Standards for Public Health Information Services in Activated Health Clusters and Other Humanitarian Health Coordination Mechanisms

World Health Organization. 05/30/2017 This 48-page document, published by Global Health Cluster-Public Health Information Services, is structured around standards for a Public Health Information Services Officer (PHIS). Topics include which public health information services and information products should be expected of an activated health cluster, and who in the cluster should be responsible for different steps in their delivery; how quickly and with what frequency of update each service should be delivered in different crisis scenarios; and what staffing and other resources should be made available to activated health clusters. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - June 16, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news