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Capacity Building on Health Action in Crises

Effective health action in crises requires people with up-to-date knowledge and skills: people who have the competencies for health crises work. Capacity development takes many forms. The most direct form of capacity building is trainings and workshops that allow direct transmission of knowledge and skills.

The Health Action in Crises department of WHO offers not only this form of capacity building but is also heavily involved in other aspects, including providing tools and guidelines, networking and monitoring and evaluation.

Public Health Pre-Deployment Training
The course is part of WHO’s commitment to strengthen the capacity of the international humanitarian community to address public health priorities in emergencies and crises. It aims to prepare professionals with experience in public health and related fields to design, implement, manage and/or coordinate health sector emergency response and early recovery programmes in crises situations effectively, efficiently and safely.
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Trainings on Health Action in Crises
WHO/HAC design and deliver courses and workshops on key areas of crises management and public health to meet learning needs.
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Tools and Guidelines
WHO provides diverse tools and guidelines on health topics which provide hands-on guidance to dealing with health in crises.
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Monitoring and Evaluation
Constant monitoring and evaluation of the capacity of WHO is key to maintaining the momentum of improving and managing performance.
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Opportunities for global trainings
Participants are identified by WHO/HAC to attend trainings and workshops organized by current key partners.
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HIGHLIGHTS

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ISSUES

Influenza A (H1N1)

Global food security crisis
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EVENTS

Analyse des systèmes de santé dans les pays en crise
Hammamet, Tunisie, 14 – 26 mars 2010
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Public Health Pre-Deployment Course (PHPD)
Hammamet, Tunisia 30 November - 11 December 2009. PHPD7 (in French) will take place in 2010.
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INTER-AGENCY ISSUES

- Inter-agency collaboration
- Inter-agency news
- Global Health Cluster


HNTS

Health and Nutrition Tracking Service
Mechanisms for the review, analysis, interpretation and validation of health and nutrition information in crises.
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ABOUT HAC

- More information
- Frequently asked questions
- HAC structure at headquarters [pdf 70kb]


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