By the end of module one, Awareness, you will understand:
- Why considering gender issues in health is important.
- The concepts of gender equality, gender equity, and health equity.
- The differences between sex and gender, and develop an understanding about how gender norms are constructed, maintained and reinforced.
- Why and how gender and gender inequity are social determinants of health, and their relationship with other determinants.
- Increase knowledge and awareness of how outcomes in health are related to sex, gender norms, roles, relations and other determinants of health.
- Initiate the building of core analytical skills for gender analysis and its application in a public health context.
- Understand how the health sector can use gender analysis tools to effectively reduce health inequities.
By the end of module two, Analysis, you will understand:
- Outline the principles of gender analysis of a health problem.
- Define the interrelated factors that need to be examined during a gender analysis.
- Understand the steps of a gender analysis and their relation to institutional mechanisms such as budgets and human resource plans.
- Conduct gender analysis of the problem,
- Use gender analysis in institutional planning processes.
By the end of module three, Action, you will understand:
- Apply and gender assessment methods to a new or existing project or programme.
- Identify key elements for developing gender-responsive actions.
- Develop gender-responsive activities, work, plans, programs, or policies.
- Classify top tasks and products by using the WHO GSM gender classification or AMRO/PAHO Biennial Work Plan and monitoring system.
This course will help you:
- In assessing whether the introduction of pneumococcal vaccine into the immunization program is cost-effective and feasible;
- In designing and implementing a vaccine introduction plan when the evidence supports the introduction;
- In monitoring the implementation and evaluating the impact after introducing the vaccine.
- Know basic concepts regarding pneumococcal epidemiology, transmission, and distribution;
- Identify those groups most susceptible to pneumococcal disease;
- Recognize the importance of pneumococcal disease as a public health problem;
- Understand pneumococcal disease burden and how it varies between developing and developed countries;
- Distinguish characteristics of specific pneumococcal disease syndromes.
- Describe practical methods for collecting surveillance data;
- Understand how surveillance data guide decisions related to pneumococcal vaccine introduction;
- Learn how to use surveillance data to estimate disease burden.
- Recognize the main types of pneumococcal vaccines;
- Understand the ways in which the PCV-7 vaccine prevents pneumococcal infections;
- Estimate the potential impact of pneumococcal vaccine introduction in your country.
- Evaluate data to choose the most appropriate vaccine;
- Determine financing options;
- Assess the capacity needs of the health system;
- Recognize procurement and regulatory needs;
- Support advocacy and communication activities.
- Understand the different methods for evaluating the economics of health interventions, such as introducing a new vaccine;
- Understand how to use a cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) to measure the costs and benefits of introducing a rotavirus vaccine;
- Identify the main drivers of CEA for a rotavirus vaccine;
- Conduct a cost analysis for introducing a rotavirus vaccine.
