Final Report of a Novel and Successful Online Pubic Health Capacity Building Experiment – Peoples-uni

Abstract

The People’s Open Access Education Initiative (Peoples-uni) was established as an educational charity to help reduce inequalities in access to the higher education required to build Public Health capacity through workforce development for health professionals in low-to middle-income countries (LMICs). Online learning, using open source software, Open Educational Resources and an international cadre of volunteer tutors, underpinned a low cost programme which produced a number of successful outcomes including university validated master’s level awards, continuing professional development, positive feedback from students