Introduction to Public Health Engineering in Humanitarian Contexts
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Duration | 12 hours |
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Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
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Credential | Certificate |
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- Beginner Level
- Approx. 12 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish
Introduction to Public Health Engineering in Humanitarian Contexts at Coursera Course details
- 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!
- The EPFL, EAWAG-SANDEC and ICRC have decided to partner to guide you through this introduction to the fascinating field of public health engineering in humanitarian contexts.
Introduction to Public Health Engineering in Humanitarian Contexts at Coursera Curriculum
Public Health Engineering
Teaser
Course overview
Why public health engineering matters?
Environmental transmission pathways
Waterborne pathogens
Introduction to water quality criteria
How does drinking water become unsafe?
Water quantity
Introduction to vector control
Case study - Plague in Madagacar
Summary Week 1
About the course
Further reading
Week description and objectives
Introduction
Infectious diseases
Water quantity and quality requirements
Vector control
Summary
F-Diagram
Water consumption worldwide
Humanitarian contexts
Introduction to humanitarian contexts
Planning and assessment
Case study - Bringing precious water in rural environment
Case study - Responding to emergencies
Urban contexts
Impact of protracted armed conflicts on essential urban services
A Call for a Better Urban Approach
Case study - Water and Iraq 1991 -2003
Summary of the week
Week description and objectives
Introduction
Humanitarian response
Urban challenges
Summary
The fundamentals principles in action
Exam of week 2
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
Introduction to water supply systems
Case study - water supply in emergencies
Water Source Selection
Intake
Abstraction
Water Treatment
Water Distribution, Transport & User safety
Summary
Week description and objectives
Introduction
Water source selection
Intake & Abstraction
Water treatment
Water Distribution, Transport & User safety
Further info on "Household water treatment and storage"
Summary
Exam of week 3
Sanitation
Introduction to sanitation
Sanitation products
Excreta management in humanitarian crisis
Sanitation technology selection
On-site collection and storage technologies
Collection and storage/treatment - Anaerobic technologies
Conveyance technologies: Case study on Ebola waste management
[Semi] Centralized treatment technologies - Treatment stages
[Semi] Centralized treatment - Aerobic Technologies
Anaerobic Technologies: Case study - Prisons running on biogas
Summary Week 4
Week description and objectives
Introduction
Sanitation systems
Sanitation technologies
Further information on sanitation technologies
Summary
Case study - The battle against sewage in Gaza
Exam of week 4
Waste management & Hygiene promotion
Introduction to week 5
A systematic approach to behavior change
Medical Waste Management - Part a
Medical Waste Management - Part b
Conclusion
Week description and objectives
Introduction
Further info on solide waste management
Hygiene promotion
Further reading on hygiene promotion in emergencies
Medical waste management
Example of medical waste management
Summary
Medical waste mangement worldwide
Exam of week 5
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