Celebrating 7 years of OpenWHO

In 2024, we are celebrating the 7th anniversary of our OpenWHO.org learning platform for health emergencies, now nearly 9 million enrolments strong. We invite you to explore our journey from June 2017 to June 2024 by clicking on the features below.

Video: Surprise greeting from WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Video: Greeting from Dr Michael J. Ryan, Executive Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme and Deputy Director-General

Video: Recording of global 7th anniversary webinar

On 12 June, the OpenWHO team hosted a global anniversary webinar with 4378 participants to provide a behind-the-scenes look at how just-in-time learning has been used to strengthen public health across the world.

The programme explored course series on infection prevention and control, neglected tropical diseases, tuberculosis and COVID-19 vaccination, as well as learning tailored for the South-East Asia Region.

The webinar included the following speakers:

  • Heini Utunen, Unit Head, Learning and Capacity Development, WHO Health Emergencies Programme
  • Dr Michael J. Ryan, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme, and Deputy Director-General
  • Dr April Baller, Team Lead, Infection Prevention & Control and Water Sanitation & Hygiene, Healthcare Readiness Unit, WHO Health Emergencies Programme
  • Elisabeth Oey, Technical Officer, Global TB Programme, WHO
  • Dr José Antonio Ruiz Postigo, Medical Officer, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, WHO
  • Dr Cherian Varghese, Coordinator, Noncommunicable Diseases and Determinants, WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
  • Jhilmil Bahl, Capacity Building Officer, Essential Programme on Immunization, WHO
  • Dr Nedret Emiroglu, Director, Country Readiness Strengthening Department, WHO Emergencies Programme

with a special surprise visit from Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.

Timeline: 7 years of OpenWHO

Video: Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, Director (a.i) of the Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention and COVID-19 Emergency Management and Technical Lead

Video: Aron Aregay, Public Health Programmes, WHO Ukraine Country Office

Infographic: OpenWHO by the numbers

Browse our flipbook: OpenWHO learners making an impact

OpenWHO is happy to present our online flipbook – Adapting and contextualizing online learning for health emergencies across the globe – which highlights case studies from our 2023 poster event. You can browse the flipbook here.

This page was last changed at Thu, 13 Jun 2024 11:51:12 +0000.