🌱The School of Preventive Medicine and Public Health - Hanoi Medical University and the Department of Disease Prevention - Ministry of Health respectfully introduce the online course “Children's Environmental Health” (English name “Introduction to Children’s Environmental Health”) developed by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) with the expert coordination of the World Health Organization (WHO).
The course provides foundational and up-to-date knowledge of environmental factors that affect children's health and development, including air pollution, exposure to chemicals and heavy metals, water and sanitation, and the impacts of climate change.
The program is designed with interactive content and assessment tests at the end of each module. The course is suitable for medical staff, lecturers, health students and individuals interested in the field of children's environmental health.
Course details
- Learning format: Online, self-study on UNICEF's Agora platform
- Language: English
- Module number: 11 modules
- Duration: 2–3 hours/module
- Cost: Free
📚Module content:
- Course overview- Why are children vulnerable?
- Chemicals and children's health
- Lead and children's health
- Mercury and children's health
- Pesticides and children's health
- Electronic waste and children's health
- Air pollution and children's health
- Climate change and children's health
- Clean water, sanitation (WASH) and children's health
- Taking a history of environmental exposure in pediatrics
Conditions for certification: Complete all 11 modules, score at least 80% on tests and complete the end-of-course survey to receive a certificate of completion from UNICEF and WHO
Benefits of participating and completing the course
- Update international knowledge on children's environmental health
- Strengthen professional capacity in training, research and practice
- Complete before April 30, 2026: Opportunity to receive a direct certificate and gift from UNICEF Vietnam at the sharing workshop about this course.
Instructions for registering and accessing AGORA
- Sign up: Go to the UNICEF Agora platform and click "Sign up" to create a profile for full access.
- Navigation: Use categories to search by keyword, topic, competency or language.
- Search for courses: Type the keyword “Introduction to Children’s Environmental Health” in the search bar to search for the course.
👉 Details and registration at:
https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=39366
👉 Support contact information: Department of Environmental Health, MSc. Bui Thi Minh Hanh (email: buiminhanh@hmu.edu.vn )
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