Understanding the major relationships between the health and human rights in the context of strategies for health and human rights of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and World Health Organization (WHO).

- Recognize the structural elements of PHC renewal based on a public health framework, as well as necessary competencies for their attainment; - Participate in a review process on the progress and challenges in the practice of PHC renewal in the national and international context; - Design an intervention proposal for PHC renewal within the scope of the participant’s workplace.

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.

- to gain a more critical and deeper insight into the context in which you work; - to build a comprehensive and problem-based vision of SDH, identifying their potential for the design of public policies; - to gain a critical and reflective view to help you identify new ways of overcoming recurring problems.

- Identify the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of influenza, focusing on influenza A(H1N1); - Recognize and implement critical aspects of health services preparedness; - Identify priority actions for preventing transmission and caring for cases of pandemic influenza; - Know the different protective measures for health care workers and the public; - Analyze information on the behavior and management of the epidemic; - Provide a source of recent news and developments on the epidemic’s behavior.

- Define the terms “pandemic” and “preparedness.”; - Describe how pandemic influenza emerges and spreads; - Describe key steps in developing a local preparedness and response plan; - Describe principles of effective communication during a pandemic; - Identify preparedness and response strategies for specific community sectors; - Identify additional resources to support local preparedness and response efforts.

- Ensure smooth introduction of the rotavirus vaccine; - Assist with planning for program sustainability; - Promote further strengthening of existing immunization programs.

Through this course, the Gender, Ethnicity and Health Office of PAHO/WHO seeks to promote an analysis of the health situation and access to services with proper attention given to differences in health indicators that reveal unfavorable circumstances faced by indigenous people, Afro-descendants, Romani people and migrants. Adopting an ethnic approach will create opportunities to redesign health program, plans and policies, with the aim to overcome unjust social conditions that affect those people within a framework that promote: social equity, social participation and respect for human rights.

- Describe and analyze the issue of smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke at the global and regional level; - Disseminate tobacco control measures contained in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control; - Analyze the factors that influence smoking uptake and persistence among young people; - Describe the strategies and characteristics of smoking cessation, at the individual and population level; - Describe the tobacco industry’s opposition strategies and provide tools for analyzing and responding to industry actions; - Present the most successful interventions and their implementation in the Region of the Americas; - Integrate knowledge about challenges and trends to comprehensive tobacco control.