Module 1: Pollution and Health: The Practical Connection

• What environmental pollution means in real settings
• How pollution translates into health outcomes
• Acute vs. chronic health impacts
• High-risk environments: workplaces, informal settlements, schools, farms
• Exercise: ‘Pollution to patient’ pathway mapping

Module 2: Types of Pollution and What They Do to The Body

• Air pollution (indoor and outdoor) and respiratory/cardiovascular impacts
• Water pollution and infectious disease exposure
• Soil contamination and food-chain transfer
• Noise and light pollution and stress-related impacts
• Exercise: matching pollutant types to likely health outcomes

Module 3: Exposure Pathways: How People Actually Get Harmed

• Inhalation, ingestion, skin contact, and indirect exposure
• Occupational exposure vs. community exposure
• Exposure duration and intensity basics
• Vulnerable groups: children, elderly, pregnant women, workers
• Exercise: exposure pathway identification for a local case

Module 4: Air Pollution Risk Management for Workplaces and Communities

• Particulate matter, smoke, vehicle emissions, industrial emissions
• Indoor air risks: cooking fuels, ventilation, chemicals
• Practical prevention controls and behavior change levers
• Monitoring basics: what to track and how to interpret
• Exercise: design an air risk reduction plan for a scenario

Module 5: Water Pollution, Public Health, and Wash Linkages

• Common contamination sources and outbreak patterns
• Point-source vs. diffuse pollution
• Safe water chain and protection measures
• Monitoring and rapid response for contamination events
• Exercise: build a water safety and response checklist

Module 6: Chemicals, Waste, and Toxic Exposure Controls

• Household, agricultural, and industrial chemical risks
• Pesticides, solvents, heavy metals, and chronic health effects
• Waste segregation, storage, transport, and disposal basics
• Spill response and exposure containment actions
• Exercise: create a chemical risk register and control plan

Module 7: Solid Waste, Plastics, and Community Health Risks

• Waste accumulation and disease vectors
• Plastic pollution and burning-related exposure
• Informal waste handling risks and worker safety
• Practical community interventions and enforcement options
• Exercise: evaluate a waste management approach for health impact

Module 8: Environmental Health Risks Screening and Prioritization

• Rapid risk screening tools for non-specialists
• Severity, likelihood, and exposure frequency concepts
• Creating a simple risk matrix for decision-making
• Prioritizing actions when budgets are limited
• Exercise: rank risks and justify top interventions

 Module 9: Regulations, Standards, and Safeguards that Shape Decisions

• Environmental compliance fundamentals
• Workplace health and safety responsibilities
• Donor safeguards and project environmental-social requirements
• Documentation that stands up to audits and inspections
• Exercise: compliance gap checks for a sample project

 Module 10: Monitoring, Reporting, and Evidence for Action

• What data to collect and how often
• Community reporting channels and grievance handling
• Incident reporting and corrective action workflows
• Communicating findings without panic or confusion
• Exercise: build a simple monitoring and reporting dashboard outline

Module 11: Risk Communication and Stakeholder Engagement

• Communicating health risk clearly to non-technical audiences
• Addressing misinformation and resistance
• Community engagement approaches that build trust
• Briefing leadership with practical recommendations
• Role-play: community baraza briefing or executive briefing

Module 12: Developing Health and Pollution Action Plan (HPAP)

• Turning assessment into a practical plan
• Selecting controls: engineering, administrative, behavioral, PPE
• Budgeting for prevention and sustainability
• Roles, accountability, and follow-up
• Capstone: develop a pollution-health action plan for a real scenario