Public Health in Humanitarian Crises 2

This module introduces disease outbreak management, covering key concepts, outbreak detection, incident management principles, response monitoring, and more. Learners will gain practical skills to effectively handle disease outbreaks in humanitarian crises.

Explore the critical aspects of maternal and newborn health in humanitarian settings. This module addresses health risks, services, disease control during outbreaks, and emphasizes the significance of safe and appropriate infant feeding.

Gain insights into disaster epidemiology and surveillance, understanding the role of data during complex emergencies. Learn about surveys, surveillance methods, and explore real crisis examples to enhance your understanding of this critical area.

Delve into the humanitarian principles essential for ethical decision-making and assistance in crisis situations. This module explores ethical principles, humanitarian dilemmas, vulnerable populations, and provides guidance for making ethical decisions.

Understand international health regulations and the global health security agenda. This module covers potential public health emergencies, implementing international health regulations, and emphasizes the importance of global health security.

Explore the humanitarian and development nexus, highlighting the transition from relief to developmental aid. This module addresses the CRRF, a development approach to humanitarian emergencies, and provides insights into a world more open to refugees.

This module focuses on infant feeding in disasters, addressing recommendations, breastfeeding practices, potential problems, and operational guidance for responders and policymakers. Gain understanding to ensure safe and appropriate infant feeding in crises.

Learn about humanitarian project design, covering the planning cycle, assessment, project design, monitoring, evaluation, learning, and preparedness. This module equips learners with practical skills to design and implement effective humanitarian projects.

Gain insights into sexual and reproductive health in humanitarian settings, addressing contraception, family planning, birth spacing, abortion, gender-based violence, and the importance of addressing sexual and reproductive health and rights in emergency response.

Explore mental health and psycho-social care in humanitarian crises, identifying and assessing psychosocial problems, understanding services in emergencies, and addressing psychological effects. This module provides essential knowledge to support mental health in crisis-affected populations.

This final project module offers an opportunity to respond to a humanitarian public health crisis, integrating the knowledge and skills gained throughout the course to propose effective interventions and solutions.