Table 3 MPH programme characteristics
From: Master of Public Health programmes in South Africa: issues and challenges
Programme | Affiliation | Year of commencement | Stream/track | Mode of delivery | Enrolments per year | Total number of applicants per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Programme 1 | Stand-alone school | 2000 | Social and behavioural health, epidemiology, health system management and policy | Part time | 18 | 120 |
Programme 2 | Part of Medical School | 2006 | Social and behavioural health, epidemiology, health system management and policy | Part time | 50 | 220 |
Programme 3 | Stand-alone school | 2000 | Occupational and environmental health, health promotion, epidemiology, health administration and management; communicable and non-communicable diseases | Part time | 35 | 140 |
Programme 4 | Part of Medical school | 1998 | Health promotion, disease control, health policy and management, environmental and occupational health, monitoring and evaluation | Full time/part time | 45 | 400 |
Programme 5 | Part of Medical school | 1998 | Health systems and policy, occupational hygiene, rural health, maternal and child health, social and behavioural change communication | Part time | 40 | 900 |
Programme 6 | Stand-alone school | 2000 | General public health | Part time | 40 | 300 |
Programme 7 | Part of Medical school | 1999 | General public health, health systems, health economics, social and behavioural sciences, epidemiology and biostatistics | Part time | 65 | Â |
Programme 8 | Part of Medical school | 2000 | General public health | Part time | 65 | 150 |