This course is part of the Certificate peer learning programme for leadership in climate change and health.
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You may be the nurse who saw the rains arrive earlier this year. You may be the community health worker walking further to find safe water. You may be the programme officer rebuilding a clinic the wind tore down. These situations may be different from yours. The challenge is the same. Climate change is harming the health of your community. What can you do, where you are, with what you have?
Enroll now. Then invite one person to join you.
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Why this course exists
People who work for health are already responding to the impact of climate change on health. Their experiences are rarely heard in global research and policy. This course brings those experiences into a shared space, so that you can learn from peers, share your own experience, and figure out what you can do about it.
What this course covers
- Responding in emergency situations. You see how peers kept care moving when roads flooded, supplies ran out, and clinics were cut off. You learn what to try first when the next event hits.
- Responses to mitigate the impact of climate change on health. You see how peers protected water, adapted clinic hours to extreme heat, and shifted disease surveillance as the seasons changed. You leave with practical steps to prepare your own community.
- Engaging the community in responses. You see how peers worked with community health workers, women’s groups, local leaders, and radio to reach people in time. You learn how to design a response your community owns.
Who this is for
If you work for health, you are welcome here. This course is for everyone, including nurses, midwives, community health workers, doctors, public health officers, and programme staff. If you do not see your role or title here, but you are concerned about the impact of climate change on health, you are encouraged to join.
Three reasons to make time for this
- You join a working network of peers facing what you face. You connect with colleagues taking this course alongside you, including leaders from the REACH network of more than 4,000 leaders of local organizations that are facing climate impacts on health.
- You work on a real challenge from your own setting. Think through what is happening in your community. Then figure out what you can do about it, now. Get feedback from colleagues to sharpen your thinking and prepare for action.
- You see what peers actually did, then decide what works for you. You learn what is happening in other communities – and how your colleagues are responding.
Why you can trust this course
The Geneva Learning Foundation built this course with Teach to Reach’s leaders from the REACH network that connects more than 4,000 locally-led organizations. The experiences shared come from the insights report “Local action to mitigate the impact of the climate crisis on health”
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What you will take home
- New ways of seeing how climate is hurting the health of your community.
- Practical actions you can take to prepare your community and respond to the impacts of climate change on health.
Certification
You earn a Certificate of Contribution from The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) that documents what you did, not how long you sat through a course. The certificate is part of the Certificate peer learning programme for leadership in climate change and health. Each module aligns with professional development frameworks for public health, nursing, and medicine. You can submit the certificate to your employer or your professional body.
Where this leads
When you complete this course, you are invited to join The Geneva Learning Foundation’s REACH network of health and humanitarian leaders. If you are ready to commit, you can join the Impact Accelerator to develop and implement practical actions to protect your community from the impacts of climate change on health. You will no longer face this challenge alone.