With an engaging interactive format and global lens, this free online course will increase your capacity to prevent, diagnose and manage children’s conditions related to an array of environmental threats.

Learn about the global magnitude of environmental hazards on child health and actions that health workers can take to reduce and prevent these exposures.

This module discusses the ubiquity of chemicals in the environment and their possible effects on child health.

Lead is a major threat to children’s neurodevelopment and health workers can take many actions to prevent exposure.

Mercury is a highly toxic heavy metal that threatens children's health globally. Local and international efforts are needed to reduce global emissions of mercury and protect children's health.

There is a well-defined gap in the training of health workers on the prevention, diagnosis and management of acute and chronic pesticide exposures. This module aims to help close this gap.

This module details informal e-waste recycling and its potential to harm children’s health.

The module will assist in familiarizing health workers with major sources and types of air pollutants and the health effects they have on children.

This module provides an overview of climate change, the effects it is having on children's health and strategies for mitigation and adaptation.

This module discusses the need to protect the global water supply and ensure universal access to sanitation and hygiene services. It also focuses on the prevention and recognition of diseases related to inadequate WASH.

This module is an introduction to the paediatric environmental history, providing examples of how it can be used to identify key environmental exposures and support diagnosis and prevention of related health conditions.