Course Developer: The University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Timeline: 3 weeks. Course Type: Online Certificate Course. Aim: To equip Medical Students, Medical Trainees, Consultants, Nurses and Healthcare Professionals on how to handle complex issues faced in Critical Care Units when other options in the ward have been exhausted. The Critical Nature …
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Course Developers: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics & African Society for Laboratory Medicine. Timeline: 3 weeks. Course Type: Online Free Certificate Course. Aim: To equip all medical and healthcare professionals with the latest recommendations on COVID-19 diagnostics and testing, and how to improve …
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Course Developer: WHO. Course duration: 1 hour. Aim: To provide information on what facilities should be doing to be prepared to respond to a case of an emerging respiratory virus such as the novel coronavirus, how to identify a case once it occurs, and how to properly implement IPC measures to …
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Course Developer: WHO. Course duration: 3 hours. Aim: In order to assist UN country teams in scaling up country preparedness and response to COVID-19. Course Overview This course is a learning package that introduces the context of the need for a coordinated global response plan to the COVID-19 outbreak. This course …
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Course Developer: St George’s, University of London. Course Type: Online Free Certificate Course. Timeline: 3 weeks. Aim: To equip all medical and healthcare professionals with practical advice and support around how to respond to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic as front-line workers. The COVID-19 Challenge to Healthcare Workers The effects of …
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Course Developer: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Course Type: Online Free Certificate Course. Timeline: 3 weeks. Aim: To understand the emergence of COVID-19 and how we will respond to it going forward. The COVID-19 Scourge Since December, 2019, the world have been paying close attention to the outbreak …
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Timeline: 3 weeks (Runs multiple times). Course Type: Online Free Certificate Course. Aim: To understand antimicrobial resistance (AMR), it’s detection and to explore it’s relevance in clinical practice. The Challenges of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a critical issue public health concern. If current trend are not reversed, …
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What is HPV? Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a double stranded DNA virus. It usually infects squamous epithelia including the skin and mucous membranes of the upper respiratory, anal, and genital tracts. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) easily passed on via skin-to-skin genital contact. Good enough, …
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Overview of Lassa Fever Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness prevalent in the West African region. It’s transmission to humans happens via contact with food or household items contaminated with the urine or faeces of rodents. Person-to-person infections also happens, and especially in hospitals that lacks adequate infection …
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How can communities around the world prepare for, detect, and respond to emerging pandemics and health security threats? You may help us provide answers to this pertinent question. Deadline to Submit a Solution: 18 June, 2020 Overview of SOLVE Challenge Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the latest in a series …
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