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Add to Preferred SourcesThis online self-study course provides UNICEF and partners’ staff access to training in areas deemed vital to the advancement of the Global Vaccine Action Plan.
The Measles control in emergencies course (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.
The 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.
How will you benefit from this course?
On completion 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 preventative or outbreak response measles vaccination campaigns of supplemental immunisation activities (SIAs).
Original source: kaya
Published on 03 July 2020