Public Health, Vaccines and Immunization
What you'll learn
- To understand the meaning of public health, vaccines and immunization
- To know the sub-sections under public health and immunisation
- To identify the value of vaccines and immunization
- To provide the process involved in vaccine development and immunization
- To share experience on vaccination and vaccine production
- To elicit discussion on public health, vaccines, vaccination and immunization
- To raise public awareness on public health, vaccines and immunization
Requirements
- No prior experience or expertise required. Just have a phone or laptop connected to the internet and have a desire to learn
Description
The course provides an overview of public health, vaccines, how it is developed and its values, and immunization, its programming and how it works. In its current form prior to update, the course can be completed in a day with adequate dedication. The course has the following sections in its current form: Introduction, Public Health Initiatives and Interventions, Public Health Reports and Articles and Vaccine Production. The topics covered in the various sections of this course are:
Biography of Lecturer
Vaccines and Immunization
Pitching Public Health Initiative - Value of Vaccines Communication by Advocates
What next for crash helmet legislation in Nigeria
Management of Flood in NigeriaEditDelete
Measles in the United Kingdom and Effect of Globalization
Prevalence of hypertension in commercial drivers in Choba, Rivers State Nigeria
Insecurity Militating against Polio Eradication in Endemic Countries
The way forward for local vaccine production in Nigeria
At the end of the course, learners should have:
1. Understood the meaning of public health, vaccines and immunization
2. Known the sub-sections under public health and immunisation
3. Identified the value of vaccines and immunization
4. Known the process involved in vaccine development and immunization
5. Heard about my experience on vaccination and vaccine production
6. Discussed on public health, vaccines, vaccination and immunization
NB: This course will be updated in due course to enrich its content
Who this course is for:
- This course is for everyone and the general public but especially those with interest or inquisitive about public health, vaccines and immunization
Instructor
- 3.8 Instructor Rating
- 8 Reviews
- 18 Students
- 1 Course
Obinna Ebirim is a medical doctor, public health physician, health promotion specialist, Fellow of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, and Co-Founder of Impact Driven Young Leaders (IDYL) Initiative. He is experienced in higher education governance, vaccines uptake & financing advocacy, Immunization & conditional cash transfers programming, healthcare delivery, political organisation, and youth leadership.
Dr. Ebirim is interested in promoting health and wellbeing, community development, and leadership, and has worked as the:
· National Coordinator at New Incentives where I managed a team of 5 senior managers and over 100 staff in the Operations, Security and Stakeholder Relations and Supply-Side units, to ensure the successful implementation of a conditional cash transfer for routine immunization program. We successfully completed the randomised control trial (RCT) phase of program implementation and raised funding to expand from 98 clinics to 713 clinics with over 300 Nigerian staff.
· Senior Associate at Direct Consulting and Logistics (DCL) in Abuja Nigeria where he provided programmatic support to the Government of Nigeria on immunization and primary health care (PHC) system strengthening through Nigerian projects of Johns Hopkins International Vaccine Access Centre (IVAC).
· Technical/Personal Assistant to a Commissioner for Health in Imo State Nigeria where he supported in policymaking, health supervisory and political roles of the Commissioner.
· Medical Officer at Naval Medical Centre in Sapele, Delta State Nigeria where he provided healthcare services to the officers, ratings, civilian Staff, and other patients from the host community as a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member.
· Intern House Officer at University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital in River State Nigeria where he provided clinical management of patients in a tertiary health setting.
· Parttime relief care worker, stadium steward, kitchen assistant, and cleaner during his MSc studies in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Obinna has a wealth of experience in leadership and loves to volunteer. He has served as a:
· Member of the Health & Nutrition TWG for the development of MTNDP and Nigeria Agenda 2050 from 2020 to 2021
· Member of the National APC Reconciliation Committee for the Ondo State Gubernatorial Election in 2020
· Postgraduate Governor at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen Scotland from 2017 to 2018
· Member of the Royal Society for Public Health from 2017 to 2021
· Member of Election Planning and Monitoring of the 2019 Nigerian Presidential Campaign Council in 2019
· Friend of the Confederation of Meningitis Organisations (CoMO)from 2017 till today
· Member of Health Sector Reform Coalition (HSRC) from 2015 till today
· Member of the National Immunization Financing Task Team (NIFT) from 2015 to2017
· Co-founder of Impact Driven Young Leaders (IDYL) Initiative from 2015 till today
· Content Developer of Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Face2face, Abuja from 2016 till 2017
· Member of the 2012 Physician Week Planning Committee of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Rivers State Chapter and ordinary member of national NMA from 2012 till 2013
· President of Health Community Development Service group, NYSC Sapele Zone, Delta State from 2013 to 2014
· Member of the 2012 Welfare Standing Committee of Association of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), UPTH Chapter from 2012 to 2013
Obinna holds a Master of Science (with distinction) degree in Public Health and Health Promotion from Robert Gordon University Aberdeen, Scotland and a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) degree from the University of Port Harcourt. He also holds online short course certifications in:
· Health Systems Strengthening from University of Melbourne and Nossal Institute for Global Health on 1 June 2020
· COVID-19: Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners Platform to support country preparedness and response and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) from WHO in April 2020
· Work-Life Balance and the Impact of Remote Working from the Coventry University on 19 April 2020
· BSAFE Course of the United Nations Department of Safety and Security on 26 November 2019
· Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management from University of Virginia on 14 April 2017
· Health in Humanitarian Crisis from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on 26 February 2017
· Health Financing Policy for Universal Health Coverage from the WHO on 6 September 2016
· Research Ethics from the Global Health Network on 27 December 2015
· Vaccinology MOOC from the Pasteur Institute France and the Cnam on 23 November 2015
· Effective Vaccine Management (EVM)Assessment from the WHO on 31 August 2015
Dr. Obinna Ebirim is a Catholic Knight of Saint Columba (KSC), married to a pharmacist and has a son. The family lives in Nigerian capital city, Abuja.