CERTIFICATE IN WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE

Certificate Director: Juan Leon, Associate Professor, Global Health, juan.leon@emory.edu

Official Certificate in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Site

The Certificate in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene trains students to address these crucial issues at household and community levels. It features a comprehensive curriculum taught by faculty with expertise in domains such as infectious disease, geographic information systems, and public health research.

Who Is The Certificate For?

Students seeking a specialization in a crucial area of environmental health.

Competencies of the Certificate in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

Upon completion of the certificate program, the student will be able to:

• Describe the multidisciplinary nature of WASH-related issues.

• Practice WASH-related laboratory methods.

• Examine potential solutions for WASH-related challenges at the household and community level.

• Recognize the role in policy in shaping the WASH landscape.

• Identify entities working in the WASH sphere.

• Generate WASH-related knowledge through practice by completing:

  • An Integrative Learning Experience (capstone or a thesis), and

  • A WASH-related field experience (applied practice experience or GFE)