Contact tracing in the context of COVID-19 response

This e-learning course is non-moderated and self-paced. You can decide when to start it, interrupt and resume to continue at any time. In total, the course is designed to take approximately 2 hours to complete.


Duration: 2 hours.


Audience: Public health professionals.


Objectives: After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain to decision makers the importance of contact tracing as public health measure in the context of COVID-19;
  • Adapt to the local context the processes of contact tracing for COVID-19;
  • Identify ways to scale up contact tracing and reflect on how to adapt them to the local context;
  • Understand the benefits and risks of using mobile applications to undertake contact tracing;
  • Identify indicators to measure the efficacy and effectiveness of contact tracing operations;
  • Recognise the importance of contact tracing data analysis.


Participation: