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Certificate Course in Water, Hygiene and Sanitation Promotion in Emergencies
Africa Center for Project Management is pleased to announce a Certificate Course in Water, Hygiene and Sanitation Promotion in Emergencies Online and Distance Learning Course, which starts 1st of every month.

Overall Course Overview:
The objectives of the course will include describing the significance of Health and Hygiene promotion in any emergency situation, establishing an inter-relationship between the environment, population, displacement, water, sanitation facilities health and hygiene behavior. Students have to understand the range of possible sanitation and vector-borne disease control measures.
At the end of the course participants should be able to describe skills of communication plans with specific requirements for public health projects.

Topics to be covered in the course include :

  1. Health risks in emergencies
  2. Water trucking operations.
  3. Transition issues (from emergency to rehabilitation).
  4. Decommissioning and storage of equipment.
  5. Rapid assessments, reporting and monitoring
  6. Disease surveillance.
  7. Coordination and partnerships.
  8. Hygiene promotion.
  9. Water quality testing and monitoring.
  10. Water distribution systems.
  11. Environmental sanitation (solid waste management, site clean-up).
  12. Water source identification.
  13. Excreta disposal and latrines.
  14. Water pumping.
  15. Site selection.

 

Course Organizers:

Africa Center for Project Management was established in 2004 in Amsterdam with the Africa regional offices in Nairobi.The organization was corporate organizations in Africa and Asia by offering Online certificates and In-House trainings. The organization has over ten years experience working with development partners in capacity building in. We have trained over 5000 development and Business Professionals in various thematic areas.

Computing Requirements:

Participants will need to use email, upload and download word docs,
PowerPoint files and PDFs, and post on the discussion board or send assignments by email.   If you do not have internet speed sufficient to download materials, an offline DVD or hard copies course may be the right alternative for you. Materials Provided: Online delivery of curriculum materials, exercises and templates.

Exercises:

After they have read the material for each unit, students are expected to test their own Learning by completing some relevant exercises and tasks.

Assignments:
In order to demonstrate their understanding of the course content, students will be required to submit three assignments.

DURATION AND COURSE LOAD: 3 Months - 5 to 6 hours per week
DATES: (Three Months) Course Starts 1st of Every Month.
PARTICIPANTS: Development Professionals
REGIONS TARGETED: Global
ORGANIZERS: Africa Center for Project Management
LANGUAGE: English only
COST : $500
FORMAT: Web-based and Distance Learning facilitated
GENERAL COURSE CONTACT: info@onlinelearningcentre.org
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