| The course runs from 25 June to 2 July 2025. |
Develop your career as part of the global nursing community!
This unique online short course is designed to equip nurses and allied health professionals with the foundational knowledge and principles related to the nursing role in infection prevention and control within the context of low resources or austere environments.  
The course will provide students with the opportunity to examine how core Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) principles and practices can be effectively applied across a range of community and healthcare settings.
Key topics include:
- Understanding Infectious Disease
- Prevalence, determinants, and transmission pathways
- Public Health Perspectives
- Antimicrobial resistance and stewardship
- Behavioural change strategies
- Stakeholder engagement and education
- Vector control
- Water, sanitation and health
- Healthcare-Specific IPC Considerations
- Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs)
- Water, sanitation, and health in healthcare facilities(WASH)
- Sterilization and disinfection
- Waste management
- Hand hygiene and personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Outbreak control
Who should apply?
This course is suitable for nurses and midwives (including final year students of nursing or midwifery), paramedics or other allied healthcare professionals who are working or aspiring to work in low resource settings and with an interest in infection control.  There is no recommendation for a period of post-registration experience. This short course may also serve as a useful update for alumni of the Professional Diploma in Tropical Nursing.
How will you learn?
This is a two-day course, delivered online over two consecutive Wednesdays. Learners will attend live lectures alongside students on the Professional Diploma in Tropical Nursing in the morning, and undertake group and individual, asynchronous learning in the afternoon.
You will get the most benefit from engaging with live lectures, which are scheduled in the morning, London time, as well as being recorded and accessible afterwards on our e-learning platform, Moodle. We encourage all students to attend both days of live lectures to be able to interact with the academic exercises, and other students, ask questions and get immediate answers. Students from many different time zones across the world join our live online lectures to benefit from the enhanced learning experience.
Computer requirements
Students will require regular access to a computer with an internet connection, speakers and a microphone to access the LSHTM’s online learning site where many of the programme’s study resources are located.
Internet connection and web access are essential. If you can stream videos, your connection and device should be sufficient. The main applications used during the programme are LSHTM’s online learning platform Moodle, Collaborate, Zoom, and videos.
It is recommended that users run the latest version of Google Chrome.
Assessment
There is no formal assessment for the short course and no need to travel to the school for any part of the course.
Equip learners with the foundational knowledge and principles to help them prevent and control infection within the context of low resources or austere environments.  
Learning outcomes
- Discuss the prevention of communicable diseases endemic in low resource settings.
- Evaluate the infection control responsibilities of nurses and other healthcare workers in diverse socio-economic and cultural settings .
Learning, teaching and assessment methods
The programme is taught through online lectures. Students are expected to learn through both directed and self-directed study.
There is no formal assessment for this two-day short course.
Accreditation
Successful candidates will be awarded a certificate of attendance from LSHTM for Infection Prevention and Control in Global Healthcare.
Mode of study and learning time
The short course on infection prevention and control for low resource settings will be delivered online. Students study for one full day each week, Wednesdays for two weeks.
£300
Applications for 2025 are now open and can be made via our .
Places will be offered and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis in order of application received. There will be no application deadline. We will close to new applications once all available places have been filled.
Please read LSHTM's Admissions policies prior to submitting your application.
LSHTM may cancel courses two weeks before the first day of the course if numbers prove insufficient. In those circumstances, course fees will be refunded.
Entry Criteria
The programme is open to candidates who are currently registered as nurses, midwives, paramedics or allied medical professionals, or those in their final year of study.
Candidates must be computer literate and have a good standard of written and spoken English and of English comprehension. LSHTM may ask the applicant to provide evidence of a satisfactory standard of English. LSHTM has approved certain English tests. Further details can be found in the English Language Requirements policy.