Explore our online courses available on the PAHO Virtual Campus for Public Health. Developed by PAHO experts, these courses are tailored for health professionals seeking to enhance their expertise in immunization.
Targeted Audience
- Primary health care professionals and those in charge of vaccination services.
- Health professionals entering the workforce or looking to update their technical skills.
- Managers of national EPI programs in the Americas interested in enhancing their knowledge and management capacities of the national vaccination program.
- Students and faculty in the health and public health sector.
Training program for EPI managers
Virtual course on basic concepts in immunization for health workers
Objective: To communicate the basic concepts about vaccines and vaccination operations to all health professionals to generate greater trust among patients and promote vaccines in their community.
Virtual course on Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD)
Objective: To provide essential and updated information on 15 VPDs, their modes of transmission, case definitions, diagnostic methods, and the vaccination schedule recommended by PAHO.
Virtual course on Surveillance and information systems
Objective: To offer essential and updated training on surveillance operations to national EPI personnel working at all levels to ensure the identification, notification, and response to outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD).
Virtual course on Management of the Expanded Program of Immunization
Objective: To provide essential and updated information on the implementation of the management of a national EPI, so that participants understand the main operations and components of the program.
| The Special Program Comprehensive Immunization of PAHO would like to request your collaboration in promoting this online training program in your countries. Access to all materials is free through the PAHO Virtual Campus for Public Health To this end, we are sharing below some communication materials that you can use to publish on your social media and newsletters, as well as a sample email to send to universities and institutions you deem appropriate. | 
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More courses
Course: Surveillance of Events Supposedly Attributable to Vaccination or Immunization (ESAVI) - Available in Spanish
Course: Crisis communication related to vaccine safety: technical guidance - Available in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese
Course: Communication on vaccine safety: Guidance to support Health Care Workers - Available in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese