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Table 1 Job roles and related IMS (Incident Management System) function for staff deployed to Cox’s Bazar December 2017 – February 2019

From: Perspectives on deployment of humanitarian workers through operational partnerships during the acute emergency health response to the Rohingya refugee crisis in Cox’s Bazar

Deployee IMS function

Deployee role

Number of deployments (%)

Health expertise and operations

Case management officer

3 (4.6)

 

Epidemiologist

18 (27.7)

 

Field manager

4 (6.2)

 

Health operations team lead

1 (1.5)

 

Infection prevention and control

6 (9.2)

 

Laboratory technical officer

2 (3.1)

 

Public health officer

1 (1.5)

 

Surveillance officer

9 (13.8)

 

Epidemiology team lead

1 (1.5)

 

Mental health technical officer

1 (1.5)

 

WASH officer

4 (6.2)

Leadership

Communications officer

3 (4.6)

 

Resource mobilization officer

1 (1.5)

Operations support and logistics

Health logistics officer

1 (1.5)

 

Operations support and logistics team lead

1 (1.5)

Partner coordination

Health cluster coordinator

1 (1.5)

Planning and information

Data management officer

4 (6.2)

 

GIS specialist

1 (1.5)

 

Information management team

3 (4.6)