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Course details

Course type:

Short Course

Mode of study:

Duration:

2 Weeks

Home fee:

£950

Overseas fee:

£950

3 good reasons to study

This course explores the variety of skills, not just medical, which are needed by the humanitarian sector.

It is suitable for a wide range of roles that are needed across the humanitarian sector – from water and sanitation technical specialists to logisticians, and from security specialists to project co-ordinators and contractors.

The course provides a valuable gateway to understanding the humanitarian sector.

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN

This course aims to provide students with knowledge and critical understanding of the principal technical challenges encountered in supporting emergency humanitarian operations. You will learn how to adopt a reasoned and evidence-based approach to anticipating and identifying the technical challenges associated with humanitarian interventions and to develop and evaluate strategies for their management.

The course employs interactive lectures, student-led seminars, and group work around case studies and problem-solving exercises. Practical sessions on methods of water purification and demonstrations of important disease vectors are held in the laboratory.

Topics covered include:

planning and managing the logistics chain;
tools for financial management and control;
managing human resources;
field communication equipment;
provision and maintenance of accommodation and utilities;
environmental and public health hazards;
environmental health planning;
managing effective programmes for sanitation and water supply; and
risk factors and control strategies for vector-borne diseases.

Course Outline

Logistics, infrastructure and communication:

planning and managing the logistics chain of specification, ordering and procurement, transport, storage and distribution
tools for financial management and control
managing human resources for logistics and technical activities
contracts for staff, property and procurement
field communication equipment and their importance for security
logistics support of immunization programmes
provision and maintenance of accommodation and utilities

Environmental Health, Water and Sanitation:

common environmental and public health hazards
environmental health planning and management in emergencies
minimum standards for the delivery of relief in the environmental health sector
planning and managing effective sanitation programmes
planning, sourcing, treating and supplying water in emergencies
hygiene-promotion
key indicators for monitoring environmental health programs
environmental risk factors for vector-borne diseases in emergency situations
strategies for controlling vector-borne diseases

10 Academic Credits

The course is assessed by a 1.5 hour multiple choice question examination.

For an additional fee of £95, you can be entered for full Academic Credits for this course (Masters level credit). The academic credits are offered to provide choice and flexibility to all of our students and students who do not wish to do the assessments will be awarded a Certificate of Attendance. Applicants wishing to find out more about the assessment should contact MyLSTM@lstmed.ac.uk.

Entrance Requirements

Academic requirements:

Any person working in international development and humanitarianism would benefit from attending this course.

English language requirements:

Attending course with Academic Credit:
The course is taught in English. Students whose first language is not English must provide evidence of an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) score of at least 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in all learning components, or a TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of at least 88 for the Internet-based Test (iBT), with minimum scores of 21 for Listening and Writing, 22 for Reading and 23 for Speaking. Tests should be within their validity period of 2 years.

Attending course – Certificate of Attendance Only:
The course is taught in English and in a postgraduate setting. Students whose first language is not English should be aware that to benefit from the course participants should have English language proficiency at the equivalent of an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) score of at least 6.5.

Aims

This course aims to:

Develop evidence based strategies for effective water, sanitation and environmental health programmes in humanitarian emergencies

Review critically the available literature and summarise key points on technical aspects of humanitarian operations support

Plan logistics support for the management of humanitarian operations

Careers

Many students go on to work with major NGOs in the field. These roles are not just in the realm of medicine – also needed are logisticians, cultural mediators and interpreters, water and sanitation specialists, biomedical scientists, project coordinators, security specialists, nutritionists, HR specialists, and finance officers.

Testimonials

The topics were relevant and the content had clear practical applications in the field.

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Humanitarian Operations: Environmental Health & Logistics