MOOC Examining African Contributions to Global Health on FutureLearn

This interdisciplinary five week course shows how the continent has contributed to Global Health practices. Videos and podcasts take you to Mali, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, and Zambia. And in many different steps you will encounter examples from various other parts of Africa. The course offers you a unique Africanist perspective and insights into different disciplines such as public health, urban planning, and history. Learners acquaint themselves with various tools, methodologies and theories and benefit from experts at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, EPFL, Department of History and experts interviewed in various African countries. Thereby learners familiarise themselves with innovations that benefit public health not only in Africa but in other parts of the world as well as globally.

The first run of our course will start on 28th February 2022. After your registration you will have 7 weeks of free access to this open online course. It can be accessed here: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-contributions-to-global-health