The fifth annual Health Cluster Forum was held on 26-28 June 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland. 17 Health Cluster Coordinators (HCCs) and six Health Cluster Co-coordinators from partners participated from 20 clusters across five World Health Organization (WHO) regions, with staff from one WHO Regional Office and Headquarters as well as the Global Health Cluster unit.
Participants came together to share best practices, address challenges and areas of concern, promote Inter-Agency Standing Committee and other relevant policies, and engage in cluster capacity building efforts to improve the health sector humanitarian response.
The objectives of the Forum were:
- Strengthen the understanding of how clusters, align with WHO Health Emergencies Programme (WHE) at the global, regional and country level.
- Ensure an understanding of the recent Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Reform.
- Ensure a complete understanding of the revised Humanitarian Programme Cycle tools and understand the new focus and expectation on the clusters and cluster coordinators.
- Strengthen inter-cluster/sector planning and response.
- Increase understanding and operational application of the Humanitarian Development Nexus.
- Contribute to the revision of the Extended Health Cluster Strategy 2017-2019 to 2020-2022.
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