The Public Health In Complex Emergencies Training Program (PHCE) is a two-week residential fee based course that focuses on critical public health issues for NGO/PVO Personnel working in complex emergencies. The course enhances the capacity of humanitarian assistance workers & their organizations to respond to the health needs of refugees & internally displaced persons.

? 1st Course, March 2000 ? 2nd Course, 19-31 Jan 2004 ? 3rd Course, 26 July-7 Aug 2004 ? 4th Course, 9-21 May 2005 ? 5th Course, 8-20 May, 2006 ? 12-24 July 2010 Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Thailand ? 15-27 November 2010 Makerere University - Institute Of Public Health ? Uganda ? 07-19 March 2011 American University of Beirut - Faculty of Health Sciences, Lebanon 9-21 May 2011 ? Asian Disaster Preparedness Center - Thailand - training and workshop

Participants will master the key competencies in all of the following sectors: Context of Emergencies Epidemiology Communicable Disease Environmental Health Nutrition Reproductive Health Weapons, Violence and Trauma Protection and Security Psychosocial Issues Coordination