Skills in Management for Public Health Emergencies
Issued by
University of Arizona
The Skills in Management for Public Health Emergencies microcredential equips learners with applied skills in global public health emergency management. Participants develop competencies in outbreak control, emergency response planning, crisis communication and resource mobilization. Designed for practical impact, it prepares students to introduce management foundations and coordinate effective responses to complex health emergencies.
- Type Validation
- Level Intermediate
- Time Hours
- Cost Free
Skills
- Crisis Communications
- Crisis Leadership
- Crisis Management
- Emergency Management
- Emergency Procedures
- Emergency Support
- Global Health
- International Health
- Medical Emergencies
- Outbreak Management
- Public Health
- Public Health Emergency Preparedness
- Public Health Emergency Response Planning
- Resource Management
- Resource Mobilization
- Resource Planning
- Risk Communication
- Situation Analysis
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Stakeholder Management
Earning Criteria
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Learners earn this microcredential by completing three quizzes and developing a team-based Emergency Response Plan that applies Global frameworks (GOARN, IHR, IASC) to real-world scenarios. Competencies include outbreak control, situation analysis, risk communication, stakeholder mapping, and emergency coordination. **Additional: Graduate students complete advanced analysis and a resource mobilization strategy.**
Standards
A WHO network of over 310 technical institutions and networks globally that respond to acute public health events with the deployment of staff and resources to affected countries. We aim to deliver rapid and effective support to prevent and control infectious diseases outbreaks and public health emergencies when requested.
Disease outbreaks and other acute public health risks are often unpredictable and require a range of responses, the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) provide an overarching legal framework that defines countries’ rights and obligations in handling public health events and emergencies that have the potential to cross borders.
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) is the longest-standing and highest-level humanitarian coordination forum of the United Nations system. It brings together the executive heads of 19 organizations and consortia to formulate policy, set strategic priorities and mobilize resources in response to humanitarian crises.
The Sphere Handbook has been field-tested over twenty years and regularly updated to ensure it remains fit for purpose in a changing world. It is a rights-based foundation: people have the right to assistance, to life with dignity, to protection and security, and the right to fully participate in decisions related to their own recovery.