WHO's Department of Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Programmes, in collaboration with WHO Academy, has launched 2 new e-courses on HIV, hepatitis and STIs national strategic planning and programme reviews.
These online courses are based on the 2023 WHO Guidance for national strategic planning (NSP) and Guide for conducting programme reviews and are aligned with the Global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis, and STIs 2022–2030 . These are designed to support countries in developing their strategic plans by the provision of guidance and tools as well as WHO technical staff to participate in the planning process.
There is no fee nor admission criteria to take these online courses. Anybody can access the modules; however, the target audience are institutional and associative stakeholders from a variety of roles, such as national public service, donors, activists, NGO workers, volunteers that address HIV, hepatitis and STIs healthcare service provision.
Each e-course consists of 3 e-learning story driven modules, which include avatar characters who guide the learner through the experience via dialogue and challenges to solve. This self-paced programme allows learners to progress through each module sequentially, completing activities and formative assessment questions along the way. After completion of all modules and taking the end-of-module quiz, learners will receive a certificate of recognition of learning achievement.
National strategic planning e-course
In this course participants will learn the key principles and good practices of national strategic planning. By the end of the course, they will be able to:
- summarize the approach to national strategic planning for HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs, including the main components and priorities, how to promote integration across the programmes, and good practices in operationalization;
- describe the 5 steps to developing a national strategic plan, the NSP core components and the main elements involved in each;
- describe the disease-specific considerations of NSPs for HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs, as well as how to integrate the plans; and
- explain the main steps to finalize and implement an NSP.
Access the course on National strategic planning for HIV, hepatitis and STIs
Programme reviews e-course
This e-course offers key information on how to conduct programme reviews (PR) for HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs. By the end of the course, the learner will be able to:
- summarize the rationale for conducting PR for HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs, the main steps and the best practices in conducting them;
- describe the main elements and processes involved in the step planning and preparation;
- describe the objectives of a desk and field review and their main elements and tasks to be carried out; and
- describe the main elements and tasks involved in the analysis of findings, review report and dissemination.
Access the e-course on Programme review for HIV, hepatitis and STIs
WHO Academy
The WHO Academy is the World Health Organization's institute for learning. Our learning platform leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence to provide an engaging and personalized experience for every learner. We empower health and care workers, policy-makers, and the WHO workforce to acquire the skills and competencies they need to realize the highest possible level of health for all.
Courses will be available worldwide online as of December 2024. Early-release courses are available now, including the National strategic planning and Programme reviews e-courses. We encourage you to provide feedback on your learning experience. We will use your feedback to adapt and improve the programme and the WHO Academy online platform.
