This course is part of the Certificate peer learning programme for leadership in climate change and health.
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Certificate peer learning programme for leadership in climate change and health
This is the first peer learning course in The Geneva Learning Foundation’s Certificate peer learning programme for leadership in climate change and health.
The Geneva Learning Foundation worked with health workers from 68 countries to create this course. Health workers shared what climate change is doing to the health of their communities. You learn directly from people like you, who face challenges that are likely to be similar to your own.
Enroll now. Then invite one person to join you.
Do not enroll in this course alone. Think of one colleague who faces similar challenges. Invite them. The course works best when you take it together.
Invite a colleague on WhatsApp, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, LinkedIn, Telegram, Facebook, or X/Twitter.
Learn from health workers like you
Health workers are often the first ones to see climate impacts on health. Connect with a nurse in Ghana managing more malaria after flooding. Learn from a health officer in Bangladesh handling cholera outbreaks. Discover how colleagues in Guatemala protect communities during heat waves. See how peers in Pakistan adapted vaccination schedules for extreme weather.
Your learning partners work in communities across Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe. They understand limited budgets, supply shortages, remote locations, heavy workloads, infrastructure problems, and community challenges. Your own experience can help others too. The course values what you know because you are there every day.
Is this course for you?
This course welcomes everyone who works for health, regardless of who you are or where you live. It is for any health professional, researcher, policy maker, or practitioner worldwide who is concerned about the impacts of climate change on health – and wants to do something about them.
Global health partners: Researchers, policy makers, funders, and practitioners who wish to support climate-vulnerable communities can benefit from learning directly from community experiences.
Organizations: Your organization can become a programme partner through TGLF’s REACH network. REACH is a network of over 4,000 locally-led health organizations and 60,000+ health workers across 70+ countries. Programme partners help shape the future of this programme to meet their needs.
How you learn
- No lectures or tests. You learn by discovering what colleagues share and thinking about how this applies to your work.
- Each module starts with colleague experiences from different regions. Then you reflect, write what you can do differently, and exchange feedback with peers.
- You are both student and teacher. This peer learning works because it comes from people who understand your world while building your professional network.
What you gain
- Better recognize climate-related health problems: Improve your ability to spot climate change impacts on community health.
- Skills to adapt to a changing climate: Gain confidence about changing health services and community responses.
- Skills to learn and lead: Grow leadership skills through colleague learning, feedback, and applying insights.
- Map practical actions: Identify practical actions to improve climate-health response in your work.
Certification and structure
You earn a certificate for each completed module, with professional development credits aligned with public health, nursing, and medical qualification frameworks. Each requires a five-step learning activity: invite a colleague, answer reflection questions, then give and receive feedback.
This learning journey covers four key areas based on health worker experiences:
- Climate and environmental changes (2 hours): Recognizing connections between climate and health.
- Health impacts on communities (2 hours): Direct health impacts, food security, mental health, and social impacts.
- Changing disease patterns (2 hours): Infectious diseases, asthma, allergies, and healthcare access impacts.
- Community responses and adaptations (2 hours): Local solutions and innovations from peers.
Upon completion, you will be invited to join TGLF’s global community of health practitioners for ongoing peer support.
This course builds on “On the Frontline of Climate Change and Health: A Health Worker Eyewitness Report”.