Public Health Pre-Deployment Course (PHPD)
Faculty and partners
Course faculty is drawn from a wide pool of humanitarian and public health experts in the different subject areas applied in emergency or crises settings. They come from the UN system, non-governmental organizations and academic institutions. Within WHO, experts from technical departments at headquarters, regional and country offices are also involved. Former course graduates may also be invited to act as resource persons and to reflect on the usefulness of the Course in real-life.
WHO collaborated with the following institutions in the delivery of past courses:
- Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
- Centre for Refugee and Disaster Response, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
- Department for International Development, UK
- International Committee of the Red Cross, Switzerland
- International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Switzerland
- Ministry of the Russian Federation for the Affairs of Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief (EMERCOM), Russia
- National Institute of Public Health - Quebec, Canada
- Service d'Aide Médicale Urgente (SAMU), Tunisia
- Swedish Rescue Services Agency, Sweden
- Ministries of Interior, Defense and Health of the Government of Tunisia
- UN Children's Fund, Switzerland
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Switzerland
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance, Switzerland
- World Food Program, Italy