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01/12/2022 | Press release | Archived content

OpenWHO Ready4Response courses receive Continuing Professional Development accreditation

The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is excited to announce that the OpenWHO Ready4Response course series has received "Continuing Professional Development" (CPD) accreditation, becoming the first courses on OpenWHO.orgto receive this recognition.

CPD accreditation certifies that both the content and structure of Ready4Response Tier 1: Response context and principles and Tier 2: Systems, structures and skills have been independently assessed and approved for continuing personal and professional development purposes. The courses were developed by the Learning and Capacity Development Unit and are undergoing translation for additional reach.

As WHO's core curriculum for health emergency response, theReady4Response course series was created to train health workers and responders currently working, or interested in working, in national health emergency response. With a multi-tiered core curriculum, the series aims to develop consistent learning standards across the emergency response workforces at national level, equipping participants with the essential competencies needed to work in public health emergency response.

Achieving this accreditation continues OpenWHO's goal of providing the highest quality of learning content for global learners and improving health emergency response in all contexts.

WHO will pursue course accreditation for future learning in the Ready4Response series, as well as across other key offerings.