This course will help you:

• To understand the cause, symptoms and the relevant action that needs to be taken to control the spread of COVID19

• To understand the processes countries followed to stop the pandemic at policy levels

• To understand the short term and long term environmental effects of COVID19 including biodiversity loss

• To learn quick strategies to support mental health and psychosocial well-being of individuals during social distancing and quarantine

• To understand how COVID-19 impacts different communities

Learners will build a knowledge base on:

• Understand the cause, symptoms of the disease and zoonotic origins

• Understand why and how COVID-19 is different from other communicable diseases

• Understand how effective public health systems look to handle disease spread

• Understand the meaning of disaster management.

• Understand the potential impacts of the pandemic on mental health and well-being of individuals, and how notions of empathy and caring for each other are critical during a pandemic

• Understand the dangers of discrimination and further inequalities that can arise during global crisis

Essential Questions:

• Why is it called a pandemic? How can we prevent the spread?

• What are some steps that we need to take to stop these pandemics to reoccur in the future?

• What are some strategies to take care of your own mental health and well-being as well as that of your family members and neighbors?

• How does our treatment of our environment contribute to risk of infectious diseases like COVID-19?

• What does good governance (policy and health system management) look like to curb disease spread?

• How has COVID-19 shed light on racial and socioeconomic issues ?

• What is your role as a concerned citizen and how can you help?

  
  

Skills: Learners will be able to:

• Utilize strategies to manage stress especially during times of crisis and become more aware of the

  need for empathy and self-care

• Become knowledgeable about pandemics and their health impacts

• Recognize what good governance looks like at government and health system levels during disease

  outbreak/crisis

• Be observant about the loss of biodiversity and environmental losses

• Learn individual's role in this pandemic and get ideas on how to practice being a good citizen

• Identify injustices that stem from discrimination and xenophobia during a global crisis