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World Health Organization: Geneva, Geneva, CH

2014-12-15 to present | Unit Head (WHO Health Emergencies Programme)
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Heini Utunen

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Tampere University: Tampere, FI

2024-05-31
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The evolutionary journey to a new normal for learning and capacity building of healthcare workers to prepare and respond to health emergencies across Africa

Frontiers in Public Health
2025-01-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1455444
Part of ISSN: 2296-2565
Contributors: Boukaré Bonkoungou; Fausta Mosha; Amarachi Abianuru; Joseph Okeibunor; Heini Utunen; Giselle Balaciano; Ana C. Barbosa de Lima; Lauren Burke; Shannon McKenna; Sukriti Nag et al.
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Heini Utunen

Global Use, Adaptation, and Sharing of Massive Open Online Courses for Emergency Health on the OpenWHO Platform: Survey Study

Journal of Medical Internet Research
2025-01-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2196/52591
Contributors: Jamie Sewan Johnston; Nadine Ann Skinner; Anna Tokar; Elham Arabi; Ngouille Yabsa Ndiaye; Matthew Charles Strehlow; Heini Utunen
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"OpenWHO" SEARO NCD PEN-HEARTS Courses

WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health
2024 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.4103/WHO-SEAJPH.WHO-SEAJPH_26_24
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PMID: 39167132
Contributors: Cherian Varghese; Baridalyne Nongkynrih; Suresh Kumar; Eric L. Krakauer; Anil Paleri; Vijay Viswanathan; Aereosonova Khongsit; Ankit Chandra; Nalika Gunawardena; Ana Mafalda Dancante et al.
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Health Information Dissemination During Pandemics and Epidemics. Key requirements for online learning platforms and materials

Informaatiotutkimus
2024 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.23978/inf.144310
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Contributors: Heini Utunen
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WHO implementation guidance on emergencies capacity-building

World Health Organization
2024-09-23 | Manual | Writing - original draft, Supervision, Conceptualization
Contributors: Heini Utunen
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Learning interventions and training methods in health emergencies: A scoping review

PLOS ONE
2024-07-16 | Journal article | Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290208
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
Contributors: Heini Utunen; Giselle Balaciano; Elham Arabi; Anna Tokar; Aphaluck Bhatiasevi; Jane Noyes; Heini Utunen
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Health Care Workers’ Motivations for Enrolling in Massive Open Online Courses During a Public Health Emergency: Descriptive Analysis

JMIR Medical Education
2024-06-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2196/51915
Contributors: Jennifer Jones; Jamie Sewan Johnston; Ngouille Yabsa Ndiaye; Anna Tokar; Saumya Singla; Nadine Ann Skinner; Matthew Strehlow; Heini Utunen
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Online capacity building for the health workforce: the case of the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) for the African region

Journal of Public Health in Africa
2024-01-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4081/jphia.2023.2478
Contributors: Boukare Bonkoungou; Heini Utunen; Ambrose Otau Talisuna; Gillian O’Connell; Etien Koua; Dick Damas Chamla; Elham Arabi; Anna Tokar; Abdou Salam Gueye
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Health Information Dissemination During Pandemics and Epidemics

Tampere University Dissertations - Tampereen yliopiston väitöskirjat
2023 | Dissertation or Thesis | Author
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ISBN: 978-952-03-2917-4
ISBN: 978-952-03-2916-7
Contributors: Heini Utunen
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Tampere University

Open-Access Learning as a Pathway to Equity During Health Emergencies

2023 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-21569-8_53
Contributors: Melissa Attias; Heini Utunen; Ngouille Ndiaye; Lama Mattar
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xMOOCs: A Modality for Mass Reach During the Pandemic for the World Health Organization

eMOOCS 2023
2023-11-14 | Conference paper | Author
DOI: 10.25932/publishup-57645
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Contributors: Heini Utunen; Melissa Attias; Anna Tokar
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Observations from three years of online pandemic learning response on OpenWHO

The International Journal of Information and Learning Technology
2023-10-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1108/IJILT-12-2022-0220
Contributors: Heini Utunen; Ranil Appuhamy; Melissa Attias; Ngouille Ndiaye; Richelle George; Elham Arabi; Anna Tokar
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Supporting Marburg virus disease outbreak response through online learning

Weekly epidemiological record
2023-10-20 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Heini Utunen; Pierre Formenty; Anais Legand; Elham Arabi; Anna Tokar; Melissa Attias
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Global Use, Adaptation, and Sharing of Massive Open Online Courses for Emergency Health on the OpenWHO Platform: Survey Study (Preprint)

2023-09-20 | Preprint
DOI: 10.2196/preprints.52591
Contributors: Jamie Sewan Johnston; Nadine Ann Skinner; Anna Tokar; Elham Arabi; Ngouille Yabsa Ndiaye; Matthew Charles Strehlow; Heini Utunen
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Healthcare Workers’ Motivations for Enrolling in Massive Open Online Courses During a Public Health Emergency: Evidence from a Case Study of COVID-19 Training (Preprint)

2023-08-16 | Preprint
DOI: 10.2196/preprints.51915
Contributors: Jennifer Jones; Jamie Sewan Johnston; Ngouille Yabsa Ndiaye; Anna Tokar; Saumya Singla; Nadine Ann Skinner; Matthew Strehlow; Heini Utunen
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Learning interventions and training methods in health emergencies: A scoping review

2023-08-10 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.08.23293718
Contributors: Heini Utunen; Giselle Balaciano; Elham Arabi; Anna Tokar; Jane Noyes
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Using Digital Tools to Train Health Emergencies Personnel in Fragile Contexts

Healthcare Transformation with Informatics and Artificial Intelligence
2023-06-29 | Book chapter | Author
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI230415
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PMID: 37386949
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Part of ISBN: 978-1-64368-401-7
Part of ISBN: 978-1-64368-400-0
Contributors: Melissa Attias; Heini Utunen; Ryan Crowder; Andrew Black; Elham Arabi; Katrina Litam; Anna Tokar
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Scale Up Multilingualism in Health Emergency Learning

Studies in health technology and informatics
2023-05-18 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI230162
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PMID: 37203706
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Contributors: Heini Utunen; Thomas Staubitz; Richelle George; Yu Ursula Zhao; Sebastian Serth; Anna Tokar
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Promoting Learning Retention and Nudging Behavior Change through Learning Design Practices for WHO Online Platform

Journal of Educators Online
2023-05-15 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.9743/JEO.2023.20.3.2
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Contributors: Heini Utunen; Ryan Crowder; Lama Mattar; Elham Arabi; Anna Tokar
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Online learning for WHO priority diseases with pandemic potential: evidence from existing courses and preparing for Disease X

Archives of Public Health
2023-04-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-023-01080-9
Part of ISSN: 2049-3258
Contributors: Heini Utunen; Anna Tokar; Mafalda Dancante; Corentin Piroux
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Expanding Multilingual Learning as a Pathway to Equity during the COVID-19 Pandemic

International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning (iJAC)
2023-03-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3991/ijac.v16i1.35097
Contributors: Heini Utunen; Melissa Attias; Ngouille Ndiaye; Anna Tokar
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Could Linguistic Complexity Be Automatically Evaluated?

Informatics and Technology in Clinical Care and Public Health
2022 | Conference paper | Author
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI210893
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PMID: 35062126
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Part of ISBN: 978-1-64368-251-8
Part of ISBN: 978-1-64368-250-1
Contributors: Giuseppe Samo; Yu Zhao; Maria Teresa Guasti; Heini Utunen; Oliver Stucke; Gaya Gamhewage
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Facilitating Training Simulations for Health Emergency

2022 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-09959-5_4
Contributors: Heini Utunen; J. Tuomas Harviainen; Gaya M. Gamhewage
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Motivations of Healthcare Workers Enrolled in Massive Online Open Courses for Just-in-Time Training During a Public Health Emergency

The 2022 Global Health Research Convening , Stanford, 18/04/22
2022 | Conference poster | Author
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Contributors: Heini Utunen; Jenny Jones; Jamie Johnston; Matthew Strehlow
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Multilingual Approach to COVID-19 Online Learning Response on OpenWHO.org

Informatics and Technology in Clinical Care and Public Health
2022 | Conference paper | Author
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI210892
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PMID: 35062125
EID:

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Part of ISBN: 978-1-64368-251-8
Part of ISBN: 978-1-64368-250-1
Contributors: Heini Utunen; Ngouille Ndiaye; Melissa Attias; Lama Mattar; Anna Tokar; Gaya Gamhewage
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Superusers of Self-Paced Online Learning on OpenWHO

Advances in Informatics, Management and Technology in Healthcare
2022 | Conference paper | Author
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI220648
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PMID: 35773794
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Part of ISBN: 978-1-64368-291-4
Part of ISBN: 978-1-64368-290-7
Contributors: Heini Utunen; Lama Mattar; Corentin Piroux; Ngouille Ndiaye; Paula Christen; Melissa Attias
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Digitalizing WHO’s Health Emergency Leadership Training During the Pandemic

2022-08-31 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI220929
Contributors: Andrew Black; Heini Utunen; Ryan Crowder; Melissa Attias; Sophie Portal; Virginia Somers; Anna Tokar
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Ensuring equity in access to online courses: Perspectives from the WHO health emergency learning response

World Medical & Health Policy
2022-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/wmh3.492
Contributors: Richelle George; Heini Utunen; Ngouille Ndiaye; Anna Tokar; Lama Mattar; Corentin Piroux; Gaya Gamhewage
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Insights on Public Health Professionals Non-technical Skills in an Emergency Response (Multi-Team System) Environment

Frontiers in Psychology
2022-06-14 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.827367
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PMID: 35774938
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Contributors: Andrew Black; Olivia Brown; Heini Utunen; Gaya Gamhewage; Julie Gore
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Digital Transformation of Face-To-Face Focus Group Methodology: Engaging a Globally Dispersed Audience to Manage Institutional Change at the World Health Organization

Journal of Medical Internet Research
2022-05-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2196/28911
Contributors: Gaya Gamhewage; Mohamed Essam Mahmoud; Anna Tokar; Melissa Attias; Christos Mylonas; Sara Canna; Heini Utunen
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Online Learning for Mass Audiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Key Considerations for Real Time Knowledge Transfer

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)
2022-02-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3991/ijet.v17i04.27569
Contributors: Heini Katriina Utunen; Anna Tokar; Elham Arabi; Gaya Manori Gamhewage
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Transferring Real-time Knowledge Free of Charge Through WHO’s Online Learning Platform OpenWHO.org

The Evolving Health Information Landscape Symposium: Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Doha, 2/12/21
2022-01-15 | Conference abstract | Author
DOI: 10.5339/qproc.2022.ehil2021.5
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Contributors: Heini Utunen
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Learning multiplier effect of OpenWHO.org: use of online learning materials beyond the platform

Weekly Epidemiological Record = Relevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire
2022-01-07 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Heini Utunen; Richelle George; Melissa Attias; Gillian O'Connell; Anna Tokar
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Harnessing technology to respond to the global demand for learning during the COVID-19 pandemic

13th International Conference on e-Health, EH 2021 - Held at the 15th Multi-Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2021
2021 | Conference paper | Author
DOI: 10.33965/eh2021_202106l022
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Part of ISBN: 978-989-8704-30-6
Contributors: Richelle George; Heini Utunen; Christian Willems; Ngouille Ndiaye; Stefanie Schweiger; Thomas Staubitz; Anna Tokar; Melissa Attias; Oliver Stucke; Gaya Gamhewage
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Learning From a Massive Open Online COVID-19 Vaccination Training Experience: Survey Study

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
2021-12-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2196/33455
Contributors: Shoshanna Goldin; So Yeon Joyce Kong; Anna Tokar; Heini Utunen; Ngouille Ndiaye; Jhilmil Bahl; Ranil Appuhamy; Ann Moen
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Changes in Users Trends Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic on WHO's Online Learning Platform

Applying the FAIR Principles to Accelerate Health Research in Europe in the Post COVID-19 Era
2021-11-18 | Book chapter | Author
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI210838
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PMID: 34795103
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Part of ISBN: 978-1-64368-237-2
Part of ISBN: 978-1-64368-236-5
Contributors: Heini Utunen; Ngouille Ndiaye; Lama Mattar; Paula Christen; Oliver Stucke; Gaya Gamhewage
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Learning From a Massive Open Online COVID-19 Vaccination Training Experience: Survey Study (Preprint)

2021-09-11 | Other
DOI: 10.2196/preprints.33455
Contributors: Shoshanna Goldin; So Yeon Joyce Kong; Anna Tokar; Heini Utunen; Ngouille Ndiaye; Jhilmil Bahl; Ranil Appuhamy; Ann Moen
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Delivering WHO's Life-Saving Information in Real-Time During a Pandemic Through an Online Learning Platform

Public Health and Informatics
2021-05-27 | Conference paper | Author
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI210322
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Part of ISBN: 978-1-64368-185-6
Part of ISBN: 978-1-64368-184-9
Contributors: Heini Utunen; Richelle George; Ngouille Ndiaye; Anna Tokar; Melissa Attias; Gaya Gamhewage
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Evaluating Complexity of Digital Learning in a Multilingual Context

Public Health and Informatics
2021-05-27 | Conference paper | Author
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI210222
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PMID: 34042628
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Part of ISBN: 978-1-64368-185-6
Part of ISBN: 978-1-64368-184-9
Contributors: Yu Zhao; Giuseppe Samo; Heini Utunen; Oliver Stucke; Gaya Gamhewage
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One Year of Pandemic Learning Response: Benefits of Massive Online Delivery of the World Health Organization’s Technical Guidance

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
2021-04-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2196/28945
Contributors: Heini Utunen; Maria D Van Kerkhove; Anna Tokar; Gillian O'Connell; Gaya M Gamhewage; Ibrahima Socé Fall
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Digital Transformation of Face-To-Face Focus Group Methodology: Engaging a Globally Dispersed Audience to Manage Institutional Change at the World Health Organization (Preprint)

2021-03-18 | Preprint
DOI: 10.2196/preprints.28911
Contributors: Gaya Gamhewage; Mohamed Essam Mahmoud; Anna Tokar; Melissa Attias; Christos Mylonas; Sara Canna; Heini Utunen
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COVID-19 as a driver to revolutionize education for public health

Weekly Epidemiological Record = Relevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire
2021-02-02 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Gaya Gamhewage; Heini Utunen; Oliver Stucke; Mohamed Mohamoud; Christos Mylonas
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An Analysis of the Growth in Uptake of OpenWHO's Online Learning Resources for COVID-19

The Importance of Health Informatics in Public Health during a Pandemic
2020 | Conference paper | Author
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI200550
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Part of ISBN: 978-1-64368-093-4
Contributors: Richelle George; Heini Utunen; Ngouille Ndiaye; Amy Sy; Corentin Piroux; Melissa Attias; Gaya Gamhewage
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Digitizing Basic Occupational Health and Safety Knowledge for Ebola Virus Disease Missions

WIS 2020: Well-Being in the Information Society
2020 | Conference paper | Author
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-57847-3_19
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Part of ISBN: 978-3-030-57847-3
Part of ISBN: 978-3-030-57846-6
Contributors: Heini Utunen
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Fast-tracking WHO’s COVID-19 technical guidance to training for the frontline / Accélération de la mise à disposition des orientations techniques de l’OMS sur la COVID-19 aux fins de la formation des intervenants de première ligne

Weekly Epidemiological Record = Relevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire
2020 | Interactive resource | Author
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Contributors: Gaya Gamhewage; Heini Utunen; Melissa Attias; Richelle George
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Identifying and Assessing Competencies for Staff Working in Public Health Emergencies

Digital Personalized Health and Medicine
2020 | Book chapter | Author
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI200417
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Part of ISBN: 978-1-64368-083-5
Part of ISBN: 978-1-64368-082-8
Contributors: Heini Utunen; Andrew Black; Oliver Stucke; Melissa Attias; Gaya M. Gamhewage
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Institutionalizing strengthened emergency response through training and learning = Institutionnalisation de l'action d'urgence renforcee grace a la formation et a l'apprentissage

Weekly Epidemiological Record = Relevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire
2020 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Heini Utunen; Gaya Gamhewage; Melissa Attias; Andrew Black; Oliver Stucke; Soce Ibrahima Fall
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Risk Communication for Influenza Events

Intercom
2020 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Heini Utunen; Richelle George; Gaya Gamhewage
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Responding to Global Learning Needs during a Pandemic: An Analysis of the Trends in Platform Use and Incidence of COVID-19

Education Sciences
2020-11-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/educsci10110345
Contributors: Heini Utunen; Richelle George; Ngouille Ndiaye; Melissa Attias; Corentin Piroux; Gaya Gamhewage
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Global Access to OpenWHO's Online Learning Resources for COVID-19

The Importance of Health Informatics in Public Health during a Pandemic
2020-06-26 | Book chapter | Author
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI200555
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PMID: 32604662
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Part of ISBN: 978-1-64368-093-4
Part of ISBN: 978-1-64368-092-7
Contributors: Heini Utunen; Melissa Attias; Richelle George; Ngouille Ndiaye; Corentin Piroux; Michael Reza Farzi; Amy Sy; Gaya Gamhewage
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