The Royal Government of Norway together with WHO, SEARO and WPRO has supported the implementation of this forthcoming course. The Royal Government of Norway together with WHO, other donor organizations and other individuals have been instrumental in the successful implementation of the PHEMAP Program for the past five years. The Royal Government of Norway granted the funds to implement three PHEMAP inter-regional courses specifically, PHEMAP-3 in 2003, PHEMAP-4 in 2004, and this upcoming PHEMAP-6.

PHEMAP Review and Course Description

PHEMAP-6 will be significant in that it provides the opportunity for the implementation of the new and revised PHEMAP curriculum. The revised course will give greater emphasis to the risk management, program management, operations management and leadership roles of health emergency managers. This course will enable graduates to address the challenges of managing emergency health risks by making improvements to the capacity of their respective health emergency management systems and institutions. PHEMAP-6 graduates are also expected to contribute to the development and implementation of PHEMAP courses at national and sub-national levels.

Moreover, PHEMAP courses are specifically designed for people who play critical health emergency management and coordination roles in managing the health risks of emergencies. The inter-regional PHEMAP course will familiarize health emergency managers with policy-making, risk management, emergency response and recovery planning, international standards and regional cooperation. They will be able to adopt roles as a program manager and operations coordinator by applying tools and processes, such as capacity assessment and development, information management, incident management, and risk communication to improve emergency health services that include environmental health, mass casualty management, feeding and nutrition, emergency medical systems, psychosocial support and communicable disease control.