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The nature of emergencies is constantly changing and it is essential that the humanitarian sector adapts accordingly to ensure the most effective response. RedR is committed to training and supporting aid workers, working in partnership with aid agencies to promote a coordinated and high quality response to disasters worldwide. Ensuring people’s physical and psychological health is fundamental to any disaster or conflict. The first priority of aid workers is to reduce the number of people who will die and then to respond to their public health and medical needs. This can only be done by professionals who are properly trained and who understand the relationship between health and other human rights, such as water, sanitation, shelter and nutrition. RedR has identified gaps in health training and expertise in the humanitarian aid sector which we aim to address through our health programme. We plan to take a leading role in sharing best practice as the needs and requirements of health workers responding to emergencies change. The aim of the programme is to ensure that thousands more lives are saved as a result of improved health practices in response to disasters.
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RedR is committed to health in emergencies and has identified specific and specialist health issues which are not currently addressed through existing training programmes. These include medical logistics, for instance the transportation of cold medicines, and emergency shelter construction for hospitals. RedR will build a programme of health training to address these and other requirements which will be identified by a full needs analysis. Using our wealth of knowledge in the area of health, we will provide training in the UK and overseas on public health, HIV and AIDS, psycho social issues and on Internally Displaced Persons and Refugee camps. We have developed an entirely new post to take responsibility for this service, as Health Programme Manager. The post holder would be responsible for ensuring quality assessment of training provision, with the aim of setting benchmarks of health training standards that voluntary and government agencies could recognise and count on. The Health Programme Manager will be expected to have a very visible presence in the aid sector and with the government bodies, pushing the agenda for health training at all levels. They will develop relationships with key health agencies and target groups, engage in forums and join networks to lead on issues and share best practice in a coordinated way which will transcend the sector. It is expected that the post holder will deliver 4 training courses per year, with approximately 25 trainees per course in the UK. Two trainers would deliver each course covering such as health issues as public health, HIV/AIDS and nutrition. This would give a minimum of 100 trained professional for aid agencies, such as Oxfam, Christian Aid, TearFund, British Red Cross and others who routinely use our services. This programme would have an enormous impact on the successful delivery of aid in areas affected by disasters and conflicts. By creating a high standard of professionalism for aid workers and promoting improved health provision, the service will ensure that many more lives are saved. The cost of this programme is £50,000.