About Course

The Certificate Course in Statistics for Public Health provides a practical foundation in statistical methods used to analyze, interpret, and communicate public health data. Participants will learn how to summarize health data, perform statistical analyses, interpret results, and support evidence-based decision-making using real-world public health datasets.

Designed for public health professionals, healthcare workers, researchers, monitoring & evaluation specialists, epidemiologists, programme managers, and students, this course combines statistical concepts with practical applications in healthcare and global health.

What Will You Learn?

  • Understand the fundamentals of biostatistics and public health statistics.
  • Summarize and interpret health data effectively.
  • Apply descriptive and inferential statistical methods.
  • Perform hypothesis testing and confidence interval analysis.
  • Understand probability and statistical distributions.
  • Analyze public health datasets using statistical software.
  • Present statistical findings through tables, charts, and reports.
  • Apply statistical methods to real-world public health case studies.

Course Content

Module 1: Introduction to Public Health Statistics

  • Role of Statistics in Public Health
  • Types of Data
  • Variables & Measurement Scales
  • Introduction to Biostatistics

Module 2: Descriptive Statistics

Module 3: Probability & Distributions

Module 4: Inferential Statistics

Module 5: Correlation & Regression

Module 6: Statistical Software

Module 7: Public Health Applications