Applicants with an appropriate technical qualification and work experience, or equivalent qualifications are also welcomed.
Students are health professionals involved in the treatment or prevention of STIs.
The World Development Report 1993, 'Investing in Health' rated STIs, not including HIV infections, among the three top causes of healthy life years lost in women in developing countries. The 'conventional' STIs are increasingly recognised as facilitating the transmission of HIV infection, and improved management of the treatable STIs has recently been shown to reduce the incidence of HIV infection in a community randomised study in Tanzania. The modular nature of the course allows students to tailor the course to their own learning objectives. A typical selection of units is given below, not all units will be available in any one year. Some units can be taken only after consultation with the Course Organiser.