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Community health programmes fail in supervision, commodities, and data that everyone knows is invented by Friday. This degree starts there. You will map a CHW catchment, cost a refill loop, and design a maternal-newborn referral pathway as a management problem—ambulances, radio, and who pays for fuel—not as a clinical protocol you are not qualified to write. African Future University places rural and peri-urban systems at the centre because urban teaching-hospital cases hide the actual constraint set. You will treat traditional authorities, women’s groups, and faith clinics as governance facts, not as colourful stakeholders. Bilingual reporting (EN/FR) is assessed because a donor English logframe that the district files in French is how programmes go blind. The award is academic. It is not NMC, not a public-health officer gazette, not a WHO consultancy. It is for managers who must keep a programme honest when the generator dies. You will compare a peri-urban catchment with a long-distance rural one, including volunteer attrition after harvest. Identity-checked exams and operational memos replace clinical skills labs this university does not run and must not advertise. Study is tuition-free online aside from the examination fee. MSc Community Health Programme Management is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from Primary Health Care Architecture and Community Interfaces through Primary Health Care Architecture and Community Interfaces; CHW Cadres, Payment, and Volunteer Ethics; Gender, Distance, and Care-Seeking as Management Data; Last-Mile Commodities and Stock-Out Governance; DHIS2, Paper Registers, and Incentive-to-Lie; Referral Pathways: Fuel, Radio, and Waiting Time, and finish on Writing for DHMTs and Partners. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm. Reading is a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. The artefact a marker expects is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Design a CHW supervision and payment system that can run in a fuel crisis Interrogate DHIS2 and paper registers for incentive-to-lie Plan community-level commodities without pretending to be a pharmacist Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.
Thirty-six credits: community systems, commodities and data, governance and finance, and a district-level capstone. Identity-checked exams plus operational memos. No clinical skills labs are claimed.
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Tuition is free. Examinations are free. There is no exam fee. Study from anywhere in the world.
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| AFU621 | Primary Health Care Architecture and Community Interfaces Students describe how patients, money, and records move through one service. The module is Primary Health Care Architecture and Community Interfaces.
| 3 |
| AFU622 | CHW Cadres, Payment, and Volunteer Ethics Students review an incident and separate cause, harm, and the change that would prevent a repeat. The module is CHW Cadres, Payment, and Volunteer Ethics.
| 3 |
| AFU623 | Gender, Distance, and Care-Seeking as Management Data Students specify what a clinical or operational report must contain, and what it must not claim. The module is Gender, Distance, and Care-Seeking as Management Data.
| 3 |
| AFU624 | Safeguarding and Community Accountability Students complete a service brief. This award does not confer a licence to practise. The module is Safeguarding and Community Accountability.
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| AFU625 | Last-Mile Commodities and Stock-Out Governance Students describe how patients, money, and records move through one service. The module is Last-Mile Commodities and Stock-Out Governance.
| 3 |
| AFU626 | DHIS2, Paper Registers, and Incentive-to-Lie Students review an incident and separate cause, harm, and the change that would prevent a repeat. The module is DHIS2, Paper Registers, and Incentive-to-Lie.
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| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| AFU629 | District Health Financing and User-Fee Politics Students describe how patients, money, and records move through one service. The module is District Health Financing and User-Fee Politics.
| 3 |
| AFU630 | Faith-Based and Private Informal Providers as System Facts Students review an incident and separate cause, harm, and the change that would prevent a repeat. The module is Faith-Based and Private Informal Providers as System Facts.
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| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| AFU633 | Supervision Cascades that Survive Attrition Students describe how patients, money, and records move through one service. The module is Supervision Cascades that Survive Attrition.
| 3 |
| AFU634 | Community Health Research Methods (Non-Clinical) Students review an incident and separate cause, harm, and the change that would prevent a repeat. The module is Community Health Research Methods (Non-Clinical).
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Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 18 months. Teaching language: English + French assessment options. Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
This is a fully online award. You study from your country. No student visa and no campus relocation are required.
Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.
Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. African Future University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.
Start an application on this website. Progress is saved from the first step. Admissions: admissions@afutureuni.com.
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| AFU627 | Referral Pathways: Fuel, Radio, and Waiting Time Students specify what a clinical or operational report must contain, and what it must not claim. The module is Referral Pathways: Fuel, Radio, and Waiting Time.
| 3 |
| AFU628 | Outbreak Surge Management for Non-Clinicians Students complete a service brief. This award does not confer a licence to practise. The module is Outbreak Surge Management for Non-Clinicians.
| 3 |
| 3 |
| AFU631 | Donor Logframes versus District Calendars Students specify what a clinical or operational report must contain, and what it must not claim. The module is Donor Logframes versus District Calendars.
| 3 |
| AFU632 | EN/FR Health Administration Documents Students complete a service brief. This award does not confer a licence to practise. The module is EN/FR Health Administration Documents.
| 3 |
| 3 |
| AFU635 | Writing for DHMTs and Partners Students specify what a clinical or operational report must contain, and what it must not claim. The module is Writing for DHMTs and Partners.
| 3 |
| AFU636 | Capstone: District Community Health Operations Project Students complete a service brief. This award does not confer a licence to practise. The module is Capstone: District Community Health Operations Project.
| 3 |