In emergencies, the disruption of basic nutrition, health care, sanitation and social support services impairs the ability of caregivers to meet the nutritional needs of infants and young children what might negatively affect their health status. The support of improved feeding practices under these difficult circumstances should therefore be a priority for humanitarian preparedness and response. This includes not only optimal breastfeeding practices but also complementary feeding and artificial feeding if needed. In fragile contexts, uncontrolled distributions of breastmilk substitutes can undermine recommended breastfeeding practices during the emergency and beyond and must be carefully managed. This online training offers an introduction to recommended IYCF-E actions that protect and support optimal feeding practices. You will learn which interventions are needed in the humanitarian response to support caregivers in breastfeeding, in the preparation of nutritious and safe complementary foods, and in providing safe breastmilk substitutes. Other more specific topics will be discussed such as HIV and infant feeding, re-lactation or twins’ feeding.

The trainer will be happy to receive a short motivational statement so that she knows more about your expectations before the course begins.

Members of ADH Organizations can apply for fee reimbursement. Please check within your organizations regarding the internally announced procedure

In this course, you will be prepared for potentially dangerous situations in foreign deployments. Using interactive case studies, you will learn to develop a feeling for dangerous situations and to use preventive measures. You will learn how to react to aggression and violence in a de-escalating way and how to protect yourself in the long term. The basic idea of ​​the training is de-escalation. Furthermore, processing options after stressful events and how to deal with stress in foreign assignments are discussed and reflected, both in terms of personal perception and with regard to the team members concerned.

Climate change has led to a change and an increasing number of climate and weather extremes that may cause disasters. Anticipating the impacts of climate change and taking appropriate actions to manage the risk of extreme events has become necessary within humanitarian action.

The course covers various thematic areas to provide the foundations and a basic understanding of climate change adaptation and of managing risk of climate-related extreme events. It presents to you various adaptation measures in selected sectors. Several international experts will give you inputs, stimulate discussions and group exercises on the thematic areas.

The course will be conducted on several days, mostly in the afternoon time (CEST). The work language is in English.

The course is part of aha's certification scheme and can be credited towards a Certificate of Advanced Studies in "Anticipatory Humanitarian Action", under prerequisite of passing the exam (please also see the general exam regulation of aha). The exam is in form of individual or group work IN ADDITION to attending the training!