Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) continue to cause hardship and harm to over one billion people worldwide, burdening individuals, families and communities who are already marginalized and disadvantaged. Taking a One Health approach that recognizes the relationship between human, animal, and enviro...nmental health is key to sustainably addressing NTDs. This course provides practical ideas, tools, and examples to enable each of us to take One Health action towards the global goal of substantially reducing the burden of NTDs by 2030.
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14 One Health Modules: learning better respones to complex health problems
Facing the global nutrition challenges, the World Health Organization (WHO) teamed up with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) to design, under the guidance of the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development (NHD), a Nutrition Knowledge Hub. By building the techni...cal and functional capacities of all relevant staff at WHO through e-learning courses and key nutrition-related training and knowledge materials, the Nutrition Knowledge Hub aims to contribute to the acceleration and increase of the nutrition impact at the country level. The Nutrition Knowledge Hub also offers free and open courses to reach a larger public and raise awareness on the malnutrition problem and WHO’s response.
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These Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) explore the ecological dimensions of the world’s religions. Developed over the course of several years, they draw on a rich variety of lectures, videos, readings, and interviews with scholars, religious leaders, and environmental practitioners from around ...the world. They highlight religious ideas and practices inspiring ecojustice movements in response to the challenges of the climate emergency, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Developed over the course of several years, they draw on a rich variety of lectures, videos, readings, and interviews with scholars, religious leaders, and environmental practitioners from around the world. They highlight religious ideas and practices inspiring eco-justice movements in response to the challenges of the climate emergency, biodiversity loss, and pollution
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Die Deutsche Allianz Klimawandel und Gesundheit (KLUG) gründete sich im Oktober 2017 als Netzwerk von Einzelpersonen, Organisationen und Verbänden aus dem gesamten Gesundheitsbereich.
Dazu vernetzen sich die Akteure quer zu Sektoren und Hierarchien in der gesamten Gesellschaft und werden insbeson...dere auf kommunaler und lokaler Ebene in ihrem Umfeld aktiv. Klimaschutz und Abmilderung (Mitigation) der Folgen der Erderwärmung müssen in Forschung, Aus- und Weiterbildung integriert bzw. verstärkt werden.
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ONLINE COURSES are free and self-paced courses, accessible 24/7 for people within and outside CARE.
LEARNING JOURNEYS are subscription-based interactive online trainings that combine online courses, peer to peer exchanges and coaching.
TRAINER PACKS for trainers and facilitators containing editab...le training materials on resilience and climate change and facilitation tips.
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This 4 week course will cover Climate Change and Emerging Clinical Challenges, Health Equity and Social Justice, Climate Solutions for the Healthcare Sector, and Communicating about Climate Change. Students will learn about recognizing, managing, and mitigating the many-faceted consequences of clima...te change for health and healthcare delivery that they will face in their practice. Core lectures by climate and health experts from around the country anchor the elective. Readings, supplemental activities and virtual small group exercises are suggested and can be tailored to place and geography.
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There are not many world citizens who do not have their children’s and their own health as a top priority. So why is health not more prominent topic in the debate on climate change and its impacts? We hear a lot about polar bears and smokestacks in the media, but very little on the many and the la...rge health impacts of climate change. With this MOOC, we want to provide state-of-the art evidence of the link between climate change and the health of populations.
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Online platforms offer a range of courses and materials to support your climate change learning. This section presents a curated list of key e-learning and knowledge-sharing platforms.
This set of competencies reflects foundational climate and health knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes for health professions students to mitigate the health impacts of climate change. Intended as a guide for developing climate and health education in health professions schools’ curricula, ...the set can be applied as needed and included in a variety of formats and over different timescales, such as in slides over several years of teaching, a series of lectures, or an entire course. The set of competencies offers an overview 2 of the different domains, units, and elements of competency recommended for all health professions students, as well as specific competencies for public health and clinical practices.
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The Planetary Health Academy offers diverse educational formats for knowledge acquisition and empowerment for transformative action in the context of Planetary Health.
Can our planet continue to support the current scope of human activity?
Become familiar with One Health, a promising concept, and the effective solutions it provides for urgent health problems.
This free online course on Climate Change Negotiations and Health features key information on climate change and its impacts on human health, provides an overview of the international climate change negotiations so far, and considers entry points to address health issues and priorities within climat...e change negotiations and policies.
The course provides clear, concise, and up-to-date information for anybody interested in addressing the health risks arising from climate change. The course is self-paced and includes a series of self-standing interactive lessons with different activities, exercises, case studies and videos, as well as links to other useful resources. Upon successful completion of the course, participants can receive a certificate of completion.
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Over the next 8 weeks, you will explore and learn about some of the major and current Global Health Challenges at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface: zoonotic emerging infections (e.g. Ebola, Nipah, MERS, Avian Influenza), antimicrobial resistance, neglected tropical diseases (e.g. rabies, leishma...niasis, zoonotic TB), snakebite and other human-animal conflicts etc. You will learn new concepts from the field of epidemiology, social anthropology, disease ecology, veterinary sciences, global health policy etc. and approaches such as One Health, Eco-Health and Planetary Health. Also, you will learn about innovative tools and frameworks used to study and tackle some of these Global Health challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals era.
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„Der Klimawandel ist die größte Gefahr des 21. Jahrhunderts für die globale Gesundheit“ – das schreibt der Lancet, eine der ältesten und renommiertesten Fachzeitschriften der Medizin. Was steckt dahinter? In diesem Podcast erklären wir, auf welchem Stand wir klimatechnisch gerade sind, we...lchen Einfluss eine weitere Erderwärmung auf unsere Gesundheit haben wird und welche Verantwortung jedem von uns, aber besonders medizinischem Fachpersonal daher zukommt.
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Online Course
This online course is geared to professionals from human, animal or environmental health sectors involved in the implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005).
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Describe the One Health approach and principles of mult...isectoral collaboration.
- Provide examples of how a One Health approach may be taken to address a health threat or disease event.
- Explain how a One Health approach contributes to a functional national health system, including national IHR implementation, evaluation, and capacity building.
Course duration: 90 - 120 minutes.
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