Free coronavirus courses from World Health Organization

Now after 15219 coronavirus cases only on EE.UU, we need preparate us and our families for this pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) adding online open courses for COVID-19 as a resource for health professionals, decision-makers and the public.

they have 5 new courses and more than 500 000 learners have already enrolled, now we make a list of this courses but if you need other languages you can find here.

COVID-19: Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners Platform to support country preparedness and response

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In order to assist UN country teams in scaling up country preparedness and response to COVID-19, WHO has developed these learning modules as a companion to the Operational Planning Guidelines to Support Country Preparedness and Response.

The training is intended:

• For UN country teams (UNCTs)
• For other relevant stakeholders, including partners, donors and civil society
• To support national readiness and preparedness for COVID-19
• To help countries increase their capacity to respond to COVID-19
• To increase international coordination for response and preparedness
• To streamline the process of coordinating resources and assessing country preparedness levelResponse. 

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 

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This course provides 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 ensure there is no further transmission to HCW or to other patients and others in the healthcare facility.

This training is intended for healthcare workers and public health professionals, as it is focused on infection prevention and control.

  ePROTECT Respiratory Infections (EN)

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All personnel responding to outbreaks of Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) need to have the basic knowledge and skills to mount an effective response. They need to understand what ARIs are, how they are transmitted, how to assess the risk of infection and to understand basic hygiene measures to protect themselves. This learning package consists of 4 modules with videos and downloadable presentations.

Clinical Care Severe Acute Respiratory Infection

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It is intended for clinicians who are working in intensive care units (ICUs) in low and middle-income countries and managing adult and pediatric patients with severe forms of acute respiratory infection (SARI), including severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), sepsis and septic shock. It is a hands-on practical guide to be used by health care professionals involved in clinical care management during outbreaks of influenza virus (seasonal) human infection due avian influenza virus (H5N1, H7N9), MERS-CoV, COVID-19 or other emerging respiratory viral epidemics. 

Emerging respiratory viruses, including COVID-19: methods for detection, prevention, response and control

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This course provides a general introduction to COVID-19 and emerging respiratory viruses and is intended for public health professionals, incident managers and personnel working for the United Nations, international organizations and NGOs.

As the official disease name was established after material creation, any mention of nCoV refers to COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus.


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