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Mission and objectives
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations Public Health Organization established in 1948. The objective of the World Health Organization shall be the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.
World Health Organization achieves its goals by performing its essential functions:
1. Take a leadership role in key health issues and create partnerships when joint action is needed;
2. Set research priorities and encourage the acquisition, application and dissemination of useful knowledge;
3. Setting standards and criteria and encouraging and monitoring them;
4. Develop ethical and evidence-based policies
5. Provide technical support, be an agent of change and build institutional capacity in a sustainable way;
6. Monitor health status and assess health trends.
World Health Organization achieves its goals by performing its essential functions:
1. Take a leadership role in key health issues and create partnerships when joint action is needed;
2. Set research priorities and encourage the acquisition, application and dissemination of useful knowledge;
3. Setting standards and criteria and encouraging and monitoring them;
4. Develop ethical and evidence-based policies
5. Provide technical support, be an agent of change and build institutional capacity in a sustainable way;
6. Monitor health status and assess health trends.
Context
The position is situated within the Essential Immunization and New Vaccines (EIV) Sub-team and focuses on strengthening immunization systems and accelerating the introduction of new vaccines in line with global and regional priorities. It requires integrated programme management and technical support to ensure the 47 WHO AFRO countries achieve high and equitable coverage of essential immunization services.
Task description
- Programme planning and Coordination:
• Support the unit in developing and updating immunization workplans, national immunization strategies database and assist in coordinating planning sessions, workshops, stakeholder consultations, etc.
- Technical assistance for implementation:
• Provide technical and logistical support for training and capacity-building activities, data-driven implementation, etc.
- Monitoring, reporting and evaluation:
• Assist in setting up and maintain real-time dashboards and monitoring tools for vaccine introduction and coverage including introduction status across 47 countries and 19 antigens; ensure 100% uptime;
• Validate and analyze country data to identify bottlenecks and propose corrective actions;
• Prepare regular progress briefs, presentations and reports for stakeholders.
Perform other tasks as requested by the supervisor.
• Support the unit in developing and updating immunization workplans, national immunization strategies database and assist in coordinating planning sessions, workshops, stakeholder consultations, etc.
- Technical assistance for implementation:
• Provide technical and logistical support for training and capacity-building activities, data-driven implementation, etc.
- Monitoring, reporting and evaluation:
• Assist in setting up and maintain real-time dashboards and monitoring tools for vaccine introduction and coverage including introduction status across 47 countries and 19 antigens; ensure 100% uptime;
• Validate and analyze country data to identify bottlenecks and propose corrective actions;
• Prepare regular progress briefs, presentations and reports for stakeholders.
Perform other tasks as requested by the supervisor.
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