One Health education in Kakuma refugee camp (Kenya): From a MOOC to projects on real world challenges
Today, the world counts millions of refugees but only a fraction of them have access to higher education. Despite the multiple public health problems in refugee camps and the need to build local capacities to prevent and combat them, University level courses in public health are largely unavailable...
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| author | Isabelle Bolon Jade Mason Paul O'Keeffe Philippe Haeberli Hassan Abdi Adan Joel Makamba Karenzi Ali Abdirahman Osman Samuel Mwangi Thumbi Veronicah Chuchu Mutono Nyamai Sara Babo Martins Nadja C. Wipf Rafael Ruiz de Castañeda |
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| description | Today, the world counts millions of refugees but only a fraction of them have access to higher education. Despite the multiple public health problems in refugee camps and the need to build local capacities to prevent and combat them, University level courses in public health are largely unavailable for refugees. This paper describes the development, implementation and evaluation of an innovative two-module blended-learning programme on One Health in Kakuma refugee camp (Kenya). This programme combines: (I) Interdisciplinary and multi-expert MOOC on “Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem interface”; (II) peer-to-peer learning involving students from University of Geneva Master of science in Global Health and research collaborations around specific and locally-relevant problems; (III) online mentoring and lecturing by experts from the Institute of Global Health of the University of Geneva in Kakuma. A total of 67 refugees applied to Module 1; 15 started the Module 1 in October 2017, of these 14 completed it and 6 passed the exams, finally five students started the Module 2 in October 2018 which they all passed in February 2019. Five student-led collaborative projects were developed focusing on the conception of a community-based monitoring system for prevalent diseases in the camp. With such a pedagogic approach, the programme provides an overview on Global Health challenges at the human-animal-ecosystem interface and the importance of the One Health approach, and introduces students to scientific research through interdisciplinary and international collaborations and innovation. The high number of applicants and positive feedback from students in Kakuma show the interest in One Health education in the camp. This learning experience ultimately aims at building local knowledge and capacity fostering “One Health” champions to reinforce local and national health system. This framework for One Health education could be potentially scaled up to other camps in Africa and the world. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-acb4ce94c6ca4924987ec460a955bc072022-12-21T20:20:41ZengElsevierOne Health2352-77142020-12-0110100158One Health education in Kakuma refugee camp (Kenya): From a MOOC to projects on real world challengesIsabelle Bolon0Jade Mason1Paul O'Keeffe2Philippe Haeberli3Hassan Abdi Adan4Joel Makamba Karenzi5Ali Abdirahman Osman6Samuel Mwangi Thumbi7Veronicah Chuchu8Mutono Nyamai9Sara Babo Martins10Nadja C. Wipf11Rafael Ruiz de Castañeda12Institute of Global Health, Department of Community Health and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, Chemin des Mines 9, CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland; Corresponding author.Institute of Global Health, Department of Community Health and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, Chemin des Mines 9, CH-1202 Geneva, SwitzerlandInZone, University of Geneva, Global Studies Institute, Sciences II, 30, Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, SwitzerlandPôle de soutien à l'enseignement et l'apprentissage, University of Geneva, Rue du Conseil-Général 10, CH-1205 Geneva, SwitzerlandKakuma Refugee Camp, KenyaKakuma Refugee Camp, KenyaKakuma Refugee Camp, KenyaInstitute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 19676, 00202 Nairobi, Kenya; Paul G Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Allen Center, P.O. Box 647090, 1155 College Ave., Pullman, WA 99164, USADepartment of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 29053, 00625 Nairobi, KenyaInstitute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 19676, 00202 Nairobi, Kenya; Washington State University – Global Health Program, Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, P.O. Box 19676, 00202 Nairobi, KenyaInstitute of Global Health, Department of Community Health and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, Chemin des Mines 9, CH-1202 Geneva, SwitzerlandVector Control Group, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, P.O. Box, 4002, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, P.O. Box, 4001, Basel, SwitzerlandInstitute of Global Health, Department of Community Health and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, Chemin des Mines 9, CH-1202 Geneva, SwitzerlandToday, the world counts millions of refugees but only a fraction of them have access to higher education. Despite the multiple public health problems in refugee camps and the need to build local capacities to prevent and combat them, University level courses in public health are largely unavailable for refugees. This paper describes the development, implementation and evaluation of an innovative two-module blended-learning programme on One Health in Kakuma refugee camp (Kenya). This programme combines: (I) Interdisciplinary and multi-expert MOOC on “Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem interface”; (II) peer-to-peer learning involving students from University of Geneva Master of science in Global Health and research collaborations around specific and locally-relevant problems; (III) online mentoring and lecturing by experts from the Institute of Global Health of the University of Geneva in Kakuma. A total of 67 refugees applied to Module 1; 15 started the Module 1 in October 2017, of these 14 completed it and 6 passed the exams, finally five students started the Module 2 in October 2018 which they all passed in February 2019. Five student-led collaborative projects were developed focusing on the conception of a community-based monitoring system for prevalent diseases in the camp. With such a pedagogic approach, the programme provides an overview on Global Health challenges at the human-animal-ecosystem interface and the importance of the One Health approach, and introduces students to scientific research through interdisciplinary and international collaborations and innovation. The high number of applicants and positive feedback from students in Kakuma show the interest in One Health education in the camp. This learning experience ultimately aims at building local knowledge and capacity fostering “One Health” champions to reinforce local and national health system. This framework for One Health education could be potentially scaled up to other camps in Africa and the world.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771420302597One HealthGlobal HealthMOOCBlended learningProject-based learningRefugee camp |
| spellingShingle | Isabelle Bolon Jade Mason Paul O'Keeffe Philippe Haeberli Hassan Abdi Adan Joel Makamba Karenzi Ali Abdirahman Osman Samuel Mwangi Thumbi Veronicah Chuchu Mutono Nyamai Sara Babo Martins Nadja C. Wipf Rafael Ruiz de Castañeda One Health education in Kakuma refugee camp (Kenya): From a MOOC to projects on real world challenges One Health One Health Global Health MOOC Blended learning Project-based learning Refugee camp |
| title | One Health education in Kakuma refugee camp (Kenya): From a MOOC to projects on real world challenges |
| title_full | One Health education in Kakuma refugee camp (Kenya): From a MOOC to projects on real world challenges |
| title_fullStr | One Health education in Kakuma refugee camp (Kenya): From a MOOC to projects on real world challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | One Health education in Kakuma refugee camp (Kenya): From a MOOC to projects on real world challenges |
| title_short | One Health education in Kakuma refugee camp (Kenya): From a MOOC to projects on real world challenges |
| title_sort | one health education in kakuma refugee camp kenya from a mooc to projects on real world challenges |
| topic | One Health Global Health MOOC Blended learning Project-based learning Refugee camp |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771420302597 |
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