Responding to multiple emergencies in Sudan

The Sudan Health Cluster is responding to the health needs of people across Sudan, where a protracted crisis and multiple new emergencies are applying further pressure to an already fragile health system. In the current funding climate, the Sudan Health Cluster is utilizing its limited resources to maintain continuity in essential health services.

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The Health Cluster protects the most vulnerable

The work of the Health Cluster is to operationalize the global level strategies and guide the response to the COVID-19 pandemic from every sector of government and society. Health Cluster teams and partners are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic within the framework of the Global Humanitarian Response Plan. All photos featured are under Strategic Priority 1, to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and decrease morbidity and mortality.

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Health Cluster frontline workers respond to COVID-19

The Health Cluster celebrates World Humanitarian Day each year and continues to recognize the #RealLifeHeroes leading the health response to COVID-19 all year round. The frontline health workers featured in this story are global, national and local level partners of Country Health Clusters responding to the COVID-19 emergency across the nine pillars of the Operational Planning Guidelines to Support Country Preparedness.

Responding to multiple emergencies in Sudan

The Health Cluster protects the most vulnerable

Health Cluster frontline workers respond to COVID-19

KEY RESOURCES

Health Cluster Guide This guide (2nd edition, 2020) provides practical advice on how WHO, Health Cluster Coordinators and partners can work together during a humanitarian crisis to achieve the aims of reducing avoidable mortality, morbidity and disability, and restoring the delivery of and equitable access to preventive and curative health care.

E-learning 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.

Coordination Guidance for Heads of WHO Country Offices as Cluster Lead Agency This guidance provides Heads of WHO Country Offices (HWCOs) with a clear understanding of their responsibilities and accountabilities in WHO’s role as country-level Cluster Lead Agency (CLA) for health.