OpenWHO Courses

ePROTECT Ebola (EN)

1 review

Essential occupational health and safety briefing for Ebola response, covering prevention, protection, and stress management during deployment to affected areas.

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• Free Certificate

Ebola: GO 2.0

1 review

Essential training for WHO deployees on Ebola outbreaks, covering disease basics, response strategies, and working protocols. Equips personnel with knowledge and skills for safe and effective outbreak control.

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• Free Certificate

Leadership and programme management in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)

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Develop leadership skills for effective IPC programs. Learn project management, risk assessment, and implementation strategies. Gain tools for communication, conflict resolution, and sustainable improvements in healthcare settings.

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• Free Certificate

Introduction to COVID-19: methods for detection, prevention, response and control

Learn about emerging respiratory viruses, including COVID-19. Covers detection, prevention, response, and control methods. Ideal for public health professionals and incident managers.

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• Free Certificate

COVID-19: Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners Platform to support country preparedness and response

Operational guidelines for UN teams and stakeholders to enhance country preparedness and response to COVID-19, covering 8 pillars of public health readiness and international coordination.

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• Free Certificate

COVID-19: How to put on and remove personal protective equipment (PPE)

Comprehensive guide for healthcare workers on proper PPE usage for COVID-19 patient care, covering both droplet/contact and airborne/contact precautions with practical demonstrations.

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• Free Certificate

Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) Treatment Facility Design

Learn to design and set up facilities for Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) treatment, including screening areas and repurposing existing buildings. Gain practical skills for effective outbreak preparedness and response.

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• Free Certificate

ePROTECT Respiratory Infections (EN)

Learn essential knowledge and skills to respond to Acute Respiratory Infections outbreaks, including transmission, risk assessment, and protective measures through videos and presentations.

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• Free Certificate

Introduction to Go.Data – Field data collection, chains of transmission and contact follow-up

Comprehensive field data collection platform for outbreak investigation, focusing on case and contact data, with features for visualization and analysis of transmission chains.

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• Free Certificate

COVID-19 vaccination training for health workers

Comprehensive training for health workers on COVID-19 vaccination, covering storage, administration, safety monitoring, record-keeping, and effective communication with communities.

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• Free Certificate

Standard precautions: Waste management

Aprenda a identificar, segregar e gerenciar resíduos de saúde de forma segura, desde a geração até o descarte final, minimizando riscos para pacientes, profissionais e público.

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• Free Certificate

Standard precautions: Environmental cleaning and disinfection

Learn effective environmental cleaning and disinfection practices in healthcare settings to prevent infections. Explore collaboration between IPC and EVS, cleaning agents, and monitoring techniques.

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• Free Certificate

Occupational health and safety for health workers in the context of COVID-19

Learn to protect yourself and others from occupational risks in healthcare during COVID-19. Covers infectious, physical, and psychosocial hazards, and basic occupational health and safety measures for health workers.

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• Free Certificate

Competency-Based Learning: Introduction

Introduction to WHO's competency-based learning strategy for health emergencies, covering core competencies, learning pathways, and practical application for effective training design and delivery.

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• Free Certificate

Antimicrobial Stewardship: A competency-based approach

Equips clinicians with knowledge and tools to improve antimicrobial use through case-based examples, highlighting stewardship principles for common clinical scenarios and providing a framework to combat resistance.

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• Free Certificate