specifically for providing necessary knowledge and skills for this very purpose.
Asian Institute of Public Health is an institute for imparting educational programmes in public health, prominent of which is MPH; the course and the institute recognized by the Directorate of Higher Education, Government of Odisha.
The MPH programme conducted by Asian Institute of Public Health
The MPH programme offered by AIPH is a full-time two years programme consisting of four semesters and a total of 80 credits.
Course Module
Semester |
Name of the Modules |
Credits |
Semester 1 |
Foundations in Public Health |
4 |
Introduction to Research Methodology |
4 |
|
Public Health Microbiology and Biotechnology |
4 |
|
Biostatistics |
4 |
|
Epidemiology |
4 |
|
Semester 2 |
Maternal and Child Health |
4 |
Health Behaviour and Promotion |
4 |
|
Environmental and Occupational Health |
4 |
|
Public Health Nutrition |
4 |
|
Disease related epidemiology |
4 |
|
Semester 3 |
Health Planning, Management and Administration |
4 |
Global Health |
4 |
|
Health Economics and Health Policy |
4 |
|
Applied Research in Public Health |
4 |
|
Elective (s) |
4 |
|
Semester 4 |
Dissertation |
20 |
The following is the list of available elective modules.
List of Electives*
Sl. No |
Electives |
Credits |
1 |
Qualitative Research in Public Health |
4 |
2 |
Advanced Biostatistics |
4 |
3 |
Law & Ethics in Public Health |
4 |
4 |
Public Health Informatics |
4 |
5 |
Epidemic & Disaster Management |
4 |
6 |
Hospital Management |
4 |
7 |
Monitoring & Evaluation of Health Programs |
4 |
8 |
Media and public health |
4 |
9 |
Applications of GIS in Public Health |
4 |
10 |
Managing Human Resources for Health |
4 |
11 |
Management of Reproductive and Child Health Programs |
4 |
12 |
Water Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) |
4 |
13 |
Tobacco Control |
4 |
14 |
STI & HIV/AIDS |
4 |
15 |
Tools & Techniques in Environmental Exposure Assessment |
4 |
*An elective module will be provided based on the number of students enrolling for the module