Female leadership and One Health online course

One Health is an approach that recognizes that the health of people is closely connected to the health of animals and our shared environment.

Women farmers, who often manage livestock alongside domestic responsibilities like food preparation and childcare, face a high risk of foodborne or animal-borne disease. They are a crucial target group for One Health approaches, yet face barriers to accessing important information, only receiving 5 percent of global extension services.

Who is this course for?

This free online course is for frontline human health and animal health service providers in West Africa. It focuses on how to work together using a One Health approach to empower women farmers and their households to reduce zoonotic disease risks (those that pass from animals to humans), improve livestock productivity and the nutrition and health of farming households.

To take this course you should:

• Be based in West Africa.
• Be one of the following: veterinarian, Veterinary Paraprofessional, medical doctor, nurse or Community Health Worker with a recognized qualification.
• Be able to study in English.
• Have access to an internet capable smartphone or computer.

What will you learn?

This training package will equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to collaborate with fellow human and animal health workers to serve as One Health leaders in your communities, delivering services and trainings to farmers. Study modules will cover:

• Leadership and communication skills.
• Key principles of One Health and Gender.
• The importance of engaging women for improving One Health.
• Promoting nutritional security.
• Promoting livestock productivity. 
• The benefits of collaboration between animal health and human health workers.  

What does the course involve?

• Takes around 10 hours to complete over three weeks.
• Studied online on a smartphone or computer.
• 10 self-paced interactive online modules, enriched with photographs, videos, exercises and self-test questions
• The course opens with a live interactive webinar where you will meet your tutors and be introduced to the course.
• Expert trainers are available to answer questions.
• A second live webinar will help you integrate and apply what you have learnt using a case study.
• Successful trainees will receive a certificate.