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Bienvenue au cours d'introduction en ligne sur la leptospirose, une zoonose bactérienne transmise par contact avec les rongeurs, les animaux domestiques et l'eau contaminée. Cette maladie est un pr...

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Current outbreaks, Leptospirosis
Confirmation of Participation
fr

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus that can result in severe viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks, with case fatality rates of 10–40%. CCHF i...

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Current outbreaks, Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever
Confirmation of Participation
en

In 2016 WHO introduced the Cholera Kits. These kits replace the Interagency Diarrhoeal Disease Kit (IDDK) which had been used for many years. The Cholera Kit is designed to be flexible and adaptabl...

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Current outbreaks, Cholera
Confirmation of Participation
en

This course introduces Marburg Virus Disease and outlines the signs, symptoms, diagnosis, transmission routes and epidemiology of the disease. It also discusses prevention and control strategies.

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Current outbreaks, Marburg
Confirmation of Participation
en
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All health workers deployed to measles outbreaks must complete the measles and rubella (MR) training to implement quality interventions and work safely and effectively in the field. This course pro...

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Current outbreaks, Measles Rubella
Record of Achievement
en
OpenWHO

Mpox is an emerging infectious disease caused by a virus transmitted to humans from infected animals, most commonly rodents. It can be spread to other people but person-to-person transmission alone...

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Current outbreaks, Mpox
Record of Achievement
en

This introductory level course provides a general overview of cholera including prevention and control principles. In addition, the course participants will learn about the Global Task Force for Ch...

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Current outbreaks, Cholera
Confirmation of Participation
en

This course outlines the objectives of a cholera outbreak response, how to detect and confirm cholera outbreaks and how to effectively organize the response including describing control measures. ...

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Current outbreaks, Cholera
Record of Achievement
en

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VSAT (“Very Small Aperture Terminal’) enables two-way satellite communications and data transfer from and to everywhere around the world. WHO uses mobile VSATs (Quick Deployment Kit) in areas with...

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Not disease specific
Record of Achievement
en
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In the recent years, the circulation of health misinformation and disinformation has exploded with the digitalized information ecosystem, affecting the ability of health systems to promote public h...

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Not disease specific
Record of Achievement
en
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Developing an infodemic insights report is one of the key actions taken by infodemic managers to help health authorities and partners identify, questions, concerns, information voids, narratives an...

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Not disease specific
Record of Achievement
en

There is an urgent need for coordinated action to build stronger health systems and mobilize additional resources for health emergency preparedness, response and resilience (HEPR). This course will...

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Pandemic fund proposals
Record of Achievement
en

Il existe un besoin urgent d’action coordonnée pour élaborer des systèmes de santé plus forts et mobiliser des ressources supplémentaires à des fins de préparation, réponse et résilience en cas d'u...

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Pandemic fund proposals
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fr
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Hay una necesidad urgente de impulsar una acción coordinada para construir sistemas sanitarios más fuertes y movilizar recursos adicionales para la prevención, preparación y respuesta ante emergenc...

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Pandemic fund proposals
Record of Achievement
es

In this course, you will learn about the hypothesis-driven approach to problem-solving. This approach originated from academic research and later adopted in management consulting. The course consis...

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Not disease specific
Record of Achievement
en

The pandemic of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) showed beyond all doubt that national governments and the global multilateral system were ill-equipped to deal effectively with the growing scale and ...

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Pandemic fund proposals
en

The Pandemic Fund provides grant financing for projects that seek to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (PPR) functions, through investments and technical support. The Pande...

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Not disease specific
en
OpenWHO

Monitoring health inequalities is essential to achieving health equity: it is essential to know who is being left behind in order to be able to tackle existing inequalities and ensure equitable acc...

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Not disease specific
Record of Achievement
en
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This course is an introductory learning package introducing the new WHO policy on preventing and addressing sexual misconduct. Additionally, it will introduce WHO's three-year strategy that defines...

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Not disease specific
Record of Achievement
en
OpenWHO

Inequities in sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (SRMNCAH) throughout the world mean that certain population subgroups have systematically worse health outcomes an...

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Not disease specific
Record of Achievement
en

The course “Foresight Approaches in Global Public Health” provides an overview of various methods and tools that can be used to understand emerging trends and changes with a futuristic lens and to ...

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Not disease specific
Confirmation of Participation
en
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The Harmonized Health Facility Assessment (HHFA) is a comprehensive health facility survey assessing the availability of health facility services and the capacities of facilities to deliver quality...

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Record of Achievement
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In March 2021, the WHO released updated recommendations on service delivery for the treatment and care of people living with HIV. In July of the same year, the WHO published the Consolidated Guidel...

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Confirmation of Participation
en
OpenWHO

The monitoring and evaluating framework for progress of the road map for NTDs 2021-2030 is the second companion document to the road map. The goal of this document is to facilitate tracking of prog...

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NTD
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en
OpenWHO

The Harmonized Health Facility Assessment (HHFA) is a comprehensive health facility survey assessing the availability of health facility services and the capacities of facilities to deliver quality...

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Not disease specific
Record of Achievement
en

This course outlines the objectives of a cholera outbreak response, how to detect and confirm cholera outbreaks and how to effectively organize the response including describing control measures. ...

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Current outbreaks, Cholera
Record of Achievement
en

EWARS in a box, WHO's electronic early warning, alert, and response system in emergencies, helps detect disease outbreaks early in emergency, fragile, conflict and vulnerable settings. It supports...

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EWARS
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en
OpenWHO

Hundreds of millions of patients around the world are affected by health care-associated infections (HAI). Every day, HAI results in prolonged hospital stays, long-term disability, increased resist...

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Not disease specific
Record of Achievement
en
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Our Serving Countries portal provides easy access to courses in countries' official languages to support their response to health emergencies.Each country channel is produced in collaboration with a WHO Country Office, with more countries added each year.

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39 public health courses available in Russian

39 public health courses available in Russian

As we observe Russian Language Day on 6 June, OpenWHO invites you to join one of our 39 free online courses offered in Russian. This includes courses to support the response to disease outbreaks, s...

Online learning for World No Tobacco Day

Online learning for World No Tobacco Day

As we mark World No Tobacco Day on 31 May, we encourage you to join our free online courses on tobacco product regulation. Both courses are available in English, French and Russian and offer the op...

Training opportunity: Whole-of-society approach to creating healthy, resilient and sustainable cities

Training opportunity: Whole-of-society approach to creating healthy, resilient and sustainable cities

We invite you to register for the joint certificate training programme on the “Whole-of-society approach to creating healthy, resilient and sustainable cities: Harnessing South-South Cooperation fo...