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Here’s everything you need to know about a Master’s in Public Health

COVID-19 has brought to light many loopholes that Public Health administration of India faces — from not having adequate facilities to cater to rural areas, to not having updated technologies to anticipate the damage the virus could cause. However, with the increase in healthcare expenditure from 1.2% to 2.5% of the GDP in the 2021 budget, the government clearly wants to upgrade the country’s public health administration. This is why, educational institutions have come up with a Master’s degree in Public Health. A public health professional can be involved at an individual, community, state, or national level and can put his/her knowledge to use in research and development of health policies, educating the public to prevent and combat diseases, and comparing India’s health infrastructure to other countries and suggesting how we can do it right. A public health professional is trained to analyse, protect, and improve community health world-wide. Public health is no more confined to elements such as sanitation and housing, but has also become a vast field of study with pandemics like COVID-19 becoming one of the biggest threats to the world. It works toward the betterment of an individual, community, and nation.