Regional Capacity Building Tools

Western Pacific Region (WPRO)

Capacity building

Key information

Material #1

  • Title of the capacity building or training materials:

    Pacific Open Learning Health Net (POLHN)

  • Type of material (e.g. online eCourse, online training module, shared copy or pdf training manual, training package, video, etc.):

    Online eCourses

  • Languages the materials is available in:

    English

  • The UN agency or partnership that developed the material (e.g. UNICEF, FAO/WHO joint collaboration):

    Joint initiative between WHO, the Government of Japan and Pacific Ministers of Health

  • Purpose of the material:

    POLHN was developed to bridge the gaps between geographically dispersed health workers in Pacific island countries and to boost the knowledge, skills, attitudes and performance of health workers. Goals of POLHN are:

    1. To provide access to quality, equitable, efficient and effective e-learning platforms that support health workers to maintain relevant skills and in so doing to enable countries to have a more sustainable and responsive skill mix;
    2. To assist regulatory and ministerial bodies to develop relevant policies for continuing professional development (CPD) of health workforces; and
    3. To support in building and sustaining the capacity of institutions to provide appropriate and accredited curricula through collaborative partnerships with health professionals, service providers, professional bodies, healthcare organizations, education and research entities.
  • Main topic of the material:

    POLHN develops, provides and sponsors appropriate non-credited and accredited curricula in the areas of medicine, nursing, health education and public health facilitated through various collaborative partners. These include universities, institutions, professional bodies, healthcare organisations, and research entities.

  • Date developed:

    Established 2003

  • URL (if available online):

    Pacific Open Learning Health Net

  • Notes:

    Courses related to nutrition, type of course and languages the eCourses are available in include:

Key information

Material #2

Key information

Material #3

  • Title of the capacity building or training materials:

    WHO nutrient profile model for the Western Pacific Region : a tool to protect children from food marketing

  • Type of material (e.g. online eCourse, online training module, shared copy or pdf training manual, training package, video, etc.):

    Guidance document

  • Languages the materials is available in:

    English

  • The UN agency or partnership that developed the material (e.g. UNICEF, FAO/WHO joint collaboration):

    WPRO/WHO

  • Purpose of the material:

    This regional nutrient profile model was developed to support the efforts of countries in protecting children from marketing of unhealthy foods and nonalcoholic beverages and implementing the recommendations. Specifically, the model can help countries identify foods for which marketing to children should be prohibited.

  • Main topic of the material:

    Marketing of food products to children

  • Date developed:

    2016

  • URL (if available online):

    Link in IRIS:

    WHO nutrient profile model for the Western Pacific Region : a tool to protect children from food marketing

    Link of news release:

    Protecting children from unhealthy foods and drinks

    Link of .pdf document:

    PDF file