Introduction to Children's Environmental Health Course

This UNICEF and WHO interactive course is based on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) training package on children's environmental health. It is a comprehensive set of internationally harmonized and peer-reviewed materials on the most relevant and pressing issues on children's environmental health. Participants will increase their capacity to recognize, prevent, diagnose and manage children’s conditions related to an array of environmental threats.

The online course contains an overview module plus 10 thematic modules that should be taken sequentially to maximize learning. Each module is broken down into several lessons and will take about 2-3 hours to complete. This is a self-paced course with no time limit. 

Components of modules include: 

• Learning objectives and outcomes 
• Up-to-date global data, maps and graphics 
• Videos that illustrate the importance of healthy environments for children 
• Interactive learning features, including opportunities to explore country-specific children’s environmental health data 
• Examples that highlight ways to reduce children’s environmental exposures 
• Take-home messages 
• Practical guidance, tools and downloadable resources for health workers 
• Full set of references 
• Quizzes to assess knowledge 
• Accessible content with complete instructions for keyboard navigation 

Learners who wish to earn a digital certificate of completion from UNICEF and WHO are required to score 80 per cent or higher on all quizzes and complete the end-of-course survey.

This course is for:

• Frontline health workers, both public and private
• Students in medical and nursing colleges
• Policymakers and managers in health ministries, departments and agencies
• UNICEF and WHO staff