Diploma in Public Health in Humanitarian Crises

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

• Introduction to Disease Outbreak Management

• Disease Outbreaks: Key Concepts

• Outbreak Detection and Rapid Response Strategies

• Incident Management Principles

• Outbreak Response Monitoring for Decision Making

Module 2: Maternal and Newborn Health

• Introduction to Maternal and Newborn Health

• Maternal and Newborn Health Risks

• Maternal and Newborn Health Services

• Maternal and Newborn Health Services in Humanitarian Setting

Module 3: Disaster Epidemiology and Surveillance

• 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

• What Is the Humanitarian-Development Nexus (HDN)?

• A Development Approach to Humanitarian Emergencies1

• The Humanitarian-Development Nexus in Practice

• Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF

Module 7: Infant Feeding in Disasters

Module 8: Humanitarian Project Design

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