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… GLOBAL HEALTH Maastricht University & Partners Agnes Meershoek March 16, 2019 Why Global Health ? WHY GLOBAL HEALTH? 1. Changing nature of globalization 2. Changing nature of Public Health 3. Health of people anywhere is increasingly shaped by global processes 4. “Ingenuity gap” Changing nature of … • IS global: environment and health • RIVM : anti microbial drug resistance Formal Aspects • 1 FULL year (60 ECTS) • Full, full, full time • English Costs involved • Regular UM tuition fee • Travelling costs • Additional costs for living and boarding when abroad (in Manipal and Bangkok very cheap; in Hamilton and Bogota comparable to Maastricht) • UM subsidizes Manipal Symposium Quality Assessment International re-accreditation 2015 Overall assessment GOOD (only very few Master programs receive … NL, abroad) • Business/industry: Medtronic, Arion • NGOs: Amref flying doctors, Health in Action, King’s college London Sierra Leone partnership, KNCF/TB fund • WHO, UN and other international organisations (policy advise, research) • Ministry of Foreign Affairs/ Ministry of health Netherlands, Germany etc • GTZ Germany; Tropical Inst. Antwerp THANK YOU !! Questions? …