An overview of the Food Security, Health, WASH and Nutrition clusters/sectors

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This module provides general information about what food security, health, nutrition and WASH means and what the scope of work of these four clusters/ sectors during a crisis is. It also presents some of their key activities at different levels of interventions. And it finally looks at examples of collaboration between different clusters. 

Learning objectives

By the end of this session, you should be able to:

• Define what Food security, Health, Nutrition and WASH is; 
• Describe their scope of work during a crisis; 
• List some of their respective activities at different levels of interventions; 
• Mention some examples of collaboration between clusters/sectors. 

Audience

This module is an introductory-level course aimed at anyone who is interested in developing skills and knowledge in inter-cluster/sector collaboration in humanitarian contexts.

Length

It should take you about 30 minutes to complete this self-paced course. 

Methodology

This course is composed of a single short self-paced animated module, including various examples and activities. 

Structure

Introduction

Lesson 1: What food security, health, nutrition and WASH means and what they do?

Lesson 2: Interventions at individual and/or household level

Lesson 3: Interventions at community level

Lesson 4: Interventions at health facility or at other institutions

Lesson 5: Examples of collaboration between clusters/sectors

Summary

Suggesting prior learning :

Introduction to Inter-cluster/sector collaboration (ICSC)

Contact details

For technical issues, you can contact https://www.nutritioncluster.net/Ask_question