Pandemic Preparedness Enhancement Program (PREP) - Practitioners Track

Course Outline

Day 1: Navigating the Impact of Disease Outbreak

Day 2: Strengthening community resilience

Day 3: Norms and behaviour during a health crisis

Day 4: Preparing for the field

Mode of Learning: Presentation, Group Discussions/Activity and Field visit

Methodology: Group Activities, Field Visit simulation, Post-class surveys

Target Audience

Staff and volunteers from Southeast Asia National Societies who possessed:

• Some knowledge and experience in humanitarian response within the Movement

• Field actors with operational and sectoral experience, in particular in health emergencies (programmatic and operational response)

Course Syllabus

Day 1: Navigating the Impact of Disease Outbreak

• Introduction to Disease Outbreak

• Introduction to Epidemiology

• One Health and Community Resilience

• Introduction to Public Health Engineering

• Effects of COVID-19 on communities

Day 2: Strengthening Community Resilience

• Community Engagement and Accountability

• Community-Based Surveillance

• Vaccination Campaign

Day 3: Norms and behaviour during a health crisis

• Health Information Management

• Managing misinformation and disinformation

• Assessment and Coordination

Day 4: Preparing for the field

• Mental Health and Psychosocial Support 

• Volunteer Management

• Field visit