Health Cluster coordination guidance for heads of WHO country offices as cluster lead agency

Overview

The purpose of this document is to provide Heads of WHO Country Offices (HWCOs) with a clear understanding of their responsibilities and accountabilities in WHO’s role as country-level Cluster Lead Agency (CLA) for health within the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), with particular reference to the implementation of the IASC Transformative Agenda and the commitments of the World Humanitarian Summit (Istanbul, Turkey, 23–24 May 2016) at country level. HWCOs are responsible and accountable for the activities of the Health Cluster at the country level, when WHO is designated as the CLA for health in a specified country.