Webinar: New opportunities for air pollution and health education - launching an OpenWHO online course for health workers

Join the WHO Air Quality, Energy and Health Unit for a groundbreaking webinar “New opportunities for air pollution and health education: launching an OpenWHO online course for health workers” to be held on 5 September 2023 at 1-2:15pm (CEST).

In a landmark collaboration with over 30 international experts, WHO has developed the first WHO Air Pollution and Health Training toolkit specifically tailored for health workers (APHT) to be unveiled at the end of 2023. The toolkit includes downloadable and interactive training resources to inform and empower health care professionals. In anticipation of the toolkit’s launch, a readily accessible OpenWHO online training will be released at the margins of the 2023 UN International Day for Clean Air and blue skies.

 The webinar aims to:

• Launch the OpenWHO course on air pollution and health: an introduction for health workers.
• Showcase key initiatives aimed at raising awareness and equipping health professionals to tackle air pollution and protect public health.
• Preview the upcoming Air Pollution and Health Training toolkit targeting health workers (APHT).

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Agenda

Opening and welcoming remarks
Dr Maria Neira, Director, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, WHO
Ms Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, The Ella Roberta Foundation

Launch of the OpenWHO course “Air pollution and health: an introduction for health workers”

Dr Samantha Pegoraro, Technical Officer, Air Quality and Health Unit, WHO

 
Panel discussion: What challenges and opportunities for air pollution education of the health workforce?
Key examples from:

• The Community Household Air Pollution Prevention Programme (CHAP-PP): strengthening Community Health Workers’ education in Kenya
• Air pollution data in children’s clinical records: a GOSH experience in London
• Using air pollution low-cost sensors to educate Community Health Workers in Brazil
• Clean air advocacy actions and education among medical students and secondary school children in Cameroon

Facilitator: Mr Mohamed Eissa, Liaison Officer for Public Health, International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA)

Discussants: 

CLEAN-Air(Africa), Health Systems Strengthening Lead (tbc)
Dr Mark Hayden, Greet Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), London, the United Kingdom
Dr Enrique Falceto de Barros, World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA), Brazil
Mr Elvis Ndikum Achiri, Co-Founder and President at Global Youth Strategy (GYS) on Air Pollution and Climate Health, Cameroon

What’s next: the WHO Air Pollution and Health Training toolkit for health workers (APTH)

Dr Sophie Gumy, Technical Officer, Air Quality and Health Unit, WHO

Dr Carl Osei, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Ghana 

Closing remarks

Dr Heather Adair-Rohani, Unit Head a.i., Air Quality and Health Unit, WHO