Course Introduction

This course was developed by a multidisciplinary team of colleagues from the Department of Health Personnel, the Department of Communicable Disease Control (DCDC), the University of Health Sciences (UHS) and the Faculty of Agriculture, Lao PDR, with funding from SEAOHUN and USAID. 

Disclaimer: The content, opinions and facts expressed in the course are the sole responsibility of the course authors and not of SEAOHUN and USAID.

Course materials: The course consists of 04 modules of approximately one hour each.

• Module 1) Introduction to One Health
• Module 2) Human-animal-environment interactions
• Module 3) Evidence-based approaches in One Health
• Module 4) Implementing One Health strategies

Each topic includes some additional resources that we think you will find interesting - click on the resource collections in each section to learn more about specific points.

Target audience:

• Frontline health workers, including doctors, nurses, public health officers and other health workers directly involved in patient care and public health management.
• Public health policy makers: Officials involved in the development of health policies, particularly those at the interface of human, animal and environmental health.
• Community health workers: Individuals working at grassroots level, often the first point of contact in rural and remote areas. 

Course assessment: Each module has a series of quizzes to test your understanding of some of the concepts in that topic. In the final module you will see that you can obtain a certificate of completion - the requirements for this are to access the resources in each section and to pass the quiz at the end with a minimum score of 80%.
  
This is a self-paced course that you can complete at your own pace. We encourage you to reflect on the topics and perhaps take notes as you go along, as this is a good way of ensuring that you are able to internalise the information presented and the lessons to be learnt. This can then become part of your personal development plan.

What's next ? : If you would like to learn more, there are several other open online courses on the SEOHUN OHWA website for individual study for CPD.

Course Development Team: 

• Dr Khampasong THEPPANYA: Director General, Department of Health Personnel (DHP), MoH Lao PDR – Course Team Leader
• Pr Dr. Mayfong MYXAY: President, University of Health Sciences Lao PDR (UHS-L) – Scientific Advisor
• Dr Thongsay SYCHANH:  Former Vice-Dean, Faculty of Agriculture Champassak – Animal Health Expert
• Dr Phoupasong SOMPHOU: Department of Communicable Diseases Control (DCDC) – Outbreak Response specialist
• Ms Sengthida SIVILAY: Technical Officer, Organization division, DHP
• Dr Sendavy XAYPADITH: Technical Officer, Quality of Health Education division, DHP
• Dr Bertrand MARTINEZ-AUSSEL: International Technical Expert, DHP – Instructional Design

Course narrators :
- Suri Soala: A friendly animated character representing the saola, a rare species native to Laos and Vietnam
- Dr Siriphone: A virtual mentor providing expert guidance and explanations.