Table 1. Completion rates by training programme.

Institution	Qualification	Composition	Duration	Completion rate by end of 2007^a
School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape	Postgraduate Certificate in Public Health	6 compulsory 20 credit modules	2 years	57% (n = 234)
	Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health	6 × 20 credit modules constituting 75% of the coursework; 3 compulsory modules; 3 elective modules.	2 years	72% (n = 260)
	Masters in Public Health	1 × 20 credit elective; 1 research methodology module.	2 years	57% (n = 120)
School of Public Health, Makerere University	Masters in Public Health	21 course modules, plus dissertation by research	3 years	17% (n = 49)

^a Completion rate calculated as the proportion of students who had completed the qualification by the end of 2007, relative to the number of students expected to have completed by the end of 2007.