Resources

• IASC operational guidance for coordinated assessments in humanitarian crises. Geneva: Inter-Agency Standing Committee; 2012 (https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/system/files/legacy_files/operational_guidance_for_coordinated_assessments_in_humanitarian_crises.pdf).
• Health Cluster guide: a practical guide for country-level implementation of the Health Cluster. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2009 (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/70128/WHO_HAC_MAN_2009.7_eng.pdf?sequence=1).
• Guideline. Common operating datasets in disaster preparedness and response. Geneva: Inter-Agency Standing Committee; 2010 (https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/system/files/legacy_files/common_operational_datasets.pdf).

Tools

• Global Health Cluster tools [website]. Health Cluster (https://www.who.int/hac/global_health_cluster/guide/tools/en/).
• Emergencies. EWARS: a simple, robust system to detect disease outbreaks [website]. World Health Organization (https://www.who.int/emergencies/surveillance/early-warning-alert-and-response-system-ewars/).
• Health information system (HIS) toolkit. Geneva: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency; 2010 (https://www.unhcr.org/4a3374408.html#emergency).
• Health information system (HIS) toolkit reference manual. Geneva: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency; 2010 (https://www.unhcr.org/4a3114006.html).
• Tool. Multi-sector initial rapid assessment (MIRA). Geneva: Inter-Agency Standing Committee; 2015 (https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/programme-cycle/space/document/multi-sector-initial-rapid-assessment-guidance-revision-july-2015).
• Rapid risk assessment of acute public health events. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2012 (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/70810/WHO_HSE_GAR_ARO_2012.1_eng.pdf?sequence=1).
• Multi indicator cluster surveys (MICS) [website]. UNICEF (http://mics.unicef.org/).
• Humanitarian Health Action. Health Resources Availability Monitoring System (HeRAMS) [website]. World Health Organization (https://www.who.int/hac/herams/en/)
• Strategic Tool for Assessing Risk. A comprehensive toolkit for public health risk assessment. Geneva: World Health Organization (in press).
• 3W/4W/5W – who, what, where, when, for whom. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/nigeria/document/ocha-w-matrix-template).
• Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA). An annual monitoring system for service delivery. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015 (https://www.who.int/healthinfo/systems/sara_introduction/en/).
• Child protection rapid assessment toolkit. Geneva: Global Protection Cluster, Child Protection Working Group; 2012 (https://www.globalprotectioncluster.org/_assets/files/tools_and_guidance/info_data_management/CPRA_English-EN.pdf).
• dhis2 [website]. District Health Information Software, version 2 is free health information system software (https://www.dhis2.org/).
• Newborn health in humanitarian settings: field guide. New York: United Nations Children’s Fund, and Save the Children; 2018 (https://www.healthynewbornnetwork.org/hnn-content/uploads/NewBornHealthBook-Production2017-V4b-WEB.pdf). (See annexes of the field guide for newborn assessment tools).