Master · Cycle 2
Master of Public Health — Quality of Care and Health Services Management (QSGSS)
The Master of Public Health specialising in Quality of Care and Health Services Management (QSGSS) trains professionals able to identify priority health problems, improve quality of care and organise, manage and evaluate health services effectively.
2 years · 4 semesters French UAC-accredited degree
Programme objectives
The Master of Public Health specialising in QSGSS aims to develop essential competencies enabling learners to:
- Contribute to identifying priority health problems and needs using statistical and epidemiological approaches;
- Develop relevant programmes, projects and initiatives to address priority operational and quality-of-care issues in health services;
- Coordinate the functioning of health services and care and evaluate the effects of quality improvement programmes in health services.
Career opportunities
Graduates lead hospitals, health districts, ministerial departments, mutual health organisations and health system strengthening projects.
- Health facility director
- Health district manager
- Health financing officer
- Care organisation adviser
Programme content
This is a full Master's cycle delivered over four semesters of 30 academic credits under the LMD framework. The curriculum covers:
- Learning process in public health, epidemiology and nutrition
- Descriptive and analytical statistics
- Analytical epidemiological studies
- Organisation of the health system
- IT applied to public health and epidemiology
- Documentary research and community diagnosis
- Communication, information, education and communication with media and the public
- Essential medicines and pharmacopoeia
- Health policy and health development plans
- Applied health research
- Organisation of health resources
- Food and nutrition in health
- Coordination and monitoring of health activities
- Health evaluation
- Quality of care and health services
- Understanding development
- Essential concepts in quality of care and health services
- Quality assurance processes
- National and international accreditations and standards
- Health information systems
- Resource management in health services
- Risk assessment and prevention in health facilities
- Competency certification of health service staff
- Product quality control
- Action research on quality in health services
- Public health research methodology
- Scientific writing and dissemination of research results
- Applied research approach: protocol and ethical aspects
Teaching organisation
Full Master's cycle over four semesters of 30 academic credits under the LMD framework (120 ECTS).
Admission requirements
- Holders of a BAC+4 or a Licence (LMD) in Health Sciences or a related field;
- Health professionals; works engineers; agricultural engineers; senior technicians in nursing and midwifery, public health and hygiene/sanitation;
Application file
- A pre-registration request letter;
- A motivation letter;
- A curriculum vitae;
- Two legalised copies of the baccalauréat certificate or equivalent
- Two legalised photocopies of higher diplomas and transcripts;
- Two legalised copies of authenticity and equivalence certificates for foreign diplomas issued by Benin's DGES
- Two copies of an English proficiency certificate (CEBELAE, TBC, BALC and other UAC-approved centres)
- Two legalised copies of the birth certificate;
- A legalised letter of commitment to cover training fees or a scholarship certificate;
- Three recommendation letters from supervisors and/or former professors;
- Receipt for application review fees payable to CUCA15,000 FCFA · CUCA · BJ6600100100000104 830808 · INSTITUT REGIONAL DE SANTE PUBLIQUE
- Receipt for application review fees payable to CUO2,000 FCFA · CUO · BJ6600100100000104 772220 · RECTORAT / PRODUITS ACCESSOIRES
- Two legalised copies of the passport or identity card
- Four identity photos less than 3 months old.