The world is facing unprecedented humanitarian needs. Today’s humanitarian crisis tend to be greater in number, often in urban settings, longer in duration and broader in regional impact. They generate human sufferings on a greater scale, disrupt essential services, such as water supply or sanitation and put health of large population at risk. Engineers and technical specialists in water, sanitation, energy, environment, and in other related fields play a vital role to respond to these challenges and growing needs. In the humanitarian sector, they are called the public health engineers and today they are increasingly needed! Why public health engineering matters so much in humanitarian crises? And how its related activities are carrying out in such complex environment? This is what this MOOC is all about!
Introduction to Public Health Engineering in Humanitarian Contexts
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Introduction to Public Health Engineering in Humanitarian Contexts
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Resultados profesionales del estudiante
30%
20%
10%
Certificado para compartir
100 % en línea
Fechas límite flexibles
Nivel principiante
Aprox. 12 horas para completar
Inglés (English)
Resultados profesionales del estudiante
30%
20%
10%
Certificado para compartir
100 % en línea
Fechas límite flexibles
Nivel principiante
Aprox. 12 horas para completar
Inglés (English)
Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso
Public Health Engineering
The first week introduces the topic of public health engineering and see how engineers can have a significant impact to reduce the mortality and morbidity encountered in many humanitarian contexts. In order to do so, engineers should have a good understanding on how infectious diseases are transmitted. This is why you will be introduced to different environmental transmission pathways of diseases and you will see some measures to be taken to prevent the spread of some diseases. Real study case examples will be introduced to support the understanding.
Humanitarian contexts
During this week, the humanitarian context in which public health engineering activities take place is presented. We will see how protracted conflicts affect urban essential services, such as water supply and sanitation, resulting in public health issues.
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
The week does a review of water technologies commonly used from the source to the distribution point. We discuss some pros and cons of different water systems that may be encountered in humanitarian contexts.
Sanitation
The fourth week does a review of sanitation technologies and excreta management. Case studies illustrate some challenges and practices in humanitarian sector.
Revisiones
Principales revisiones sobre INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING IN HUMANITARIAN CONTEXTS
Learning about the Public Health engineering in humanitation contexts really enriched my knowledge and transformed my way of thinking regarding to the waste we produce in our society.
This is one of the best courses that provide a clear orientation on objectives and priorities public health engineering in a humanitarian context.
I learnt a lot from this course, it contains all the objectives which should know before going to the Humanitarian crisis.
an essential course that equip one with the skill set required to perform emergency task in humanitarian context.
This is wonderful course that gave me great opportunity to learn more about public health engineering.
It's a good course if someone like to understands how the PHE works. Wonderfully designed & Executed.
Excellent course, understendable even for someone without engineering background as me!!
It's a wonderful program. I learned a lot and really enjoyed it. Thank you so much.
This course is helpful and very interesting I hope to learn other related courses.
The course is very interactive. Students would have the classroom experience.
I really enjoyed it and thought it was very relevant and learned a lot.
Very good introduction and references presented during this course
some prblms with week 3 and 4th showing correct answersv as wrong
An useful material for my knowledge and research interests
good course that emphasized to get clear understanding.
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