Target audiences
- Global
Diploma in Public Health in Humanitarian Crises
course overview
This course, Public Health in Humanitarian Crises , addresses public health issues of people affected by disasters, both natural conflict-related. It discusses the many changes that occur in people’s lives when they are uprooted by a disaster, including many important topics related to humanitarian crises, such as when there is an epidemic or public health emergency; what we mean by the humanitarian development nexus; what are the basics of disaster epidemiology and surveillance; humanitarian principles; and other very relevant topics. We will explore what humanitarian interventions could look like if we want to mitigate the effects of disasters
What you will learn from this course
Module 1: Disease Outbreak Management
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Introduction to Disease Outbreak Management
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Disease Outbreaks: Key Concepts
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Outbreak Detection and Rapid Response Strategies
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Incident Management Principles
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Outbreak Response Monitoring for Decision Making
Module 2: Maternal and Newborn Health
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Introduction to Maternal and Newborn Health
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Maternal and Newborn Health Risks
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Maternal and Newborn Health Services
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Maternal and Newborn Health Services in Humanitarian Setting
Module 3: Disaster Epidemiology and Surveillance
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This module explains the importance and use of surveys and surveillance in humanitarian crises
Module 4: Humanitarian Principles
This module describes the core humanitarian principles, their origin and explains how ethics can guide humanitarian decision-making.
Module 5: International Health Regulations and the Global Health Security Agenda
In this module, the humanitarian-development nexus is explained together with the challenges of providing emergency assistance while taking into account the longer-term development needs of the host population and government.
Introduction Humanitarian and Development Nexus2
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What Is the Humanitarian-Development Nexus (HDN)?
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A Development Approach to Humanitarian Emergencies1
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The Humanitarian-Development Nexus in Practice
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Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF
Module 7: Infant Feeding in Disasters
Module 8: Humanitarian Project Design
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 26 weeks
- Skill level All levels
- Students 4
- Certificate No
- Assessments Yes