WHO (World Health Organization) offers several free online courses on various topics.  Anyone interested and preparing to work in epidemics, pandemics, and health emergencies or already doing so, can apply to these courses that enable motivated people to contribute to global health advancements. With everyone living in cages resembling homes, these online classes aim to create a multicultural society that can design reasonable regulations. The primary goal of free WHO courses is to create a dynamic health workforce.
Additionally, when the course is over, participants receive WHO certifications.

The World Health Organization-sponsored global web-based courses teach participants how to interact honorably with investors in a global health setting to achieve WHO-directed health-oriented goals. The WHO courses enable the prospective community to assist in addressing global health concerns while being guided by a globally renowned health organization. Through numerous possibilities for capacity building, it expedites applicants’ efforts to bolster their knowledge, skills, and capacities. Additionally, these free WHO short courses are designed to draw in a pool of bright young minds, educate them and prepare them for the health system and processes to prepare various health professionals for the health sector.

Important Details

Deadline: Open WHO courses are self-paced
Host organization: WHO (World Health Organization)
Duration: Self-paced means it depends upon you at what time you complete it.
Cost: Free of cost
Time of courses: self-paced means you can take as much time as you need to complete a course.
Language of courses:  over 20 languages, including many of the UN official languages.

Types of courses: 

OpenWHO offers three levels of courses: basic, intermediate, and advanced, under four channels:

• Outbreak: introduces knowledge and tools on specific diseases.
• Go social!: focuses on cross-cutting interventions such as risk communication.
• Ready for response: talks about humanitarian response and how best to engage in emergency situations.
• Preparing for pandemics: brings together courses on various aspects of influenza events.

During emergencies, OpenWHO also produces special knowledge resources packages adapted from existing content.

Channels of courses: 

• Antimicrobial Resistance
• Clinical Management
• COVID-19
• COVID-19 National Languages
• COVID-19 Vaccines
• Digital Health and Innovation
• End TB
• Get Social
• Data
• Healthier Populations
• Health Inequality Monitoring
• Infection Prevention and Control
• Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response
• Neglected Tropical Diseases
• One Health
• Outbreak
• Preparing for Pandemics
• Preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
• Ready for Response
• Scientific and Strategic Talks on COVID-19
• Universal Health Coverage

Benefits

By enrolling in WHO Online courses, you learn up-to-date knowledge of  the topic and have the following options:

• After the course is over, the participants receive the certificate.
• You can download the course video as well.
• Throughout the program, a person can access his progress.
• The instruction is provided in the communities’ native tongue.
• They provide a chance for a health worker to develop constructive health policies.
• They offer tools for fostering collaboration amongst various populations.
• They make it simple for applicants to study under the guidance of qualified health professionals.

Eligibility Criteria

Anyone can apply to WHO Free Online courses.

• There are no nationality limitations.
• There are no academic constraints.
• Everyone is entitled to register for these courses online.
• The candidate must be enthusiastic and collaborative.

How to apply?

• Create an account using the apply now button and fill the mandatory fields and submit this short form. then you will receive a confirmation email, open the email and confirm it; you will then be directed to the (Term of Use) page; after that, click the (Proceed) button. You will then be directed to the (My profile) page, where you can review your personal information.
• Before proceeding, you must answer the question under the section entitled (Required Information) and then click the checkmark to save your answer.
• Fill out your registration form completely and submit it.

Download the course catalogs:

1. COVID 19 Courses
2. General Courses

Watch the Video on how to Apply to this Video

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For more information, kindly visit the  WHO  website.