Public Health Engineering in Humanitarian Contexts
Details
Water sanitation and hygiene in humanitarian crisis is a critical issue that requires attention to avoid outbreak of infectious waterborne diseases. Such diseases can cause high cases of morbidity and mortality following a disaster further escalating the panic mode making it difficult to control.
This course prepares qualified personnel (e.g. engineers and public health professionals) interested in becoming aid workers to further their skills and learn more about humanitarian WASH methods.
TARGET GROUP
- Aid workers.
- engineers and public health professionals
- disaster response personnel
- Community Health volunteers.
- Community Focal persons
COURSE OBJECTIVE
After the completion of the course, the participants will be able to;
- Know the various sanitary systems
- Design appropriate sanitary system for human waste disposal
- Design water treatment methods
- Design waste water disposal methods
- Control disease Vector using appropriate engineering methods
- Design Solid waste management plan in humanitarian contexts
- Design Drainage in humanitarian camps
- Design of Safe shelter
COURSE OJECTIVE
- Sanitation systems
- Water treatment methods
- Waterborne diseases
- Vector borne diseases in humanitarian context
- Solid waste management methods
- Drainage
- Sanitary disposal of dead bodies.
- Ventilation and overcrowding in prevention of airborne disease
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
- Willingness to learn and appreciation of public health engineering in the prevention of human suffering.
- Understanding of the language of course delivery- English
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Gerizim Consortium is a limited company registered in Kenya with its head office in Nairobi Kenya. The organization has a broad experience working with local and international partners to deliver on its mandate.
Our major role is in the impartation of professional ethos to individuals and firms for the betterment of their own self, by addressing gaps in human resource as well as creating forums for sustainable development through education, research, leadership and advocacy.
Our form of expertise brings experience from developed and developing countries and is iterative in creation of efficient local solutions to problems by use of available resources. In analytics including cost-benefit analysis, Gerizim Consortium is definitely the solution provider of choice in the capacity development, Audits and consultancy in our field of operations.
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