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Free Online Course - Public Health

Principles in Disaster and Medical
Humanitarian Response
Training
from Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical
Humanitarian Response
Registration deadline: 20 Dec 2014 Training date: 26 Jun 2014 to 31 Dec 2014

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The "Public Health Principles in Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response" online
course was developed by CCOUC in an attempt to make lessons learnt from previous
disasters available and comprehensible to key stakeholders in disaster risk mitigation and
the civil society. It is hoped that students enrolled in the course will gain insight and
theoretical understanding of the public health issues related to disaster and be empowered
personally and professionally to take necessary actions in the individual, community, and
national levels to reduce the health risk posed by the increasing frequency and intensity
of disaster.
Course Features

The course teaching assistant may assist students in solving any challenges
regarding the course content and answer any questions in the process;
The course is supported by a mobile application available for download here;
The course enrich students' learning with the use of real disaster case studies,
online tools and relevant international publications;
The course offers exceptional flexibility for participants to manage their study
schedule with course material accessible online anytime, anywhere!

Target Audience

The target audience for this course is individuals studying and working in health, policy,
education and humanitarian sectors. Students may be civil servants, healthcare personnel,
frontline disaster relief practitioners, and postgraduate students of closely-related
disciplines.
Tuition
As part of CCOUCs knowledge transfer endeavour, this course is offered free of charge.
There is limited quota for enrolment on a first-come-first-served basis.
Course Structure and Delivery Format
The course is delivered through an online virtual learning space developed by the
Technology-Assisted Lifelong Learning unit of the Department for Continuing Education
of Oxford University.
The course involves a total of 7 lessons, 4 short quizzes and one final assessment. Each
lesson requires about one to three hours of study. All assessments are in the form of
multiple-choice questions to be completed online with unlimited attempts. To progress
through the course, students must obtain 80% or above in each short-quiz. Students
enrolled in the course may access all learning materials and go through all learning
activities online within a maximum period of six months. Topics covered in the course
are as follows:

Lesson 1: Public Health Approaches to Medical Disaster Response

Lesson 2: Disaster Concepts and Trends
Lesson 3: The Impact of Disasters
Lesson 4: The Human Health Impact of Disasters
Lesson 5: Responding to Health Needs in Disaster (I)
Lesson 6: Responding to Health Needs in Disaster (II)
Lesson 7: Public Health Emergency Preparedness

Course Completion and Certification

Students who obtain 80% or above in the final assessment will be issued a printable
certificate in recognition of completing the course.
Stay Connected
The online course has been launched on 16 June 2014
(http://phpidccouc.conted.ox.ac.uk).
For units interested in promoting and recommending this course, please send an email to
phpidccouc@cuhk.edu.hk for further information.

Emergency Responder Health Monitoring

and Surveillance (ERHMS) Online
Training Course
Training
from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Registration deadline: 01 Jul 2015 Training date: 01 Jul 2013 to 01 Jul 2015

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Faculty
Bruce Bernard, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, CDC/NIOSH/DSHEFS/HETAB
Renee Funk, DVM, MPH&TM, DACVPM, Epidemiologist, CDC/NIOSH/OD/EPRO
Michael Heumann, MPH, MA, Principal Epidemiologist, HeumannHealth Consulting
LLC
Dates
Origination Date: July 1, 2013
Expiration Date: July 1, 2015
Location Internet: cdc.train.org
Hardware/Software
Computer with Internet connectivity
Materials
None
Target Audience
Emergency managers, emergency responders, medical personnel, health and safety
representatives, epidemiologists
Prerequisites
ICS-100: Introduction to ICS
ICS-200: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
Format
Enduring
Program Description This educational offering is to provide a recommended health
monitoring and surveillance framework, referred to as the Emergency Responder Health
Monitoring and Surveillance (ERHMS) system, which includes specific

recommendations and tools for all phases of a response, including the pre-deployment,
deployment, and post-deployment phases.
Objectives At the conclusion of the course, the participant will be able to accomplish the
following:

List and describe the steps in the ERHMS process.

Describe pre-deployment activities including rostering, training, and predeployment health screening.
Describe how to perform monitoring and ongoing assessment of responders
during emergent events.
Describe how to capture data to identify which responders would benefit from
medical referral and long-term health surveillance.
Select and implement strategies to prevent or detect disease in the target
population.

Contact Information
Renee Funk (404) 498-1376
http://www.cdc.gov/cdc-info/requestform.html
Method of Participation
You may participate in the educational activity by attending the program information
above.
To evaluate this educational activity, receive a certificate/statement of credit, to print-out
an on-going transcript of all your TCEOnline CE activities for credits/contact hours,
please go to: www.cdc.gov/TCEOnline.
Fees
No fees are charged for CDCs CE activities.
For more information, please visit:
http://emergency.cdc.gov/training/erhmscourse/index.asp

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Logistics and Supply Chain Introductory
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Aimed at people new to the concept of supply chain, and people working in other
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These course can be taken as online programmes or as one day workshops for a
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Psychosocial Interventions for Displaced

Populations (Short Course by Distance
Learning)

Training
from Queen Margaret University College
Registration deadline: 31 Mar 2015 Training date: 04 May 2015 to 12 Jun 2015
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Institute for International Health & Development (IIHD), Queen Margaret University,
Edinburgh
The module seeks to establish critical competences for the advocacy, conceptualisation,
appraisal, planning, implementation and evaluation of psychosocial programmes for waraffected populations, displaced persons and refugees.
The distance learning module on Psychosocial Interventions Displaced Populations will
be starting on Monday 4 May 2015 and will run for 6 weeks during which time students
will be engaging actively with the teaching materials and with one another via our virtual
learning environment (the Hub). This electronic learning programme allows students to
engage with one another through online discussion boards and to access all learning
materials through the web. Students are required to complete two mini-assignments to
allow the module co-ordinator to monitor students' progress.
The content of the module will include:
-the impact of war and forced-migration
-socio-political dimensions of conflict & the effects on psychosocial well-being
-trauma discourse and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
-alternative approaches to the conceptualization of psychosocial needs
-cultural dimensions of social suffering
-psychosocial intervention with children & rights perspectives in work with children
-gender and vulnerability
-HIV/Aids & psychosocial well-being in situations of conflict
-practice guidelines in psychosocial intervention
-programme monitoring and evaluation
Credit Rating: 15 SCOTCAT/5 ECTS
Participants of the professional development courses will receive a certificate of
attendance from the Institute.
However, participants wishing to gain an award may register for a post graduate
certificate. The modules are then taken for credit on a part-time basis each year. A PG
Cert requires 60 credits and a post graduate diploma requires 120 credits. If you do a
dissertation in addition to the short courses, you will gain 180 credits.

If you register for an award, you can have up to 4 years for a PG Cert, 5 years for a PG
Dip and 7 years for a MSc to complete in part-time mode.
Website: http://www.qmu.ac.uk/iihd/short_courses/short_courses1.htm

The rights and responsibilities of healthcare personnel working in armed

conflicts and other emergencies
Training
from International Committee of the Red Cross
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Are you a doctor wondering how to interact with the media, or a nurse wondering how to
treat patient information in difficult circumstances? Are you an ambulance driver unsure
of what your responsibilities are? Are you a hospital administrator wondering what to do
with overwhelming numbers of deceased patients? If so, the Health Care in Danger
project's new e-learning module on the responsibilities of health-care personnel is for
you.
The module introduces health-care personnel to the principles underpinning ethical
considerations when working in conflict situations and other emergencies. Using an
engaging multimedia interface, the module presents various dilemmas that medical
personnel face every day. Users can explore these issues in depth by interacting virtually
with experts in the field, studying real-life issues, and receiving guidance that helps them
to make decisions in difficult situations. The module allows learners freedom to explore,
and for each chapter includes documents with more detailed information on topics of
interest to the user.
How to register:
No registration required. The module is free and can be accessed directly through the
event URL: www.healthcareindanger.org/elearning.

Master HOPE in Humanitarian

Operations in Emergencies Managing
Projects, People, Administration &
Logistic in the field
Training
from ASVI Social Change
Registration deadline: 12 Dec 2014 Training date: 16 Dec 2014 to 14 Nov 2015
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Master HOPE in Humanitarian Operations in Emergencies Managing Projects, People,
Administration & Logistic in the field
Master Director: Marco Bertotto. CEO AGIRE - Italian Agency for Emergency
Response
Co-coordinator: Lodovico Mariani Operational Support and Training Coordinator
INTERSOS
Senior Advisor:Sandro Calvani: President of the Scientific Committee of IMPACT at
ASVI, Professor of Humanitarian Affairs in International Politics at the Masters of Arts in
International Relations at Webster University, Bangkok, Thailand
From 1960 until today humanitarian emergencies have increased reaching, in the five
years
2008-2012, nearly 2 billion people who became victims of conflicts and natural
catastrophes.
The specific competences of professionals operating in emergencies have become ever
more fundamental to be able to effectively respond to humanitarian needs.
The mission of ASVIs Master HOPE is to train, through an International approach, the
professionals and managers engaged in of humanitarian assistance.
HOPE is aimed at all those who intend to acquire and to be able to manage the
knowledge and competences required to operate in a responsible and effective way in the
prevention and response operations to reduce harm caused by modern disasters and
complex emergencies.

The Master HOPE in Humanitarian Operations in Emergencies Managing Projects,

People, Administration & Logistic in the field is mainly directed towards professionals
who aspire to operate inside the humanitarian agencies (United Nations, NGOs, Red
Cross, government agencies) in the sectors of humanitarian assistance and response to
disasters and to complex emergencies. Specifically:
1. Humanitarian operators who, after working for some years in the field, intend to
review their practical and theoretical competences and start to reflect on their
acquired experience.
2. Officials with diverse backgrounds, proven experience and personal motivation
who intend to move into the humanitarian sector (Red Cross or civil protection
volunteers, professionals in development co-operation, social-health workers,
educators, etc.)
3. Recently graduated with a degree in a relevant field and professionals with
different backgrounds, or work experience, including or as volunteers in a similar
pertinent professional environment, who intend to enter the humanitarian sector.
How to register:
Request an information about masterprogramme.
Request an individual interview .
For any information: asvi@asvi.it

Principles in Disaster Management and

Humanitarian Aid
Training
from Centro de Estudios en Desastres y Emergencias
Registration deadline: 19 Jan 2015 Training date: 19 Jan 2015 to 13 Feb 2015

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The Disaster Management online is a four week course which combines solid scientific
knowledge with a practical approach. It includes presentations, videos, documents,
student individual work and at least one written assignment which will be corrected and
comented by a teacher. It addresses crosscutting issues, and main aspects of disasters,
before, during and after.

Course language English

Format ONLINE
Course Fee: 200 euro
It includes access to all materials, downloadable for the course period, access to the
question forum, and contact with an experienced teacher in disaster management.
registration: http://www.cedemformacion.com/index.php?
option=com_content&view=article&...
Course content
Principles in Disasters The problem of definition The disaster cycle Myths and
misconceptions: what you will not find Common features of disasters: what you will
find
Disaster Risk Reduction Risk maps Vulnerability and capacity Early warning
systems Community based disaster risk reduction
Disaster Response and recovery Humanitarian aid operations Shelter after disasters
Sphere Project
Disaster Recovery Early recovery Reconstruction Disasters and development
How to register:
http://www.cedemformacion.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&...

The Art of Advocacy (Free Self-Paced

Online Course)
Training
from TechChange
Registration deadline: 31 Dec 2018 Training date: 13 Mar 2014 to 31 Dec 2018

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This self-paced online course, developed in partnership the Office of Transition

Initiatives at USAID is a 90-minute course highlighting strategies and ideas for managing

successful advocacy campaigns. Access this full course for free from anywhere with an
internet connection and anytime no matter your time zone.
Launch Course
Course Summary:
Advocacy is the action or process by a person or group to support a particular cause or
policy. Many capacity building programs seek to develop the advocacy knowledge, skills
and experience of individuals and emerging groups. But how do we know that the
capacity building support is empowering the group to push forward their cause? We can
measure what they learned, but how do we know they actually are putting into practice
their new skills?
In this self-paced course, we present tools, resources, and lessons learned on strategies for
improving advocacy skills in your organization, as well as a tool for measuring advocacy
capacity within an organization.
This training, funded by USAIDs Bureau of Policy Planning and Learning (PPL), and
created by TechChange in collaboration with the Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) in
Lebanon, is part of a larger effort to encourage USAID and implementing partners,
specifically project managers, implementers local organizations, and academic
institutions, to think strategically about advocacy and civic activism programming and
share best practices to improve collective activism efforts around the world.
What Will I Learn?
This course will develop your advocacy skills by teaching you how to build broad
support for your advocacy campaigns among community stakeholders. Key topics are
covered in 6 modules of approximately 20 minutes each using a combination of
presentations, examples, videos, self-examinations, and other interactive elements:

Module 1: The Advocacy Index

Module 2: Coalition Building
Module 3: Engaging Decision Makers
Module 4: Outreach
Module 5: Data Research and Analysis
Module 5: Policy Development

How Should I Prepare?

Learners will need access to a computer with a basic internet connection and the
following software requirements:

Flash: Flash Player 10 or later, and one of the following browsers:

Windows: Internet Explorer 6 and later, Firefox 1.x and later, Safari 3 and later,
Google Chrome, Opera 9.5 and later
Mac: Safari 3 and later, Firefox 1.x and later, Google Chrome
Linux: Firefox 1.x and later

Duration: *1 hour 30 minutes*

Navigation:This course consists of 6 modules that can be accessed within the frame of
the course once you begin. Use the previous and next buttons located on the lower-right
hand corner of the player window to move through the course or the left sidebar menu to
jump to different sections of the course. If you cannot complete the course in one sitting,
no worries! Simply exit and when you return, you can pick up where you last left off.
Click here to Start Course: http://techchange.org/media/the-art-of-advocacy/

Online Certificate Course on Gender and

Development Training (GDT)
Training
from Human Rights & Justice Group International
Registration deadline: 20 Nov 2014 Training date: 21 Nov 2014 to 19 Dec 2014
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Course Description:
This course is designed to prompt an exploration of common behaviours and attitudes
towards gender differences. It will present facts and figures about the situation of women
and men in our society today and references from key documents that highlight policies
formulated to address gender concerns. Recent events have shown that if governments
are serious about achieving the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, it is essential
that gender be taken into account for all the goals. Gender equality in the MDGs touches
almost exclusively on the area of education, and research does show the importance of
equality in this area, but this is not sufficient. This e-learning course will empower the
participants with tools and sector-specific guidelines for gender mainstreaming in their
various institutions and development planning. It will further improve the abilities of
participants to reduce gender inequalities in their various homes, organisation and
communities.

The course also features a number of exercises and reflective activities designed to
explore basic gender concepts and enhance gender analysis skills, which can be applied
in the formulation of policies, the design of programmes, and the exercise of evaluation.
Benefits:
The overall purpose of the training programme is to enhance the gender-responsive
planning of key institutions and the management skills of their employees, so that they
can more effectively play their part in implementing gender-sensitive development
policies as well as mainstreaming gender in order to achieve the Millennium
Development Goals, MDGs.
Course Content:
This one month part-time course comprises 7 modules. The module outline is included
below:
PRE Training

Introductory Course in the Online Training System

Course navigation and guide
Explanation of course resources

MODULE 1: Introduction to Gender and Development

Introduction
Definition of Gender
The Concept of Gender and Development
Gender Dynamics and Development
Exploring Attitudes towards Gender
Basic Gender Concepts and Terminology
Social Construction of Gender
Course Review and Assignment

MODULE 2: Gender Roles and Relations

Introduction
Gender Roles
Types of Gender Roles
Gender Roles and Relationships Matrix
Gender-based Division and Valuation of Labour
Course Review and Assignment

MODULE 3: Gender Development Issues

Introduction

Identifying Gender Issues

Gender Sensitive Language
Gender and Governance
Gender and Human Rights
Gender Statistics
Course Review and Assignment

MODULE 4: Gender Analysis and Policy Development

Introduction to Gender Analysis

Why Gender Analysis
Variables used in Generating Data
Gender Analysis Frameworks
Gender Analysis Tools
How to do a Gender Analysis
How to do a Gendered Analysis
Gender and Policy Development
Emerging Lessons on Mainstreaming Gender in National Policy Frameworks
Course Review and Assignment

Module 5: Gender Mainstreaming

Definition of Gender Mainstreaming

Gender Mainstreaming as a Strategy
Historic Overview of Gender Mainstreaming
The Concept of Gender Mainstreaming
Approaches to Gender Mainstreaming and Integration
Methods and Strategies of Gender Mainstreaming
The Role of Men in Gender Mainstreaming
Challenges to Effective Gender Mainstreaming
Gender Mainstreaming and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Gender Mainstreaming Best practices
Course Review and Assignment

MODULE 6: Gender Monitoring and Evaluation

Gender Monitoring and Evaluation

Integrating a Gender Dimension into Monitoring and Evaluation
Course Review and Assignment

Module 7: Final Examination and Wrap-up

Final Examination
Participants Evaluation of Course/Feedback
Conclusion

Additional Features
Online, interactive, self-paced and self-learning modules.
Surveys and tests to test your knowledge and understanding before and after the test.
Opportunity to post comments, assignment answers, live chat, and blogging etc.
Target Audience
The course is aimed at gender focal points, women organisations, programs and project
managers, researchers, policy-makers, activists, women advocates and feminists,
students, staff of NGOs and CBOs, staff of UN specialized agencies, donor agency field
workers, volunteers, development actors, trainers, students, government officials etc.
Candidates should have a good written command of English language and high
competence and comfort with computer and internet use.
Entry Requirement:
Students must have a current e-mail account, regular access to and general familiarity
with the internet and mobile phones.
Course Delivery:
Interaction with students will be via the Global Human Rights Leadership Training
Institute training platform and all course notes and guidelines for study will be delivered
and accessible to students in electronic format. (http://www.justicegroup.us/GHRLTI)
Each week a new module is available to the students. At the end of each week, an
assignment is completed by the students and marked by the course experts. Assignments
are in the form of written assignments.
Award of the Certificates:
Statistics from previous courses showed that submission of assignments and receiving
online tutoring help participants to integrate gender in their various activities. Certificates
can be awarded only to those students who:
1) Completed all assignments and Final Exam
2) Obtain a combined final mark of 50% or more for the assignments and Final Exam
Successful students will receive the GHRLTI Certificate in Gender Development
Training.
Course Fee:
The course tuition fee is US$300. Course fees include access to all course materials,
expert support, assignments as well as postage and packaging of a certificate. There is a
limited amount of partial scholarships available for applicants from developing countries,
based on financial need.
Location: Online
Total Duration: One month, approximately 25 hours learning time

Inquiries about the course may be sent to: applications@justicegroup.org

CONTACT:
Human Rights and Justice Group Intl
Nigeria: 53, Western Avenue, P.O.Box 3326, Surulere, 101014, Lagos, Nigeria
Tel: +234-8034923400, 08097627319
U.S.A.: 1208 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 4, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02138
E-mail: info@justicegroup.org |Website: http://www.justicegroup.us
How to register:
Registration is by submitting a completed application form by email. However,
applications will be accepted on a first-come-first-serve basis. Applications received after
this deadline will not be considered. You can also download application form at
http://www.justicegroup.us/gender-development.
Inquiries about the course may be sent to: applications@justicegroup.org

Building a Better Response e-learning

course
Training
from International Medical Corps
Registration deadline: 31 Dec 2015 Training date: 26 Jun 2014 to 31 Dec 2015

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Registration deadline: none

International Medical Corps, Concern Worldwide, and the Harvard Humanitarian
Initiative are pleased to announce the launch of the Building a Better Response elearning course on the international humanitarian coordination system.
This free, online course aims to build the knowledge of NGO workers and other
humanitarian actors in the international coordination system for large-scale emergencies,
humanitarian leadership, basics of humanitarian funding and planning, and other areas of
importance to humanitarian response.
The Building a Better Response e-learning course consists of five units:

Foundations of Humanitarian Action

The International Humanitarian Architecture
The Cluster Approach
Planning and Funding the Humanitarian Response
International Law and Humanitarian Standards
Those who complete all five units will receive a certificate from the Humanitarian
Academy at Harvard.
We encourage NGO staff, as well as other humanitarian actors, who are engaged in
humanitarian response, or who may benefit from increased knowledge in order to be
better prepared for future emergencies, to take this course. Together, we can improve our
coordination capacity and better respond to the needs of affected populations.
To register and access the course, log-on to: www.BuildingABetterResponse.org.
A 1-minute trailer advertisement for the e-learning can be found at:
http://youtu.be/RR5ykMyoAJw.
The Building a Better Response project is funded by the US Agency for International
Development, Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance, and is implemented through a
consortium of International Medical Corps, Concern Worldwide, and the Harvard
Humanitarian Initiative. Additional questions about the project can be directed to:
info@buildingabetterresponse.org.

Introduction to security sector reform

Training
from UN Institute for Training and Research
Registration deadline: 19 Dec 2014 Training date: 03 Feb 2014 to 19 Dec 2014

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Security sector reform (SSR) is a nationally-owned process aimed at ensuring that

security and justice providers are accountable to the state and its people; deliver effective,
efficient and affordable security and justice services that meet the peoples needs; operate
within a framework of good governance, rule of law, and respect for human rights; and
are legitimate. SSR addresses a number of problems such as the ineffective provision of

security and justice services; the inability of security and justice institutions to deliver
their services equally in response to the needs of all groups of society; the lack or absence
of independent and well-functioning accountability and oversight mechanisms.
The goal of the course is to offer an overview of the concept of SSR, highlight the key
SSR actors and their roles and outline the implementation of SSR programmes.
For further information, please visit: http://www.unitar.org/event/introduction-securitysector-reform-ptp201401e