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(Updated; Jan. 2025) African College of Health                          About Us We are an online institution dedicated to empowering health care professionals and students through accessible, quality health care education. Our goal is to shape the future of global health by providing the tools, knowledge, and skills necessary to create impactful careers and strengthen health systems worldwide. Description Our institution offers a wide range of online health care learning opportunities, including Postgraduate, Bachelor's, Premed, Vocational, and Professional Development Courses. These programs are meticulously designed to align with the dynamic recruitment specifications of the World Health Organization (WHO). We are committed to building capacity within health care systems—a cornerstone of achieving reputable, equitable, and sustainable health care. By fostering local and international partnerships...

(Updated; Jan. 2025) G ood Herbal Processing Practices (GHPP) for Herbal Medicines: An Introductory Training Course  A commitment to ' ONE HEALTH ' GHPP training is fundamentally important. GHPP is integrally linked to GACP (Good Agricultural and Collection Practices for Medicinal Plants) and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), by elaborating on the post-harvest processing procedures for herbal medicinal products' safety & quality. In all cases, good in-process control measures should be employed to assure the quality of the end-product. Program Goal(s): The 4 weeks program provides knowledge and skills in post-harvest processing. Herbal processing procedures should be subjected to good practice standards. Program Outline: Module 1 - Post-harvest processing procedures  Module 2- Good herbal processing practices for the production of herbal preparations  Module 3- Good herbal processing practices for the production of herbal dosage forms   Module ...

(Updated; Jan. 2025) Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GACP) for Medicinal Plants Training          A commitment to ' ONE HEALTH' GACP training is fundamentally important. All personnel should be aware of their role and responsibility in protecting medicinal plants from contamination or deterioration. Medicinal plants handlers should have the necessary knowledge and skills to enable them to handle medicinal raw materials hygienically.  Systems should be in place to ensure that plant collectors remain aware of all procedures necessary to maintain the safety and suitability of Medicinal Plants. All personnel involved in the pharmaceutical production line (farm to shelf)  must be given training on all the aspects of GACP to produce end product with safety, qualiity and efficacy assured. Training programs should be routinely reviewed and updated where necessary.  Program Goal(s): The 5 weeks program provides knowledge and skills ...

(Updated; Jan. 2025) MSc Nursing (Master of Science in Nursing 'MSN') @ African College of Health Definitions A Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) is an advanced-level postgraduate degree for nurses and healthcare professionals, and is considered an entry-level degree for nurse educators and managers. The degree also may prepare a graduate to seek a career as a nurse administrator, health policy expert, or clinical nurse leader.  OBJECTIVES: A multidisciplinary approach to the fundamentals of the advanced nursing specialties, in-between clinical and public health nursing, a broadband spread of prerequisite(s) for doctorate-level nursing education, as well as advanced practice registered nurse specialty roles (and responsibilities across a diverse nursing specialties). CURRICULUM: *Selected nursing specialties and managerial skills of importance to (the) R & D and Public Health were highlighted. COURSE DURATION:  12 months (Asynchronous) COURSE FEE: 600 USD per ...

(Updated; Jan. 2025) M.Pharm (Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry) @ African College of Health Definitions Pharmacognosy is the study of plants and other natural substances as possible sources of drugs. Phytochemistry  is the study of chemicals derived from plants (including the identification of new drug candidates derived from plant sources). OBJECTIVES: A multidisciplinary approach to plant (and other natural substances) identification, extraction, analysis (and more) in  our ever changing world of drug research & development. Focusing on Plant Resources of the Tropical Africa (PROTA), as well as Plant Resources of the World (PROW). Emphasizing on the Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) educational needs in particular. This program focuses broadly on pharmacognosy and phytochemistry; Pharmacognosy plays a major role in the herbal drug studies in entirety, while Phytochemistry is the study of phytochemicals which are chemicals derived from plants. CURRICULUM...

(Updated; Jan. 2025) African College of Health Food Hygiene Training          A commitment to ' ONE HEALTH ' Food Hygiene : Food hygiene training is fundamentally important. All personnel should be aware of their role and responsibility in protecting food from contamination or deterioration. Food handlers should have the necessary knowledge and skills to enable them to handle food hygienically.  Systems should be in place to ensure that food handlers remain aware of all procedures necessary to maintain the safety and suitability of food. All personnel involved in the food chain must be given training on all the aspects of food hygiene to produce food with safety. Training programs should be routinely reviewed and updated where necessary.  Program Goal(s): The 5 weeks program provides knowledge and skills in food handling. Food borne illness and food borne injury are unpleasant; they can be fatal. Program Outline: Module 1- Primary Productio...