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Prevent to Protect: Unlocking Climate-Resilient Health in Cities


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The Prevent to Protect: Unlocking Climate-Resilient Health in Cities course explores how climate change, rapid urbanisation, and widening health inequalities are putting unprecedented pressure on urban health systems and why prevention matters. Through data, real-world examples, and practical tools, you will learn how climate, health, and urban risks interact, understand the unique challenges different cities face, and discover preventative, place-based strategies that build resilient, equitable, and sustainable health systems for the future.
Unlock the course to access:

• Module 1: The Health Impacts of a Changing Climate
• Module 2: Understanding Urban Health Challenges
• Module 3: Powering Prevention for Urban Health Resilience

All the best in your learning journey!

Here is the course outline:

Pre-Evaluation

In this pre-evaluation self-assessment, you will have the opportunity to rate your confidence and attitude on key topics related to the course. This assessment is designed to help you reflect on your current understanding and mindset before starting the course, allowing you to track your growth and development as you progress through the content. Duration: 5 mins

Module 1: The Health Impacts of a Changing Climate

This module introduces the intersection of climate change, public health, and equity, with a particular focus on vulnerable communities. You will explore how climate change affects health, the major challenges it creates, and why cities play a critical leadership role in responding to these issues. Duration: 30 mins

Module 2: Understanding Urban Health Challenges

This module explores the complex pressures shaping urban health systems today. Rising non-communicable diseases, ageing populations, and persistent inequities are stretching healthcare resources, while rapid urbanisation and accelerating climate change are intensifying heat, pollution, and service disruptions. Through real-world data, case examples, and city archetypes, you will examine how health, climate, and urban conditions interact to create unique challenges in cities across the world. Duration: 30 mins

Module 3: Powering Prevention for Urban Health Resilience

This module moves from understanding the pressures on urban health systems to exploring how cities can act. The focus is on shifting from reactive care models toward preventative, place-based approaches that reduce disease burdens while addressing climate and urban risks. In this module, you will examine practical strategies, planning tools, and financing approaches that enable cities to protect vulnerable populations, reduce costs and emissions, and strengthen equity and resilience. Duration: 30 mins

Post-Evaluation

In this post-evaluation self-assessment, you will have the opportunity to evaluate your progress and reflect on how your confidence and understanding of key topics have improved after completing the course. This assessment is designed to help you measure your growth, identify areas where you have strengthened your knowledge, and assess how your perspective on the course material has evolved throughout your learning journey. Duration: 5 mins

Certification Assessment

The Certification Assessment is designed to test your knowledge and understanding of the key concepts covered in this course. Successfully completing this assessment will grant you a course completion certificate. Duration: 10 mins

Completion

The following certificates are awarded when the course is completed:

Certificate of Completion | Health
Certificate of Completion | Health
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