In this resource for capacity building Risk Literacy for Global Health is addressed. It can be considered on an organisational level, how institutions and organisations are able to leverage the potential of space technology for Global Health challenges. Furthermore Risk Literacy in the context of Global Health and the Open Community Approach has the objective to improve the ability to perceive the global health risks for individuals, communities and environment and respond with locally appropriate risk mitigation interventions. The capacity building toderive appropriate decisions from the detection of risks and demands on the organisational level induces awarness programmes for exposed communities and tailored delivery of educational resources for specific regions and local requirements and constraints. Organisational analysis of Global Health challenges is dependent on the risk perception as a subjective judgement of people. Improving risk literacy supports capacity building for the assessment of a local severity of a specific health problem. The individual competence to identify risks may vary from person to person and may be different in comparision between organisations. Furthermore requirements and constraints change in time and therefore risk management and decision support must be adapted according to location and time.[1]
Learning Task
- Explore the concept of Risk Literacy
- Explore the concept of Global Health
- Explore Risk Management
- Analyse the possible of Space Technology