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CRED' Capacity Building and Training Programme enables people, communities ans systems to strengthen their capabilities to plan, develop, implement and maintain effective health sector services in efforts to prevent or respond to disasters, conflicts and other humanitarian emergencies.

The Centre develops, implements and evaluates training materials and courses to strengthen the technical capacity in emergency public health management of international agencies, national governments, non-governmental organization, research institutes ans schools of public health.

CRED strives to improve disaster management capacities through institutional and community capacity-building, information and data management, and partnerships. In addition, the Centre provides audio-visual support for classes and training in public health, epidemiology, natural disaster management and complex emergency intervention.

Summer Course: Assessing Public Health in Emergency Situations (APHES)

This two-week intensive course is designed to familiarize professionals with the epidemiological techniques to determine the health impacts of disasters and conlicts. The course has practical application in the field and covers the different use of quantitative tools for the assessment of health needs in populations affected by catastrophic events.

An international faculty, compromised of reputable professor invited from various prestigious intitutions, teach the course. The course introduces participants to the methods and tools of epidemiology in the context of humanitarian emergencies. Topics covered include malnutrition, infectious diseases, mortality, morbidity, mental health, reproductive health, and population displacement. The course takes place in Brussels, Belgium.

For more information on APHES course contact: contact@cred.be or visit the APHES's website in www.aphes.be

Graduate University Courses:

CRED is a member of the Joint Europe Master's in International Humanitarian Action (NOHA). This is an inter-university and multidisciplinary postgraduate programme that provides high-quality academic education and professional competencies for personnel currently working on intending to work in the area of humanitarian action.

CRED's main responsability is to teach public health and humanitarian emergencies. Professional staff from CRED teach a variety of subjects including emergency medical services, epidemiological application and psychiatric care in emergencies. Staff also participate in the graduate medical programmes by both teaching and preparing many students who intend to travel to developing countries for their medical interships.

International Teaching Partnerships:

Centre Staff teach in several graduate programmes throughout Europe, North America and Asia.Continuous teaching exchanges take place with the University of Heidelberg, the University of Delhi and University of Indonesia, among others.

Workshops and Seminars:

CRED organizes and coordinates expert consultations, seminars and workshops to discuss and address topics related to conflicts and health.