Organization: Africa Center for Project Management
Registration deadline: 20 Mar 2016
Starting date: 01 Apr 2016
Ending date: 01 Sep 2016
Africa Center for Project Management (ACPM) in partnership with SCIM Institute, Netherlands are pleased to announce a Diploma in Water, Hygiene and Sanitation. The course is offered through Distance Learning. The course will start from 1st April 2016 1st September 2016
Course Start date: 1st April 2016
Course End: 1st September 2016
Registration Deadline: 20th March 2016
Course Overview:
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According to the latest estimates of the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP), released in early 2013 (collected in 2011), 36 per cent of the world’s population – 2.5 billion people – lack improved sanitation facilities, and 768 million people still use unsafe drinking water sources. Inadequate access to safe water and sanitation services, coupled with poor hygiene practices, kills and sickens thousands of children every day, and leads to impoverishment and diminished opportunities for thousands more.**
The course provides an understanding of WASH in the context of wider public health challenges and illustrates the practical interventions necessary to deliver on health and wider development/emergency needs.
Course Objectives:
By the end of this course, a student assessed as competent against this qualification will be able to:
- Understand public health and appreciate the current and future disease burden in developing countries
- Correlate WASH and Environmental Health with Public Health (including nutrition) in the context of community development
- Understand the practicalities around community water supply, waste management (including drainage), and related environmental health issues for effective community hygiene promotion
- Examine indicators of performance in WASH and wider environmental health
Course Outline:1. Introduction to Public Health Definitions and Concepts**
2. Global Disease Burden: A Review of Key Health Determinants – The Case of Developing Countries.
3. Assessing Public Health Priorities in Emergency and Development Settings
4. Effectiveness of WASH Interventions: The Evidence Base
5. Direct Water Supply Interventions
6.Types of Water Sources
- Water Source Protection
- Determining Water Quantity, Quality and Accessibility
7. Rural and Urban Communities Sanitation Management
- Types of Wastes
- Waste Management
8.Effective Community Hygiene
- Understanding Social Behaviour Change
- Key Community Hygiene Behaviors
- Sustainable Community Health/Hygiene: Mechanisms for Delivery and Measurement
9.Typical WASH Aspects:
- Vector Control (Mosquitoes and other Flies)
- Housing and Settlement Planning
- Controlling Indoor Air Pollution.
10.WASH Performance and Impact Measurement.
This module is designed specifically for development organisations.
Course Organizers:
Africa Center for Project Management (ACPM) was established in 2004 in Amsterdam with the Africa regional offices in Nairobi. The organization was formed to address capacity building needs among development and corporate organizations in Africa and Asia by offering Online Diplomas and In-House trainings. The organization has over ten years experience working with development partners in capacity building in. We have trained over 5000 development professionals in various thematic areas.
Exercises:
After they have read the material for each unit, students are expected
to test their own Learning by completing some relevant exercises and
tasks.
Assignments: There are ten assignments (continuous assessment tests) and one examination to be offered at the end of the course. Assignments and Continuous Assessment Tests account for 70% project paper or examination will account for 30% of the mark. Upon completion of the course you shall be issued with a Diploma and a course transcript.
Examination
Diploma and Transcripts will be sent after successful completion of the course
DURATION AND COURSE LOAD: 24 Weeks - 5 to 6 hours per week
DATES: 1st April 2016 to 1st September 2016 (Six Months course)
REGIONS TARGETED: Global
COURSE: FEE: $800
ORGANIZERS: Africa Center for Project Management (ACPM)
LANGUAGE: English only
FORMAT: Web-based and Distance Learning facilitated
GENERAL COURSE CONTACT
The Academics Coordinator
Africa Center for Project Management
Krishna Center, Woodvale Groove,
Nairobi-Kenya
Tel: +254-20-522-5929
Email: info@onlinelearningcentre.org
Email:Diploma@africaprojectcenter.com
Website: www.onlinelearningcentre.org
How to register:
To enrol in this course, kindly send an email to info@onlinelearningcentre.org we shall send you registration details.