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Access free, online eLearning within the Global Health Network Training Centre: https://globalhealthtrainingcentre.tghn.org/

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Take a look at the training courses availabe:

This two-week course will help you gain an understanding of vaccines and why they can help protect the health of those living or working in prison and those around them.

There are two courses: one for vaccine trained staff and one for non-vaccine trained staff. You’ll learn why infectious diseases are particularly important in the prison context and what the main risk factors are before and during incarceration. 

The course is available from the 1st of March, and can be accessed via the links below:  

1. French:

Non-vaccine trained staff: Santé en prison : Vaccinations pour les personnes travaillant et vivant en priso (futurelearn.com)

Vaccine trained staff: Santé en prison : Vaccinations pour les personnes travaillant et vivant en priso (futurelearn.com

2. Romanian:

Non-vaccine trained staff: https://www.futurelearn.com/admin/courses/prison-health-vaccinations-for-people-working-and-living-in-prisons-non-vaccine-trained-staff-moldova/2

Vaccine trained staff: Improving Vaccination Knowledge in Prisons - Vaccine-Trained Staff - FutureLearn

3. German

Vaccine trained staff Improving Vaccination Knowledge in Prisons - Vaccine-Trained Staff - FutureLearn

Non vaccine trained staff Vaccination in Prisons for Non-Vaccine Trained Staff - Online Course FutureLearn

4. Italian

Vaccine trained staff Improving Vaccination Knowledge in Prisons - Vaccine-Trained Staff - FutureLearn

Non-vaccine trained staff Vaccination in Prisons for Non-Vaccine Trained Staff - Online Course FutureLearn

 5. Cyprus

Vaccine trained staff Vaccination in Prisons for Non-Vaccine Trained Staff - Online Course FutureLearn

Non-vaccine trained staff Improving Vaccination Knowledge in Prisons - Vaccine-Trained Staff - FutureLearn 

  

Prevention and management of infectious diseases in places of detention:

  • Apply the WHO principles for preventing and managing infectious diseases in places of detention to their own areas of work
  • Set priorities to improve the quality of infectious disease management based on the availability of resources of the detention facility
  • Develop an action plan considering the interaction with general community health systems
  • Train their peers to deliver the WHO-recommended interventions

All participants receive a digital certificate after successfully completing the course.

Find out more and register here: WHO/Europe training course for prison health-care workers: prevention and management of infectious diseases in places of detention