8th to 19th January 2024, online.
The Health Emergencies in Large Populations course is offered by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and for the January HELP course, the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. For more than 25 years, the HELP course has offered humanitarian workers intensive training in the public health principles of disaster preparedness and disaster management.
HELP participants come from a variety of civil society, governmental, and non-governmental organizations, and the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Professions represented have included nurses, physicians, public health professionals, lawyers, journalists, managers, planners, logisticians, and aid workers. Some people attending have had many years of experience in specific areas of humanitarian assistance, and others are just beginning their careers.
The goal of HELP is to approach the needs of disaster-affected populations with a public health lens. The course will equip participants with the basic skills and competencies to enable them to respond to the public health needs of populations in humanitarian situations. Topics will be covered both through recorded modules prior to the course and live sessions which will build on the recorded materials.
Providing assistance begins with understanding the background, underlying causes, context, and current dynamics that cause populations to have health vulnerabilities in emergencies. Building on this, the course will include the topics listed below:
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The 2-week workshop will also include a one-day simulation, during which acquired skills and knowledge can be applied.
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Describe the essential issues related to public health, health care, management, law, and ethics that are associated with humanitarian action, and methods to address them.
Analyze health and other humanitarian needs using a multidisciplinary approach that takes into consideration the perceptions, vulnerabilities, and capabilities of the people affected.
Plan, manage, and evaluate activities in response to major humanitarian crises.
All healthcare and public health professionals working in health emergencies and humanitarian assistance will benefit from attending this workshop.
Location: For more information and detailed program visit the website.
Date: 8th to 19th January 2024, online
Winter Institute (virtual)
Published in GI-Mail 10/2023 (English edition).
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