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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.
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 multi‑country interventions that require advanced health economics and data analytics. These activities increase the analytical, operational and coordination demands on the team. The Health Economics and Data Analytics UN Volunteer will provide analytical and technical support to strengthen data analysis, health financing assessments and the production 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 multi‑country interventions that require advanced health economics and data analytics. These activities increase the analytical, operational and coordination demands on the team. The Health Economics and Data Analytics UN Volunteer will provide analytical and technical support to strengthen data analysis, health financing assessments and the production 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:
• Compile, clean, manage and analyse quantitative datasets related to National Health Accounts and health expenditure
• Analyse public and private health financing flows, including out‑of‑pocket spending and financial risk protection indicators
• Conduct descriptive, trend, cross‑country and comparative analyses for the African Region
• Support health financing and health system diagnostics at regional and country levels
• Contribute to health economics analyses relevant to health financing reforms, including costing and cost‑effectiveness analyses where applicable
• Assist in synthesising economic evidence to inform health policy and financing decisions in low‑resource settings
• Draft and contribute to technical reports, background papers, policy briefs and analytical annexes
• Translate quantitative results into clear, policy‑relevant narratives
• Prepare tables, figures, charts and visualisations for reports and presentations
• 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.
• Compile, clean, manage and analyse quantitative datasets related to National Health Accounts and health expenditure
• Analyse public and private health financing flows, including out‑of‑pocket spending and financial risk protection indicators
• Conduct descriptive, trend, cross‑country and comparative analyses for the African Region
• Support health financing and health system diagnostics at regional and country levels
• Contribute to health economics analyses relevant to health financing reforms, including costing and cost‑effectiveness analyses where applicable
• Assist in synthesising economic evidence to inform health policy and financing decisions in low‑resource settings
• Draft and contribute to technical reports, background papers, policy briefs and analytical annexes
• Translate quantitative results into clear, policy‑relevant narratives
• Prepare tables, figures, charts and visualisations for reports and presentations
• 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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