Master · Cycle 2
Master of Public Health — Health Logistics Specialisation
The Master of Public Health specialising in Health Logistics provides health systems, development agencies and international organisations in the region with health logistics specialists able to design, implement and evaluate logistics policies and systems for health facilities at different levels.
2 years · 4 semesters French UAC-accredited degree
Programme objectives
The Master of Public Health specialising in Health Logistics aims to train managers able to:
- Identify priority health logistics problems and needs using statistical, epidemiological and logistics approaches;
- Apply management processes in health services;
- Coordinate health service activities;
- Evaluate health logistics projects and programmes at all levels of the health pyramid.
Career opportunities
Graduates head logistics for procurement agencies, national programmes, international agencies and humanitarian organisations.
- Health supply chain manager
- Programme logistics coordinator
- Procurement agency manager
- Pharmaceutical logistics consultant
Programme content
This is a full Master's cycle delivered over four semesters of 30 academic credits under the LMD framework. The curriculum covers:
- Logistics information systems / Humanitarian and health logistics
- Management of logistics platforms (infrastructure management)
- Supply chain management
- Transport logistics
- Modelling of supply chain operations
- Forecasting health logistics needs
- Planning and programming of logistics operations
- International logistics
- Logistics management in emergency situations
- Management of medicines, vaccines and the cold chain
- Organisational logistics system policy
- General economics and accounting
- Descriptive and analytical statistics and applied mathematics
- Overview of health systems
- Documentary research and IT applied to logistics
- Introduction to Access software
- Management control and audit / Health planning
- Hospital hygiene, health products and laboratory equipment
- Import-export operations management / Quality of care and health services / Applied health research
- IT applied to public health and epidemiology
- Research methodology and scientific writing
- Transport geography
- Professional internships
- Final thesis writing and defence
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.