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UM to offer Doctor of Public Health programme

The University of Macau (UM) will offer the Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) programme in the 2024/2025 academic year. In a statement, the university announced that the programme, which combines traditional public health, hospital management, and medical administration, aims to “nurture more professionals in public health and related fields to make greater contributions to the healthcare sector in Macau, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, China, and [the] global community.”

The DrPH programme is a three-year programme. It covers prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, clinical medicine, and the study of basic sciences. It also involves interdisciplinary fields such as epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health, nutrition, food safety, social medicine, and management of health services.

The programme also focuses on population health, health systems, chronic diseases, and the impact of and recovery from public health emergencies. staff reporter

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