The Global Health Cluster, under the leadership of the World Health Organization, is made up of more than 30 international humanitarian health organizations that have been working together over the past two years to build partnerships and mutual understanding and to develop common approaches to humanitarian health action.  The work of the GHC aims to produce:
· Widely endorsed products and services that will stream-line emergency response and increase its predictability 
·Greater coherence in health action among the many and varied stakeholders by building partnership and common understanding 
·Well managed health information, integrated into an overall information management system that will serve all stakeholders to ensure an evidence-based health response
·A system to rapidly deploy health cluster coordinators, other experts and medical supplies for a more effective and timely response
·A greater focus on building national level capacity to strengthen the preparedness, response and resilience of affected countries. 

For a full list of partners please click here.

Countries with activated health cluster. 

Emergency situations in AFRO countries

Health Cluster Guide

Global Health Cluster meeting 9-10 June 2009

Global Health Cluster suggested set of core indicators and benchmarks by category
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Health Resources Availability Mapping System (HeRAMS)

Initial Rapid Assessment (IRA) tool box  
For technical support or questions regarding the HeRAMS or the IRA  please contact healthcluster@who.int

Guidance Note: Promotion and Advocacy for Stronger National and Local Capacities in Health Emergency Preparedness and Risk Reduction

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