Programme Overview

This programme aims to equip students with knowledge and skills of how to design, implement, monitor and evaluate sexual, reproductive, maternal, adolescent health (SRMNAH) programmes in low- and middle-income countries.

This programme prepares students for leadership roles in improving sexual, reproductive, maternal, adolescent health (SRMNAH) in a range of settings in low-and middle-income countries.  It covers a wide breadth of contemporary issues in SRMNAH and explores approaches to reducing health inequities by enhancing policy and practice based upon sound, evidence-based principles.  It gives graduates key transferable knowledge and skills in situational analysis, quality improvement and monitoring and evaluation in SRMNAH.

Following the taught component, students will complete a policy brief and present a poster based on situational analysis.  The module is underpinned by LSTM’s mission to reduce the burden of sickness and mortality among vulnerable communities in low- and middle-income countries through the design and delivery of effective evidence-based interventions to improve human health.

Academic Credit

For an additional fee of £95, you can be entered for full Academic Credits for this course (20 Masters level credits). The academic credits are offered to provide choice and flexibility to all of our students and students who do not wish to do the assessments will be awarded a Certificate of Attendance. Applicants wishing to find out more about the assessment should contact MyLSTM@lstmed.ac.uk(link sends e-mail).

20% Poster Presentation - Oral presentation based on directed reading/coursework on the design of a monitoring & evaluation or QI strategy within a SRMNAH programme. in a named LMI country setting. Must reference specific principals adopted in development of the strategy.

80% Policy Brief - Written assignment based on coursework that includes group work on the application of evidence-based principles of monitoring and evaluation in programmes in low-and middle-income country settings.