Burnet’s Centre for International Health education specialists deliver a range of public health courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, through associations with Monash University, the University of Melbourne, Deakin University and La Trobe University.

Training Courses

• Aboriginal Health
  Provides a broad overview of Aboriginal health, focusing on understanding the historical, socio-economic and cultural contexts of ill-health in urban and remote Aboriginal communities
• Alcohol and other drugs in society
  This unit is a contemporary analysis of drug use in modern societies, enhancing participants’ knowledge about the risk and vulnerability of individuals and communities to licit and illicit drug use.
• Communicable disease control in developing countries
  Communicable diseases are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries, directly and indirectly affecting all members of developing societies, in particular young children.
• Effective responses to HIV in developing countries
  This one-week intensive course may be credited towards a Master of Public Health, Master of Development Studies, a Grad.Dip in International Health, a Graduate Certificate, or those not seeking any academic accreditation.
• Field methods for international health planning and evaluation
  Develops competence in the basic quantitative and qualitative tools used to manage community-based primary health care programs, including needs assessments, planning & evaluation, health information collection, and operations research in a developing country setting.
• Health communications and training
  This intensive six day course is accredited by Monash University and may be credited towards a Master of Public Health or Master of International Health degree, a Graduate Diploma in International Health or a Master of International Research Bioethics, or may be attended by persons not seeking any academic accreditation.
• Health economics for developing countries
  This intensive five day course will introduce participants to health economics, development economics, methods of health financing, and health economic tools to aid resource allocation and priority setting decision-making in the health sector
• Health of women and children in developing countries
  This course provides an overview of women and children's health in developing countries, from a life-cycle perspective, including current health status of women and children, and policy trends.
• Nutrition in developing countries
  Provides a comprehensive summary of the issues involved in maintaining community and household food security, assessing nutritional status and needs, developing and managing programs addressing malnutrition, and other nutritional deficiencies.
• Primary healthcare in developing countries
  History, principles & practice of primary health care in developing countries. Global players, context and influences on health development and health systems.
• Public health in refugee settings
  This intensive course involving seven days of class work focuses on developing practical skills while fostering a more complete understanding of the context of humanitarian emergencies related to armed conflict and population displacement.