What can this course do for my company?

Malaria for Expatriates and Travelers: An Online Course is an interactive online course designed to prepare your employees for working in a malaria affected area.

Every year, around 30,000 travelers get malaria. International SOS evacuates 30-50 severe malaria cases annually, and it is the leading cause of death from an infectious disease among expatriates and business travelers.

All of these deaths could be prevented if employees had taken the correct precautions.

By implementing this course, your company will help reduce the chance of your employees contracting malaria, and the costs associated with illness and evacuation.

You will also be able to track employee compliance, and so prove that your duty of care has been fulfilled.

What is the structure of the course?

The course consists of four comprehensive lessons. Each lesson uses multimedia (including animation, video and audio) to maintain employee interest and enhance the learning experience:

1. What is malaria?
Employees learn about malaria and how they can become infected. Common myths that often lead to risk taking behavior are also addressed.

2. Preventing mosquito bites
Detailed, practical instructions for prevention indoors, outdoors and while sleeping. Also covers household and community measures.

3. Medication to prevent malaria
Description of medications, dosing,schedules and potential side effects.

4. If you get sick
Specific instructions on how to identify a possible case of malaria, and what to do if symptoms develop – either while on assignment or after returning home. Common questions on children and pregnant women are also answered.

Printable handouts are available at the end of each lesson.

Exams and compliance

Each lesson is followed by an exam consisting of 5 multiple choice questions that test the employee’s understanding of key topics.

Prior to completing the course, employees can be required to confirm (via a check box) that they will comply with the company malaria policy and directives at all times. This confirmation is stored for future reference.

Using the International SOS Learning Management System, your administrators can:

• Set course completion dates.
• Track employee progress.
• Track test results.
• Generate detailed reports.

The online learning course is SCORM compliant, and can be modified for use with most existing Learning Management Systems.

Custom content

All content presented in Malaria for Expatriates and Travelers: An Online Course can be fully customized to integrate with your existing malaria policy and program. This ensures that employees receive a consistent message suited to their specific working environment.

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