MPH in Maternal & Child Health

Semester 1: Content

Basic epidemiology
Introductory Biostatistics for Public Health
Survey methods, data collection and management
Environment and Occupational Health
Social and Behavioural Sciences

Semester 2: Content

I. Health & Nutrition

● Link between health and nutritional status
● Major nutritional problems
● Monitoring nutritional status
● Maternal health:
o Iron deficiency anemia
o Folic acid deficiency
● Child Health:
o Physical and Mental Growth and development
o Protein Energy Malnutrition
o Micronutrient deficiencies
o Vitamin A deficiency

II. Epidemiology of Maternal & child health

● Demography
● Determinants and trends.
o Poverty-malnutrition-ill health cycle
o Infectious diseases in mother and child
▪ RTI/STI
▪ HIV AIDS
▪ Acute diarrhoeal diseases
▪ Acute respiratory infections
▪ Vaccine preventable diseases
o Chronic diseases in mother and child health
▪ Genetics and chromosomal anomalies
▪ Congenital diseases / disorders in children
▪ Non-communicable diseases in mothers
● Methods and data systems for monitoring MCH.
● Surveillance.
o Infectious diseases in mother & child
o Chronic diseases in mother and child
● Immunisation

III. Public health system and Maternal and Child Health

● Policies:
 o National Population Policy
o Convention on Rights of the Child
o CEDAW
o National Youth Policy
o National Nutrition Policy
o ICPD (1994)
o Right to Education
● Programs:
o Reproductive and Child Health program
o Nutrition supplementation programs
o Youth Friendly Services
o World Food Program
o Social security programs for women and children
o Integrated Child Development Services

IV. Intermediary Biostatistics

V. Health Economics

VI. Health service Administration and Management

Semester 3: Content

I. Infectious disease epidemiology

II. Chronic disease epidemiology
III. Principles of communication
IV. Human development and Mother and Child Health
● Gender issues in Public Health
● International Children's Rights and Social Justice:  Global Perspective
● Reproductive Health in Developing Countries
● Contemporary Issues in Maternal and Child Health    
● Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
● Family Planning, Population change and Health

Semester 4

Research project on Maternal & Child

Health