Master of Public Health — Sexual and Reproductive Health Specialisation
The Master of Public Health specialising in Sexual and Reproductive Health trains professionals able to design, plan, implement and evaluate effective sexual and reproductive health programmes addressing the needs of women, children, adolescents, youth and men.
Programme objectives
The Master of Public Health specialising in Sexual and Reproductive Health aims to develop family health competencies linked to population data, in particular the ability to:
- Design reproductive health programmes that address priority problems and needs across the human life course;
- Plan effectively a reproductive health plan, programme or project;
- Lead a reproductive health programme effectively;
- Evaluate a reproductive health intervention effectively.
Career opportunities
Graduates lead reproductive health programmes in ministries, United Nations agencies, international NGOs and cooperation projects.
- SRH programme coordinator
- Maternal and child health adviser
- Health & rights advocacy officer
- Family planning 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:
- 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 project and programme implementation
- Health evaluation
- Quality of care and health services
- Child growth and development
- Socio-economic determinants, emerging social phenomena and ageing
- Overview of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
- Public health research methodology and dissemination of results
- Pillars of the health system
- Planning and evaluation of SRHR interventions
- Pre-marital counselling, family life education
- Professional internship
- Applied research approach
- Infertility and post-abortion care
- Menopause and women's cancer pathologies
- Research report writing and thesis defence
- Men's reproductive health
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.