In addition to our regularly scheduled intensive courses, IHSP develops custom-designed programs to fit the unique needs of a country or an organization.
We offer Needs Assessment, Training Program Development, and Training Seminars. Through established training resources and tools, we can successfully transfer and implement short course models to your organization’s needs.
A team of Harvard University faculty and other public health experts leads IHSP programs. They apply theories and tools from economics, public health, political science, and management to better understand complex health issues ranging from health care access to cost and quality.
Some of the topics that are commonly covered in the programs include:
- Human Resources for Health
- Policy and Management
- Decentralizing Health Systems
- Improving the Quality of Health Services
- Health Care Financing
- Utilizing the private sector to achieve Health Goals
- Inequities, Protests, and Covid-19
- US Health System Overview
- Case Studies.
Our tailor-made courses are crafted for specialized higher education initiatives and organizational collaborations. This includes our partnership with Universidad Andres Bello, focusing on program development, as well as our work with organizations like the Inter-American Development Bank to create targeted educational offerings.
We developed and delivered these custom-designed online, in-person, and hybrid programs in 2021–2024:
Health in the XXI Century: Workshop for Andrés Bello University
Organization: Universidad Andrés Bello
Topics: Exploration and evaluation of lessons learned from examining the US Health system for Masters Students at the Universidad Andres Bello in Chile.
Regional Policy Dialogue 2021. Innovations During the Pandemic in Health, Social Protection and Child Development: Will They Last?
Organization: Inter-American Development Bank
Topics: In partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank, IHSP brought together Harvard Faculty and other leading researchers/professionals to discuss Health, Socials Protections and Child Development with leaders across Latin America.
Strengthening Human Resources for Health and Social Services
Organization: Inter-American Development Bank
Topics: IHSP presented a focused version of their two-week Strengthening Human Resources for Health and Social Services course for the needs of the Inter-American Development Bank.
For more details reach out to ihsp@hsph.harvard.edu.