Disease Outbreak Preparedness and Management
Outbreaks of animal diseases or other animal health-related events have the potential to cause serious socio-economic and public health consequences for a country, by profoundly disrupting trade and food security.
How we collectively and individually respond to these emergencies depends greatly on preparing fully during "peacetime". These preparations should be recognised as some of the more important core functions of national animal health services.
This Disease Outbreak Preparedness and Management course aims to put you and your colleagues in a better position to respond to the next animal disease outbreak and identify preparedness/response processes within your organisations that would benefit from strengthening.
Course content
The Disease Outbreak Preparedness and Management course is provided entirely online. Candidates can study at their own pace, but the course should take a total of around 6 hours to complete.
Topics covered include:
- Planning for animal health emergencies
- Coordinating an outbreak response
- Biosafety
Each module provides a range of information, resources and activities for candidates to work through.
The aims of the course are to provide:
The objectives are that by the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
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Once the course is complete, there is an online examination, which comprises of 10 multiple choice questions to be answered in 30 minutes.
After passing the online examination, candidates will be able to download and print off a certificate of completion.
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