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Health in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 4 Sequences
- Intermediate Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Week 1 - Setting the Stage: Refugees, Displaced Persons, Conflict, and Complex Emergencies
Defining complex humanitarian emergencies, the top priorities and response, and main actors involved. - Week 2 - Healthcare in the Emergency Phase
Mental health programming for populations impacted by emergencies, reproductive health, food and nutrition, and water, sanitation, and hygiene. - Week 3 - Disease Control
Disease control, and communicable non-communicable diseases. - Week 4 - Program Management
Overview of an essential component of emergency management - program management.
Prerequisite
Instructors
Dabney P. Evans, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Hubert Department of Global Health. Rollins School of Public Health. Director, Center for Humanitarian Emergencies.
Cyrus Shahpar
Assistant Professor, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine & Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health
Editor
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