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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 World Health Organization (WHO) was established in 1948 as the United Nations’ specialized agency for health. Its mandate is to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve vulnerable populations. The WHO Regional Office for Africa supports Member States in strengthening health systems, advancing universal health coverage and improving health outcomes across the Region. Within the Health Systems and Services Cluster, the Health Financing and Governance Team provides technical support on health financing reforms, health economics and economic evaluation, resource tracking and National Health Accounts, financial risk protection analysis, public financial management, strategic purchasing and efficiency in health spending. It also focuses on improving health financing systems and mobilising investments for primary health care.
The Health Financing and Governance Team under the Health Systems and Services Cluster supports Member States in strengthening health financing systems through analytical work, technical assistance and evidence generation. From 2026 onwards, the team will implement an expanded portfolio of grants supporting multicountry interventions that require advanced health economics and data analytics. Within this context, the Health Impact Investment Platform (HIIP) plays a central role in mobilising and coordinating investments in primary health care-oriented health systems. The platform supports countries in developing investment cases, strengthening financing strategies, and aligning partners around scalable, high-impact interventions. These activities increase the analytical, operational and coordination demands on the team, particularly in supporting countries across different stages of investment planning and implementation. The assignment will contribute to the operationalisation of HIIP by strengthening data-driven analysis, facilitating coordinated engagement, and supporting the development of technical outputs to inform policy dialogue and decision-making at regional and country levels.
The Health Financing and Governance Team under the Health Systems and Services Cluster supports Member States in strengthening health financing systems through analytical work, technical assistance and evidence generation. From 2026 onwards, the team will implement an expanded portfolio of grants supporting multicountry interventions that require advanced health economics and data analytics. Within this context, the Health Impact Investment Platform (HIIP) plays a central role in mobilising and coordinating investments in primary health care-oriented health systems. The platform supports countries in developing investment cases, strengthening financing strategies, and aligning partners around scalable, high-impact interventions. These activities increase the analytical, operational and coordination demands on the team, particularly in supporting countries across different stages of investment planning and implementation. The assignment will contribute to the operationalisation of HIIP by strengthening data-driven analysis, facilitating coordinated engagement, and supporting the development of technical outputs to inform policy dialogue and decision-making at regional and country levels.
Task description
Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Team Lead – Health Financing and Governance or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer will:
• Support analytical work on primary health care financing and investment trends to inform HIIP engagement
• Contribute to the identification and prioritisation of country pipelines for health investment opportunities
• Support coordination between WHO country offices, regional teams and partners involved in HIIP implementation
• Assist in the preparation and review of country diagnostic notes, concept notes and investment proposals
• Provide technical support to countries in developing primary health care investment plans, including costing and financing gap analysis
• Strengthen the production of technical outputs, including reports, briefs and analytical materials for policy dialogue
• Support monitoring, tracking and reporting of HIIP-related activities and country progress
• Contribute to the organisation of consultations, briefings and knowledge-sharing events to facilitate regional and country engagement
• Contribute to internal technical reviews and analytical publications, as relevant
• Work closely with technical officers within the Health Financing and Governance Team and the wider Health Systems and Services Cluster
• Participate in meetings and activities aligned with AFRO working hours.
• Support analytical work on primary health care financing and investment trends to inform HIIP engagement
• Contribute to the identification and prioritisation of country pipelines for health investment opportunities
• Support coordination between WHO country offices, regional teams and partners involved in HIIP implementation
• Assist in the preparation and review of country diagnostic notes, concept notes and investment proposals
• Provide technical support to countries in developing primary health care investment plans, including costing and financing gap analysis
• Strengthen the production of technical outputs, including reports, briefs and analytical materials for policy dialogue
• Support monitoring, tracking and reporting of HIIP-related activities and country progress
• Contribute to the organisation of consultations, briefings and knowledge-sharing events to facilitate regional and country engagement
• Contribute to internal technical reviews and analytical publications, as relevant
• Work closely with technical officers within the Health Financing and Governance Team and the wider Health Systems and Services Cluster
• Participate in meetings and activities aligned with AFRO working hours.
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