Free Public Health Courses & Certifications

Coursera International Women’s Health and Human Rights course is developed to address the growing need for the acknowledgement of issues related to women’s health and women’s rights. It takes into account the positive and actionable interventions for the same.

The International Women’s Health and Human Rights programme by Coursera strives to stir awareness about women rights issues among its learners. You will learn through the medium of interactive discussions amongst participants. Also, given the need to spread the word as far and wide as possible, all the course elements are free of cost, if you wish to participate but don't need a certificate.

Upon satisfactory completion of the International Women’s Health and Human Rights online programme, you will be awarded a course completion certificate. It is awarded by Coursera and the partner university, which you will be able to view on your Coursera Accomplishment page. You can also share the certificate directly on your LinkedIn profile, or attach it to your resume.

This Menstruation in a Global Context: Addressing Policy and Practice training is a Fourteen weeks online course. This course was designed and offered by Columbia University and delivered through the EDX platform. The professors who explain this online course are Marni Sommer, Maggie L Schmitt, and Caitlin Gruer.

The goal of this course is to give students a foundation in the global menstruation movement, which seeks to meet the menstrual needs of everyone, everywhere. We will look at cutting-edge menstrual health and hygiene research, programming, and policies that are being implemented all over the world. Users will acquire knowledge and skills on methods for MHH program design and implementation, research, and monitoring, and global experts will advocate for low-income and vulnerable populations around the world through a series of lectures and examples. The self-paced programme is free of cost and the learners can audit it for a limited period. They can also upgrade it by paying the course fee and get unlimited access to the programme. 

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The Immunology course is an online course being offered by Swayam. Swayam is an initiative of the Government of India to provide education to students who do not have the required resources. It intends to provide the resources to bridge the digital gap between the students.  

This course by Swayam has been built to provide the learners with a broad introduction of the fundamentals of Immunology. Participants of the course will learn about various concepts of immunology starting from cells of the immune system, antibody structure and function, innate and adaptive immune systems, hypersensitivity, TCR rearrangement, humoral immunity, basic immunological techniques, autoimmunity, monoclonal antibodies and vaccine production. 

This course is a blend of the basics of immunology as well as the advanced topics. This course will be useful for undergraduate students of Life Science and Biotechnology and students from any branch of life science keen on gaining knowledge about immunology.

Columbia University collaborates with edX platform in the form of ColumbiaX to provide the beginner level certificate course on Crisis Resource Management. This course is framed with the intention to impart much-required non-technical or soft skills that are critical for decision-making and managing teams. This course will cover real-life case study examples and simulations for medical professionals and healthcare workers dealing with crisis situations. This programme is based on the learnings from the aviation industry where it focuses on helping teams to manage as well as prevent a crisis. 

The concepts taught in this programme are accessible where it creates a context for every real-life experience or simulation in the medical field. It provides an interactive pattern of approach to explore the influencers of culture on the principles of crisis management. The course also has three esteemed faculty members from Columbia University who are stalwarts in their fields and they help to explore many aspects of the subject through their discussion of real-life examples.

This is a self-paced programme and it can be taken by the learners in two modes; paid and free. In the paid mode, the students will be given unlimited access to the course whereas in the free audit mode, they will be provided with access only for a limited duration. 

This Global Health Case Studies from a Biosocial Perspective training is a twelve-week online course. This course was offered and delivered through Harvard University by the EDX platform. Arthur Kleinman, Paul Farmer, Salmaan Kesahvjee, and Anne Becker are the professors who explain this online course.

This introductory global health course seeks to contextualize global health's collection of difficulties and doings within a specific biosocial framework. It creates a toolkit of interdisciplinary analytical approaches and employs them to investigate historical and contemporary global health initiatives while paying close attention to a critical sociology of knowledge. Paul Farmer, Arthur Kleinman, Anne Becker, and Salmaan Keshavjee, four physician-anthropologists, draw on their work in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, and the Americas to investigate what the field of global health entails, how global health issues have been described and framed, and how global health interventions have played out in both expected and unexpected ways. 

The learners can take the self-paced programme in two varied modes, namely, the verified and audit modes. In the verified mode, the learners can get unlimited access to the programme and a certificate of completion. In the audit mode, they will get only a limited duration of access. 

This Urban Health in Crisis: Response from Sub-Saharan Africa training is a twelve weeks online course. This course was designed and offered by the University of Ghana and Georgetown University (USA) developed and delivered this course via the EDX platform.  Jessica Kritz who is the Assistant professor and Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe the professor explain this online course.

Sub-Saharan Africa is the continent with the highest rate of urbanization in the world, as well as the greatest need for resources to fulfill sustainable economic development. This course will examine the difficulties of trying to address urban health, sometimes referred to as the "crisis of urban health in Sub-Saharan Africa". It will analyze and visualize key issues currently being addressed by policymakers, planners, and implementers. 

The study of urban health has traditionally focused on the connections between the built environment, social dynamics, and individual health. Given the complex multidimensional settings of urban Sub-Saharan Africa, recent pandemics, and resource constraints, this course will go beyond the basics to better understand and address urban health issues. Learn from world-renowned experts with hands-on experience in addressing urban health challenges in a highly visual and case-study-based course. Participants will get an option to enroll in 2 of the tracks available on Edx. The free audit track offers limited access or they can choose to upgrade to a paid version which is the verified track. 

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This Drug Discovery in Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 training is a twelve weeks online course. This course was offered and designed through the Tsinghuax university and delivered through the EDX platform. Hang Hubert Yin and Yua Rao explain this online course.

Covid-19 emerged at the start of 2020, quickly escalating into a global pandemic. This virus has killed over 100,000 people, which is ten times more than the seasonal flu. Since the virus's severity is becoming clear, it is critical to gain relevant knowledge to prepare us for self-protection and future drug development. Tsinghua University's School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, in collaboration with the Global Health Drug Discovery Institute (GHDDI), has been rapidly organizing to set up this curriculum - drug discovery in COVID-19 prevention and treatment - in order to provide data about virus detection and our methods of combating the ongoing outbreak.

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MalariaX: Defeating Malaria from the Genes to the Globe course has been structured by edX and Harvard University to give the learners an insight into the science, technology, and policies required for the eradication and elimination of malaria.

MalariaX: Defeating Malaria from the Genes to the Globe certification course will teach the participants the technological and scientific underpinnings of malaria, the dynamics of malaria transmission, the historical, social, political, and economic contexts in that control, eradication, and elimination efforts can be taken. Participants will develop their skills and gain ample knowledge through supplemental interviews and foundational lectures. They will be trained to analyse real-world data and its efficient use for problem-solving. 

It will help them focus on developing and implementing evidence-based strategies to contribute to malaria eradication initiatives at national and local levels. Learners interested in developing leadership skills and technical expertise required for working in global health and malaria programs worldwide should take this MalariaX: Defeating Malaria from the Genes to the Globe online course. The candidates will get free audit period access but only for a specified period. The time limit becomes unlimited when the candidates select the verified track. In the case of both tracks, the candidates will get to learn the course in a self-paced mode.

The Opioid Crisis in America program investigates the epidemic of addiction and drug overdose that plague a majority of people. Learners of this course will understand the various impacts of drugs on their victims and different social groups. Along with dependence, students get to experiment with the non-medical and medical uses of such opioids.

The Opioid Crisis in America certification syllabus explores the origins, stigmas, and recovery pathways of this epidemic. Evidence-based interventions and effective treatments based on medical science back the proposed topics. The crux of such an epidemic- Pain, will be visited on numerous occasions to meet with the recovery and management of addiction.

Delivered by Harvard University, the Opioid Crisis in America certification course runs for ten weeks, wrapping up all perspectives of the opioid epidemic in the United States. Learners can access the course material videos anytime to read and complete the course if they take it by paying the course fee. Additionally, this course offers ‘continuing education credits and a handy validated certificate by paying a nominal fee. For free of cost, the candidates can also audit it for a limited period. 

Medical practitioners and physicians are taught to be calm and composed while dealing with their patients. However, this systematic and time-intensive approach can be disastrous when time is of the essence. With the What Every Provider Should Know course by edX, healthcare providers can learn to manage life-threatening emergencies. Stanford University’s online education wing, Stanford Online provides this programme.

The detailed programme curriculum provides only the most relevant, clinically relevant information. It houses immersive video lectures and a hands-on skills workshop. Besides, the What Every Provider Should Know: High Risk Chief Complaints online course has a duration of ten weeks. During this time, key studies and decisions are explored while highlighting your responses for review.

The What Every Provider Should Know: High Risk Chief Complaints course has a self-directed learning approach allowing maximum flexibility to students. With online case studies, discussion groups, and video presentations, you will effectively grasp the key concepts. Moreover, an expert clinician will instruct the course and deliver insightful commentary.

Readings in Global Health (2017) online course will attempt to resolve various questions regarding the global pattern of predicting diseases and steps taken to eradicate certain diseases. Health interventions in case of an epidemic, disaster, or armed conflict are also a part of the training. Moreover, you will learn how health systems address their current challenges.

Readings in Global Health (2017) by edX will employ a series of interviews and reviews that will constitute the latest survey of various global health topics. It covers disease patterns and predictions, health systems and institutional responses, and infectious and non-communicable diseases from authoritative leaders in the field.

Participants in the Readings in Global Health (2017) will engage in discussion questions after listening to the reviews and interviews to better understand the course material. This is a ten-week course that requires a weekly study time of three to six hours. It is the result of a collaboration between edX and Harvard University and employs a self-paced method of learning.

The System Dynamics for Health Sciences programme is designed especially for all candidates who already have earlier knowledge in the domain of medicine and are interested to study further the dynamics of medical science and the various inventions related to it. The nine-week course will be elaborated in detail on the topic of “medicine” as a genre.  The complexity that is involved in modern medical systems and the various applications related to it will be covered during the course tenure.

The Certification Course on System Dynamics for Health Sciences by edX will help aspirants to work in the field of health science, molecular biology, and clinical medicine. The different ways to interpret the causes of decay, growth, and system behavior will be covered with the help of computer-based models. The System Dynamics for Health Sciences certification course, in its duration of nine weeks, will furthermore help students to understand the capacity of our health care systems and the varied measures to facilitate it.

The Australian healthcare system is one of the leading healthcare models in the world and has set an example for other nations. Understanding the Australian HealthCare System online course by edX explores the healthcare structure in Australia and what makes it unique. The Australian healthcare system is known for its multiple layers and complex structure that is highly efficient and successful.

The course curriculum is well-curated and attempts to portray the system through the journeys and experiences of patients. The different sections of the programme explore the system's multiple layers and give an in-depth understanding. Moreover, edX Understanding the Australian HealthCare System certification discusses Australia's social, cultural, and geographical landscape and how it impacts healthcare policies and structures.

Furthermore, Understanding the Australian HealthCare System programme is a free learning experience. The training is offered by edX in collaboration with the University of Queensland, Australia to help candidates gain relevant knowledge. The introductory course in medicine does not entail academic or professional expertise prior to enrolment. The learners can take the programme either by paying the fee or free of cost. While taking the free of cost, the candidates can get a limited period of access to the programme. 

The Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine credential programme is provided by Doane University's Open Learning Academy site, known as DoaneX. This course provides students with the basis for undertaking programmes at the undergraduate level. The course is designed with the credit scheme concept, and with this course, which is worth USD 500 or similar, the applicant will be eligible to gain credit. The course benefits students as a self-paced course. 

The student needs to put a minimum effort of at least 5 to 10 hours a week in order to pass this course successfully. The course covers the main companies in lifestyle medicine and emphasises the importance of approaching patient counselling as a coach for behaviour change. The course is a foundational course that will apply science and application behind several lifestyles which act as an intervention for Disease Control. The coursework is evidence-based and integrates stress management, physical activity, nutrition, sleep hygiene and other habits for clinical practice. The self-paced programme can be pursued in two modes, namely, the paid with a certificate and free audit modes. In the first mode, the candidates will have unlimited access to the course whereas in the second mode, they will get access only for a limited duration. 

The certificate program on Medical Terminology is offered by Doane University’s Open Learning Academy platform known as Doane. This course provides the students with the foundations for pursuing undergraduate level programs. The course is planned with the idea of the credit system and the candidate will be able to earn credit for this course which is worth USD 500 or equivalent. The course will teach candidates the fluency required for medical terms through the study of prefixes, suffixes, and root words. 

This Medical Terminology course is offered for the duration of 8 to 10 weeks and is very introductory by nature. To have a well-meaning career in the medical field, it is mandatory to acquire good comprehension in communicating the proper medical terms required and the course teaches the candidates the terms in anatomy, pathology, physiology, and diagnostics without any previous knowledge required. The Medical Terminology online course benefits students as a self-paced course. The student needs to put in a minimum effort of at least 5 to 10 hours a week to pass this course successfully. The students will get limited-time access if they select the audit track for their learnings, and will get unlimited access if they opt for the verified track. Both the tracks have a self-paced mode but the only difference is the time required for course completion.

“Health Systems Strengthening” certification aka HSS is nothing but a short course that is designed jointly by The University of Melbourne, UNICEF, Nossal Institute, and FutureLearn. This course is made available for especially candidates who are healthcare workers through the online mode, and students who want to have an understanding of how health systems can be given more strength. 

The “Health Systems Strengthening” certification syllabus is summed up for 8 weeks in a row that includes criticising the main health system frameworks, their inequities, and investigating any required evidence for HSS approaches. Once the students are done with studying their curriculum they are bound to get an achievement certificate that will enhance their professional lives.

The time that this course demand is nearly 3 hours every week for the students. Again “ Health Systems Strengthening” training has a clear focus on providing razor-sharp information to the students by helping them make an analysis of the various policies of health, financing, human resources, management of supply chain, and many more topics.

This online course Conscious Grocery Shopping: Sustainability, Nutrition, Health and Law training is an eight-week online course. The course syllabus was designed by BayreuthX and offered through the EDX Platform. Kai Purnhagen, Professor of Dr.LLM, Chair of Food Law at the Faculty of Life Sciences explains this online course.

From breakfast to dinner, studies estimate that we make more than 200 food and eating-related decisions every day. These decisions have far-reaching consequences: they affect social, economic, and environmental dimensions in addition to human health. This course will provide you with the knowledge and background in interdisciplinary food-related areas of research (law, psychology, economics, social sciences, and natural sciences) that will allow you to make informed decisions when standing in front of the food shelves. 

Users will learn about the intention-behavior gap, indoor farming directly in the grocery store, how our actual food is genetically altered, and why insects can be used as alternative proteins in our future food. Students will get an option to enroll in either a paid version or a free version of this programme both of which are available on Edx. The free audit track offers limited access or they can choose to upgrade to a paid version which is the verified track.

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This Science of Stroke Recovery training is an eight weeks online course. This course was designed and offered through the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and was delivered through the EDX platform. The top experts in this field explain this online course.

Human Anatomy has sparked a heated debate about whether and how a person can fully recover from a severe stroke. Anatomy knowledge has led to a slew of questions about body functions that are frequently implicated in stroke. An extension of human anatomy fundamentals to functional anatomy has formed the foundation of intervention approaches for functional recovery undertaken by various healthcare professionals, which is guiding the ultimate goals of post-stroke rehabilitation programs for individuals regaining independence and quality of life. As a result, this course has been specifically designed to outline the stroke process of recovery and its underlying scientific rationales.

Students when they visit the Edx site will get the option to enroll in 2 tracks which are available on the Edx platform. The free audit track offers only limited access or they can choose and upgrade to the paid version which is called the verified track.

This Cannabis processing training is an eight weeks online course. This course syllabus was created by DoaneX University and delivered through the EDX platform. Andrea Holmes, Professor of Chemistry at Donaex University, explained this course.

This course will investigate all cannabis processing and refinement methods, including marijuana and hemp. Extraction methods, distillation techniques, and purification methods will be taught to students. The minor and major cannabinoids, full-spectrum versus broad-spectrum extracts, distillates, isolates, and nano-encapsulated cannabinoids, as well as their applications, will be discussed. Students will also gain knowledge about THC remediation and understand how these processing methods relate to the environmental and economic benefits as well as the challenges that a hemp industry could bring to the United States. Newly emerging cannabis-sourcing technologies such as biomimetics, fermentations, and catalytic enzyme conversions will also be discussed.

Candidates can choose to enroll in the free audit track which is only for limited access or they can choose and upgrade to the paid version which is called the verified track.

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Feeding the World is a 8-week long online certification course offered by the University of Pennsylvania. The course targets learners interested in gaining deeper insights into animal food systems. This course consists of eight modules with a total duration of 20 hours. Provided by Coursera, this course will help you learn about the driving forces behind modern food production science, such as population growth, urbanisation, emerging affluence, resource constraints, and biological limits. 

Throughout the Feeding the World online course, you will explore the health benefits and concerns related to the production and consumption of animal products. You can examine how animal production impacts resource efficiency and the environment.

With the help of the Feeding the World certification, you will learn about different types of animal food production systems and discuss myths and misconceptions surrounding them. Also, you will closely analyse the global issues, problems, and challenges in these food systems, and how scientists, farmers, and veterinarians are working together to find solutions.

The AIDS: Fear and Hope Course consists of all the essentials of HIV-AIDS. You will learn the history and basic biology of HIV. The course curriculum covers the social, economic, and political factors that affect the survival rate of diseased individuals. The programme is offered by the University of Michigan and is tailored by subject-matter experts. 

The AIDS: Fear and Hope programme enables you to learn flexibly and work per your schedule. The course has a self-paced learning model that allows you to train according to your comfort and pace. Besides, it is an online training that helps you to start learning instantly after enrolment. For the curriculum, you have to commit approximately 15 hours of study time.

Furthermore, upon completion of the AIDS: Fear and Hope programme by Coursera, you will get a course completion certificate to establish your expertise in the field. You will be able to share the certificate on your LinkedIn profile, resume, CV, and other documents. Learn at your own pace and gain fluency in the fundamentals associated with AIDS, the reason for fear, and the reason for hope.

The Viruses and How to Beat them: Cells, Immunity, Vaccines certification programme will be teaching students to gather more education on the topic of- viral diseases and the different ways by which the immune systems fight with them. The various ways to develop vaccines and understand the concept of viruses, cells and immunity will also be covered.

The seven weeks course will be emphasized more on the subject of “medicine”. To pursue this course no previous prerequisites are required any participants who want to know more about the system of virus attacks can attain the sessions. The Certification Course on Viruses and How to Beat them: Cells, Immunity, Vaccines by edX will also involve the various steps involved in cell formation. Furthermore, the course will be covering the various epidemics namely- Ebola, AIDS and others in detail. The process to identify enemies and review and study one’s own immune system will also be dealt with. The basic biology, immunology and virology will be incorporated in the curriculum of the course to make the students understand better.

This Death 101: Shaping the Future of Global Health certification course on environmental health and life sciences allows learners to examine health issues impacting large communities – yes, the whole planet! By understanding the vast numbers of global mortality and their sources and distributions, you can learn how to think numerically about global health in the Death 101: Shaping the Future of Global Health online course.

We continue with a historical global mortality sense and conclude with an optimistic outlook on new progress. In between, how to stop premature death, international mortality rates, and unique illnesses such as HIV, malaria, preventable diseases, respiratory diseases, and lifestyle factors such as smoking may be identified. The Death 101: Shaping the Future of Global Health certification Syllabus lesson would then continue to hear about population theory. The seven weeks course will be allowing the candidates to pursue the course at their own pace.

This Practical Improvement Science in Health Care: A Roadmap for Getting Results training is a seven-week online course. This course syllabus was designed and developed through a collaboration between HarvardX and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and delivered through the EDX platform. Dave Williams who is a faculty of an institute for healthcare improvement explains this online course. 

This course will equip students with the necessary skills and simple, time-tested tools to put favourable innovations or evidence into practice. A group of expert faculty will investigate a scientific approach to improvement, which includes a theory of change, measurable goals, and iterative, incremental small tests of change to determine whether improvement concepts can be effectively implemented in practice. Faculty will present this science through the lens of bettering health and health care, but they will also share examples of how improvement can and does affect our daily lives. 

The learners can join the self-paced programme by paying the fee or free of cost. In the verified mode, they need to pay the course fee and get unlimited duration. In the free mode, they can audit it for a limited duration. 

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Safely managing a patient’s Airway is one of the more challenging and complex tasks that health professionals have to undertake. Any mistakes in the same can lead to damaging outcomes. To counter these issues and challenges, FutureLearn developed the Airway Matters programme. It will help healthcare professionals such as you, to develop essential strategies to enhance patient safety in your area of expertise.

Also, the Airway Matters online programme by FutureLearn will enable you to prevent any complications, improve overall patient safety, and manage a variety of airway-related difficulties as and when they arise. Also, the course helps you realise the true potential of various human and technical resources. It will allow you to utilise them to the utmost betterment of your patients and clients.

The FutureLearn Airway Matters course also offers an achievement certificate if you have enrolled for the upgraded access. A variety of erudite professors teach the course, all hailing from the University College London (UCL). UCL is the partner university providing this course.

Enrol in the Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World programme by FutureLearn to know what being healthy and wellbeing meant to the people in ancient times. It is a course which is part of the Study UK Campaign and is offered by The Open University. It is an entirely online course, so students from any part of the world can actively participate in the programme.

If the ways of the ancient Romans and Greeks have been your field of interest, then you will find this course to be intriguing. The six-week online Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World course will take you through the thought process and approaches of the ancient societies towards the connection of mind and body, along with gender, sexuality, and ageing. 

The FutureLearn Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World course makes use of archaeological and literary evidence. You will get to explore the ancient theories regarding every part and organ of a human body. You can join this course for free.

This course on Animal Viruses: Their Transmission and the Diseases They Produce, offered by FutureLearn is an online course in the Healthcare and Medicine category. In this course, you will explore the science behind viral diseases in animals, their interaction with humans, and hence transmission.

Animal viruses are known to cause huge losses, in the economic sense, to the farmers, and emotional distress among the affected animals’ owners. In some cases, these diseases may even spread to humans – this process is known as zoonosis. This knowledge will further help us control the diseases and their transmission.

Animal viruses, for example, the parvovirus, which affects pets, sheep, cattle, birds, horses and swine, will be taught in the course. You will also learn about other important zoonotic diseases.

The course has been developed by experienced teachers at veterinary schools in Madrid and Alfort, in the fields of virology and infectious diseases. It is a course for anyone interested in animal viruses and veterinary sciences.