Certificate Course in Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH

    Course Overview

    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 
    7. Water Source Protection 
    8. Determining Water Quantity, Quality and Accessibility
    9. Rural and Urban Communities Sanitation Management
    10. Types of Wastes
    11. Waste Management
    12. Effective Community Hygiene
    13. Understanding Social Behaviour Change
    14. Key Community Hygiene Behaviors
    15. Sustainable Community Health/Hygiene: Mechanisms for Delivery and Measurement
    16. Typical WASH Aspects:
    17. Vector Control (Mosquitoes and other Flies)
    18. Housing and Settlement Planning
    19. Controlling Indoor Air Pollution.
    20. WASH Performance and Impact Measurement.

     

    Assignments

    In order to demonstrate their understanding of the course content, students will be required to submit three assignments.

    DURATION: 3 Months

    REGIONS TARGETED: Global

    COURSE FEE: $400

    ORGANIZERS: Africa Institute for Project Management Studies (AIPMS)

    LANGUAGE: English and French

    FORMAT: Online Learning

    GENERAL COURSE CONTACT: 

    The Academics Manager

    Email: info@africadevelopmentresources.org

    Website: www.africadevelopmentresources.org