Meeting Agenda and Expectations
The meeting agenda was outlined, with a focus on addressing challenges and bottlenecks rather than achievements, and partners were instructed to report their activities, specifically entering their responses into the activity info dashboard, to ensure accurate tracking and coordination of efforts.
Action Points from Health Cluster Meeting
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Prompt Reporting: Partners should promptly enter their activity responses into the activity info dashboard, and the Cluster IM unit will follow up with partners to ensure this happens.
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Compliance with Reporting Requirements: Ensure that all health facilities, including those receiving humanitarian funding, comply with mandatory reporting requirements.
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Share PSEA Risk Assessment Findings: Share the findings from the PSEA risk assessment in Kassala and Gedaref with all partners to ensure everyone is informed.
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Target Population Identification: Determine the target populations for the health cluster, taking into account limitations in coverage and available resources.
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Collaborate with OCHA: Collaborate with OCHA to set realistic targets for reaching the population in need by December 2024.
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Intensify Cholera Outbreak Response: Intensify response efforts for the cholera outbreak by monitoring testing, prepositioning supplies in affected areas, addressing drug shortages, and enhancing coverage of the Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) campaign in refugee camps. UNHCR will coordinate with WHO on this.
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Improve Mental Health Services: Continue capacity-building efforts and improve data reporting on mental health services from mobile clinics and primary healthcare centers.
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Expedite EMT Deployment: Expedite the deployment of EMTs, ensuring self-sufficiency and readiness to support health responses.
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Maintain Communication: Maintain communication regarding the distribution of HIV and TB supplies and enhance support for mobile primary healthcare units and disease surveillance efforts.