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Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, the lining surrounding the brain and the spinal cord. Public health concerns mainly focus on the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis, as it can cause larg...

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  • Current outbreaks, Meningitis
  • Confirmation of Participation
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Lassa fever, a viral haemorrhagic fever with symptoms similar to those of Ebola virus disease, is endemic in much of West Africa and usually sparks a seasonal outbreak from December to March. Human...

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  • Current outbreaks, Lassa fever
  • Confirmation of Participation
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Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus that can result in severe viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks, with case fatality rates of 10–40%. CCHF i...

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  • Current outbreaks, Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever
  • Confirmation of Participation
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(English/French) Seasonal influenza is an acute viral disease of the respiratory tract transmitted via aerosols or contaminated surfaces from infected people. This course provides a general introdu...

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  • Current outbreaks, Influenza
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Mpox is an emerging infectious disease caused by a virus transmitted to humans from infected animals, most commonly rodents. It can be spread to other people but person-to-person transmission alone...

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  • Current outbreaks, Mpox
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این دوره سطح مقدماتی یک نمای کلی از وبا شامل اصول پیشگیری و کنترل ارائه می دهد. علاوه بر این، شرکت کنندگان دوره در مورد گروه کاری جهانی برای کنترل وبا (GTFCC) و استراتژی پایان دادن به وبا - نقشه را...

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  • Current outbreaks, Cholera
  • Confirmation of Participation
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This introductory level course provides a general overview of cholera including prevention and control principles. In addition, the course participants will learn about the Global Task Force for Ch...

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  • Current outbreaks, Cholera
  • Confirmation of Participation
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This course outlines the objectives of a cholera outbreak response, how to detect and confirm cholera outbreaks and how to effectively organize the response including describing control measures. ...

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  • Current outbreaks, Cholera
  • Record of Achievement
  • en
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Mpox is an infectious disease which in 2022-2023 caused a global outbreak in over 110 countries, most of which had no previous history of the disease. This course provides a brief overview of mpox,...

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  • Current outbreaks, Mpox
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Dengue is a viral infection caused by the dengue virus (DENV), transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes. An estimated 100-400 million infections occur each year. This course pr...

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  • Dengue, Current outbreaks
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This course consists of video recordings from part 1 of the Training of Trainers on Facilitating Interactive Synchronous Digital Learning hosted by the Learning & Capacity Development (LCD) Unit i...

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WHO has an obligation to ensure that all those who work for WHO and our implementing partners (IPs) take measures to safeguard against sexual misconduct. This one-hour course explains the importanc...

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  • Health topic
  • Record of Achievement
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Effective administration of preventive chemotherapy relies largely on operational planning which addresses the need for programmes to reach all eligible people and maximize community demand for the...

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  • NTD
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TB is a preventable and curable disease, yet it is a common cause of sickness and death in children and adolescents. Every year, more than one million children and young adolescents fall ill with T...

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  • Tuberculosis
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Parliaments and parliamentarians play a unique and powerful role in achieving health security preparedness through their various responsibilities: law-making, oversight, budgetary allocation, and c...

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  • Health topic
  • Record of Achievement
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The WHO Department of Health and Migration aims to promote knowledge sharing, build on existing capacities and stimulate a research agenda on health and migration. The Department of Health and Migr...

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A Joint External Evaluation (JEE) is a voluntary process in which a team of national and international experts jointly assess a country's capacity under the International Health Regulations (IHR).

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  • Health topic
  • Record of Achievement
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Although social protection is a human right, most of the global population is not yet covered by any form of social protection, leaving billions of people outside the welfare system.

Social protec...

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  • Tuberculosis
  • Confirmation of Participation
  • en

Animal influenza viruses are distinct from human seasonal influenza viruses and are not easily transmitted between humans. However, zoonotic influenza viruses – animal influenza viruses that can oc...

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  • Influenza
  • Record of Achievement
  • en
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A Joint External Evaluation (JEE) is a voluntary process in which a team of national and international experts jointly assess country capacity under the International Health Regulations (IHR).

Thi...

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  • Health topic
  • Record of Achievement
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A Joint External Evaluation (JEE) is a voluntary process in which a team of national and international experts jointly assess country capacity under the International Health Regulations (IHR).

Thi...

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  • Health topic
  • Record of Achievement
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City governments and their partners are at the heart of policy-making and decision-making related to the wider determinants of health. City mayors and elected politicians provide leadership; profes...

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Shortages and distribution imbalances of the oral health workforce in countries contribute to suboptimal access to oral health services and high burden of untreated oral diseases and conditions. Bu...

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Fluoride varnish is one of the most widely used forms of professionally applied fluorides. It’s easy to use, effective, and widely recommended for use in children and even in infants to prevent car...

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Educating the health care professionals who work closely with women during pre-pregnancy, during pregnancy, and post-pregnancy can play a crucial role in promoting oral dental care of pregnant wome...

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  • Health topic
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Health is a Human Right. Inaccessible and low-quality WASH services hinder the realization of this right for millions across the globe. This is especially true for women and girls, persons with dis...

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  • Health topic, WASH
  • Record of Achievement
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The aim of this course is to provide guidance for countries on the monitoring and evaluation of national action plans on antimicrobial resistance (AMR NAPs).

This course is intended for members o...

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  • Health topic
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This course aims to strengthen the capabilities of public health policy and programme managers in incorporating a gender perspective into disease management. Participants learn to apply an analytic...

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This training provides a high-level overview for decision-makers and technical experts from governments and key stakeholders or partners involved in Readiness Contingency Planning, and Implementati...

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The benchmarking exercise represents one of the main components of the five-step capacity building model developed by WHO RSS team to help ensure access to safe, effective and quality medical produ...

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OpenWHO courses are organized by channels addressing more than 20 public health themes – from antimicrobial resistance, to infection prevention and control, to health emergency response.
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We know it's easier to learn in your native language. That's why OpenWHO offers online courses from WHO experts in more than 60 national and local languages, with more to come.
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Our Serving Countries portal provides easy access to courses in countries' official languages to support their response to health emergencies.Each country channel is produced in collaboration with a WHO Country Office, with more countries added each year.
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In case you missed it: WHO Director-General makes surprise appearance at global webinar

In case you missed it: WHO Director-General makes surprise appearance at global webinar

On 12 June, the OpenWHO team hosted a global anniversary webinar with nearly 4400 participants for a behind-the-scenes look at how just-in-time learning has been used to strengthen public health ac...

Online learning for International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict

Online learning for International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict

As we observe International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict on 19 June, OpenWHO invites you to join one of the 11 courses hosted on the Prevention of and Response to Sexual M...

Join our 12 June webinar to celebrate OpenWHO turning 7

Join our 12 June webinar to celebrate OpenWHO turning 7

This June we are celebrating the 7th anniversary of the OpenWHO platform, which WHO launched in 2017 anticipating the massive learning response that would be required in a pandemic.

To mark this ...