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Organization: UN Children's Fund
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Closing Date: 1970-01-01
The Immunisation eLearning Initiative provides UNICEF and partners’ staff access to training in areas deemed vital to the advancement of the Global Vaccine Action Plan. MCES aims to contribute to this goal by offering the learner insight into the significance and practicalities of preventing measles disease burden under UNICEF’s core commitments for children in humanitarian action (http://www.unicef.org/publications/files/CCC_042010.pdf).
Learning objectives
At the end of this course, you will:
- Understand how measles transmission risk factors are exacerbated by emergency situations.
- Be familiar with measles risk assessment.
- Be familiar with the practical steps in investigating a suspected measles outbreak.
- Be introduced to planning and implementing preventive or outbreak response measles vaccination campaigns of supplemental immunisation activities (SIAs)
Audience
This course is intended for UNICEF and partners’ personnel working in health and in humanitarian emergencies across all levels of the organization (headquarters, regional, and country offices). It is recommended that health and emergency staff include the Immunization eLearning Initiative courses as part of their professional development plan.
Length
This modular course has a total duration of 130 minutes.
Methodology
This course is presented as illustrated, animated tutorials authored by subject matter experts.
Structure
This course comprises four modules and one mandatory assessment. Module 1 is mandatory, after which participants can access the others according to preference in one or several sittings
Module 1: The significance measles transmission in emergency settings (12 min) Module 2: Risk assessment and decision-making to determine mitigating strategies (32 min) Module 3: Investigating a measles outbreak (35 min) Module 4: Planning and implementation of a mass vaccination campaign (40 min) Measles Control in Emergencies: Assessment (15 min)
Contact details
For questions or feedback on this course, please contact the UNICEF Immunisation Unit:
Robert Kezaala: rkezaala@unicef.org; Imran Mirza: imirza@unicef.org; Yodit Sahlemariam: ysahlemariam@unicef.org
How to register
Register online at https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=3771
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