Climate Change & Health for CHNs: Intro & Health Impacts

The health sector has a direct role in preparing for, preventing, and managing climate-sensitive risks. This course translates WHO-aligned guidance into CHN-ready steps: start with weather vs climate and greenhouse gases, then connect climate drivers to health outcomes and vulnerability pathways (environmental, social, and health-system determinants). You’ll practice heat-risk screening and first-aid cues, flood/WASH messaging, vector and diarrhoeal disease prompts, and air-quality advice families can act on immediately. 

WHY YOU SHOULD ENROL

1. Build a shared language for weather vs climate, variability, and change—so your counselling is accurate and trusted.

2. Recognise exposure pathways and vulnerabilities that turn climate signals into health outcomes in your catchment communities. 

3. Use field-ready prompts for heat illness, floods and WASH, air-quality days, and vector/diarrhoeal surges. 

4. Apply practical communication that fits durbars, home visits, and clinic talks—short messages, clear actions, and referral triggers.

5. Learn in micro-bursts (5–8 min), pass the post-test, and receive an instant, verifiable certificate with automatic CPD upload.

6. 100% online, self-paced—start, pause, and continue anytime.

WHAT WE’LL COVER (Topics Summary)

i. Weather vs climate; climate variability and change; greenhouse gases, sources and sinks.

ii. Exposure pathways: from climate signals to health outcomes (direct, indirect, social disruption).

iii. Heat & health: recognition, thresholds, and first-aid cues; community advice during hot periods.

iv. Floods/storms & WASH: injury prevention, safe water, diarrhoea and vector risks, cholera prompts.

v. Air quality: ozone/PM and respiratory/CVD links; protection messaging for households.

vi. Cross-cutting impacts: mental health, displacement, food and water security; health-system strain.

TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS

1. On-demand micro-lessons (10 mins) with captions and downloadable transcripts.

2. Interactive quick checks after each lesson including a final post-test for CPD credit.

3. Printable & WhatsApp-ready job-aids (heat checklist, post-flood WASH steps, AQ advisory cues).

4. Community forum for asynchronous Q&A with the facilitator.

5. Instant, verifiable e-certificate + automatic CPD upload on completion.

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DATE: Available and Accessible on demand till 31^st December 2026

TARGET PARTICIPANTS: Community Health Nurses (CHNs)

PARTICIPANT CONSENT AND DATA PRIVACY NOTICE

By registering for this course, you consent to participate in training hosted by CES on behalf of HealthKeepers Network (HKN). Your registration information will be used solely to deliver the training and to issue CPD accreditation with the relevant regulatory bodies. CES is committed to safeguarding your personal information and will not share your personal data with HKN or UNICEF. Your data will only be shared with the appropriate regulators (e.g., Nursing and Midwifery Council) for the exclusive purpose of allocating CPD points earned through this training.

Participation is voluntary. You may opt out at any time; no further action will be taken regarding your data beyond what is required to meet regulatory obligations already fulfilled (e.g., CPD points already uploaded). We respect your privacy and treat your information with strict confidentiality and in accordance with applicable data-protection laws and CES policies.