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ODIDO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">IOC Coordinator in Africa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">IOC’s Sub Commission for Africa & the Adjacent Island States (IOCAFRICA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">P.O. Box 30592-00100, Nairobi, Kenya<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> learning@unesco.org <learning@unesco.org>
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<b>Sent:</b> 20 March 2020 15:03<br>
<b>To:</b> Odido, Mika <m.odido@unesco.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Online Training Modules from WHO on COVID-19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5">UNESCO Learning and Development
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Dear Mika, <br>
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Our colleagues at the World Health Organization have shared the following online training modules on COVID-19. Please feel free to share these links among your networks.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5">Keep yourself informed and stay healthy!
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5">Best regards, <br>
The Learning and Development Unit </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5"><a href="https://openwho.org/">Online Training Modules on COVID-19</a>
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Online training to support the response to the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are available in many languages. All resources are freely accessible to anyone interested through
<a href="https://openwho.org/">OpenWHO.org</a>, WHO’s open learning platform for health emergencies.
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Specifically, WHO has developed online courses on the following topics: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5">A general introduction to emerging respiratory viruses, including novel coronaviruses (available in
<a href="https://openwho.org/courses/introduction-to-COVID-19-AR">Arabic</a>, <a href="https://openwho.org/courses/introduction-to-ncov">
English</a>, <a href="https://openwho.org/courses/introduction-au-ncov">French</a>,
<a href="https://openwho.org/courses/introduction-to-ncov-ZH">Chinese</a>, <a href="https://openwho.org/courses/introduccion-al-ncov">
Spanish</a>, <a href="https://openwho.org/courses/introduction-to-COVID-19-RU">Russian</a>,
<a href="https://openwho.org/courses/introducao-ao-ncov">Portuguese</a>, <a href="https://openwho.org/courses/introduction-to-Covid-19-TR">
Turkish </a>and <a href="https://openwho.org/courses/introduction-to-COVID-19-FA">
Persian</a>) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5">Clinical Care for Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (available in
<a href="https://openwho.org/courses/severe-acute-respiratory-infection">English</a>,
<a href="https://openwho.org/courses/syndrome-respiratoire-aigu-severe">French</a> and
<a href="https://openwho.org/courses/severe-acute-respiratory-infection-ru">Russian</a>)
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<a href="https://openwho.org/courses/eprotect-acute-respiratory-infections">English</a>,
<a href="https://openwho.org/courses/eprotect-infections-respiratoires-aigues">French</a>,
<a href="https://openwho.org/courses/eprotect-acute-respiratory-infections-RU">Russian</a>,
<a href="https://openwho.org/courses/eprotect-infeksi-saluran-nafas-akut">Indonesian</a> and
<a href="https://openwho.org/courses/eprotect-infeccoes-respiratorias-agudas">Portuguese</a>)
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5">Infection Prevention and Control for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) (available in
<a href="https://openwho.org/courses/COVID-19-IPC-EN">English</a>, <a href="https://openwho.org/courses/COVID-19-IPC-FR">
French</a>, <a href="https://openwho.org/courses/COVID-19-IPC-RU">Russian</a>, <a href="https://openwho.org/courses/COVID-19-IPC-JA">
Japanese</a>, <a href="https://openwho.org/courses/COVID-19-IPC-ID">Indonesian</a>,
<a href="https://openwho.org/courses/COVID-19-PCI-ES">Spanish</a>, <a href="https://openwho.org/courses/COVID-19-PCI-PT">
Portuguese</a> and <a href="https://openwho.org/courses/COVID-19-PCI-IT">Italian</a>)
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5">COVID-19 Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners Platform to support country preparedness and response, currently available in
<a href="https://openwho.org/courses/UNCT-COVID19-preparedness-and-response-EN">English</a>, but coming soon in additional languages
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Please share these links among your networks. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5">If you have any questions or comments about the courses or additional learning resources in the pipeline, contact the WHO Learning and Capacity Development Unit (LCD):
<a href="mailto:outbreak.training@who.int">outbreak.training@who.int</a> <br>
The modules can be accessed free of charge and you do not need your supervisor’s approval before enrolling.
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