The Health Cluster Coordination course provides a general introduction to the work of the Health Cluster, which aims to save lives and promote dignity in humanitarian and public health emergencies, and to strengthen the efficiency and accountability of all stakeholders in responding to humanitarian crises.

By the end of this course, participants should be able to understand the framework of the Health Cluster's mandate, responsibilities, strategies, lines of accountability and principles in order to lead and coordinate effective, efficient, timely and predictable evidence-based humanitarian health interventions in acute and protracted emergencies.

The course consists of 17 modules:

• Introduction
• Global Commitments for Humanitarian and Public Health Emergencies
• Health Cluster Coordination: Principles and Functions
• Public Health Information Services (PHIS) Standards
• Needs Assessment
• Public Health Situation Analysis
• The Health Resources Availability Monitoring System (HeRAMS) Approach
• Humanitarian Response Planning
• Cross-Cutting Issues
• Inter-Cluster Coordination
• The Humanitarian Development and Peace Nexus
• Health Advocacy
• Resource Mobilisation
• Humanitarian Health Response Monitoring
• Cluster Coordination Performance Monitoring (CCPM)
• Humanitarian Preparedness and Contingency Planning
• Transition and Deactivation of Clusters

The course will take approximately 9 hours to finish. At the end of the course, a record of achievement will be offered to those who earn more than 80% of the maximum number of points from the module assessments. You will also receive a confirmation of participation on completing at least 80% of all of the course modules.