The Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has announced the “Disease and Program Costing in Global Health Programs” course as part of the Global Health Systems Summer Institute. This intensive course will be held online from June 24 to June 28, 2024, providing participants with essential skills in estimating the economic impact of public health interventions.
Course Details:
- Location: Internet
- Term: Summer Institute
- Department: International Health
- Academic Year: 2024 – 2025
- Dates: Monday, June 24 – Friday, June 28, 2024
Course Description:
This course will enable students to consolidate a public health proposal with an assessment of its economic impact. Participants will learn and practice different costing approaches to estimate the cost of public health interventions and assess the economic burden of diseases. Topics include defining costs, quantifying the cost, defining the disease case, and identifying cost components that vary by country and settings. The course also addresses the challenges of costing in low- and middle-income settings and prepares students to design and execute a cost analysis on a global health program and a disease.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
- Define key economic costs and their importance in policy decisions.
- Conduct scientifically rigorous analyses in program and disease costing.
- Link cost of illness estimates with impact evaluations and equity issues.
- Apply costing methodology to estimate program or disease costs.
- Effectively frame and communicate economic evidence for policymaking.
