New courses on OpenWHO
New course on Health Emergency Readiness for Response Operations
Developed by WHO professionals in the field, this comprehensive course equips government officials and technical experts with the knowledge needed to effectively manage health emergencies. The course provides essential insights and practical tools to enhance your readiness and response capabilities.
Unlock your potential in crisis response and enrol in the Health Emergency Readiness for Response Operations course!
Groundbreaking course on Sex and Gender in Infectious Disease Programmes
This course aims to enhance public health professionals' understanding of infectious disease programmes, health emergency response and health inequalities. It will strengthen competence in dealing with gender perspectives in public health programmes, particularly in health emergency settings. The course also aims to contribute to the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (PRSEAH). You will learn how sex and gender interact with infectious disease outbreaks and how to apply the gender analysis matrix and other tools.
Enrol today and earn your certificate if you score at least 75% of the total points on the course assessment.
We are also pleased to announce the following courses that were recently made available:
Prevention and Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse for Public Health Practitioners in Ukraine: This course teaches the basics on preventing and responding to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (PRSEAH) including the 6 core principles, accountability frameworks and how to support a survivor/victim in the Ukraine emergency operation. The course is available in English and Ukrainian.
Mainstreaming of Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion in WASH in Health-Care Facilities: This 2-hour course aligns with the updated WHO guidance for improving quality of care through water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in health care facilities and the 8 practical steps to facilitate universal access to quality care.
Oral Health Care of Pregnant Women and Newborns: This online course is intended to build the capacity of primary care teams providing antenatal and postnatal care to improve the oral health of pregnant mothers and their newborns.
Use of Fluoride Varnish to Prevent Dental Caries: This online course is designed to enhance the knowledge of the oral and dental care providers of various types of fluorides and their uses, and to build their skills on a simple application technique of a fluoride varnish to prevent dental caries.
Monitoring and Evaluation of National Action Plans on Antimicrobial Resistance: The aim of this course is to provide guidance for countries on the monitoring and evaluation of national action plans on antimicrobial resistance (AMR NAPs).
Global Benchmarking Tool for Assessors: This course is meant to enhance the quality of benchmarking outputs by providing the basis of harmonizing approaches among assessors using the Global Benchmarking Tool (GBT) to benchmark regulatory authorities.
Sporotrichosis: Training for National and District-level Health Workers: This course is intended to provide basic information for front-line health workers to recognize and treat sporotrichosis. The course will also present notes from the field to demonstrate how this fungal disease is managed in different parts of the world.
Learning to Deliver Training in IPC and Environmental Cleaning for Health Care Facilities in Low-and Middle-income Countries: This course aims to train cleaning staff in healthcare facilities by guiding individuals who will serve as 'trainers of trainers', focusing on implementing the WHO training package on environmental cleaning and infection prevention and control (IPC) in healthcare facilities in low-and-middle-income countries.
We are pleased to announce that OpenWHO now has a total of 264 courses with learning resources spread across 72 languages. All courses can be accessed here. You can use the toolbar to filter courses by language and topic.
Visit our End TB learning channel for World Tuberculosis Day
As we marked World Tuberculosis (TB) Day on 24 March, we invite you to celebrate the 2024 theme ‘Yes! We can end TB!’ by participating in critical training on OpenWHO's End TB learning channel. The channel brings together courses designed to build strategic and operational knowledge, currently hosting nine different topics. It provides critical training on essential skills to facilitate the implementation of WHO’s End TB Strategy based on sound ethics principles and due protection of human rights.
Visit the End TB channel today.
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