
Online course Public and Environmental Health in Emergencies
Short or summer course

This course aims to instruct participants on how to critically design WASH responses to humanitarian crises while focusing on protecting public health.
This will be achieved through:
- An overview of the basics of environmental health and epidemiology
- An in-depth description of WASH approaches, including technical interventions, hygiene promotion and behaviour change, community engagement
- The design of an evidence-based and people-centred phased approach to humanitarian WASH interventions.
The learning objectives are to:
- Explain the link between public health and the environment in the WASH sector
- Select context-appropriate WASH interventions in emergencies, including health care facilities
- Analyse public health data/sources during different phases of a humanitarian crisis to assess the progression/regression of public health outcomes
- Design an adequate WASH response (incl. hygiene promotion and behaviour change programmes) during the different phases of a humanitarian crisis focusing on public health outcomes
Syudy subjects include:
- Introduction to WASH and public health in emergencies
- Design a WASH response to reduce risks of public health emergencies or to respond to public health crises
- Epidemiology in emergencies
- WASH approaches in response to disease outbreaks in emergency contexts
- WASH in health care facilities
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Duration
4 months
ECTS credits
ECTS
The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a student-centred system based on the student workload required to achieve the objectives of a programme of study. Its aim is to facilitate the recognition of study periods undertaken by mobile students through the transfer of credits. The ECTS is based on the principle that 60 credits are equivalent to the workload of full-time student during one academic year.
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Tuition fee 2025/2026
EU/EEA
The EU/EEA rate is the regular fee for students from within the EU/EEA.
€ 1,120
Non-EU/EEA
The non-EU/EEA rate is the rate for students from outside the EU/EEA.
€ 1,120
Admission
Application requirements
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€ 1,120 | |
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InstitutionalThe institutional rate is for all students who have already obtained a bachelor’s or master’s degree and who want to start a second programme leading to a degree at the same level or at a lower level. |
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Start date | App. deadline EU/EEA | App. deadline Non-EU/EEA |
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6 Oct '25 | 21 Sep '25 | 21 Sep '25 |
Contact
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Main addressWestvest 7
2611 AX Delft
015 - 2151715
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