The course involves techniques of measurements in population, health and development such as the physical quality of life index, human development index, gender-empowerment index, poverty index, disability-adjusted lost years, diseases burden, and measures malnutrition and gross years of school life at the global and national levels. 

Objective: The objective of the course is to expose students to some of the techniques used to derive some indicators of population health. Discussions will focus on the application of these concepts in international development discourses and their implications for designing and implementing local/country-level policies and planning. 

Mode of Delivery: The course will be delivered by lecturers, individual and group presentations.