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WHO India Country Office collaborates with the Government of India and relevant stakeholders within the framework of the collaborative Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS), to actively support the development and implementation of national health policies, strategies and plans aiming at promoting access to and utilization of affordable and quality health services and improving financial protection against health-related risks.
WHO Country Office for India is supporting the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to strengthen the existing health systems to cater to the growing needs of mental health and substance abuse.
- Underlying Values and Core Functions of WHO
- WHO’s mandate revolves around six (6) leadership priorities specifying
- advancing universal health coverage
- health related sustainable development goals
- addressing the challenge of non-communicable diseases and mental health, violence and injuries and disabilities
- implementing the provisions of the International Health Regulations (2005)
- increasing access to quality, safe, efficacious and affordable medical products (
- addressing the social, economic and environmental determinants of health.
- The South – East Asia Region (SEAR) of WHO is made up of 11 countries, with over 1.8 billion people, with India’s population of 1.3 billion.
- All the Member States of WHO/SEAR (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Timor-Leste), share the common value of the highest attainable standard of health as a fundamental human right.
- All of WHO actions are based on this and rooted in the underlying values of equity, solidarity and participation.
- Mission of the WHO Country Office for India
The mission of WHO India is to improve quality of life people in India by supporting the government in prevention and control of mental health and substance use disorders, preventing suicides, and promoting mental health, preparing, and responding to mental health and psychosocial issues during health emergencies and strengthening health systems for UHC.
Description of Duties:
Under the managerial oversight of the NPO – Data & Programme Management and day-to-day supervision of Systems Unit Lead, with a view to achieve the expected results set out in the relevant WCO-India work plans in accordance with the WHO’s Country Cooperation Strategy with India.
The incumbent will have the following responsibilities in her/his assigned area of work:
Support software system development for:
Description of Duties:
Under the managerial oversight of the NPO – Data & Programme Management and day-to-day supervision of Systems Unit Lead, with a view to achieve the expected results set out in the relevant WCO-India work plans in accordance with the WHO’s Country Cooperation Strategy with India.
The incumbent will have the following responsibilities in her/his assigned area of work:
Support software system development for:
- Surveillance of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP), Measles – Rubella (MR), Diphtheria Pertussis Neonatal Tetanus (DPT), Laboratory data management systems, Adverse Event Following Immunization (AEFI) and research studies.
- Routine Immunization (RI) and supplementary immunization activities (SIA) for polio, measles rubella and other vaccine preventable diseases as per programme needs.
- Develop dashboards, data entry forms and apply data entry checks in various data management systems developed and maintained by the data team.
- Support the Systems Analyst to develop databases, queries, and programs to support all the data management activities of AFP, Measles, DPT, AEFI, RI and research studies.
- Support the maintenance and troubleshooting of various systems developed/ procured for management of data at the national level.
- Provide technical support to the field units and laboratory network for management of data and related data systems.
- Support capacity building of field and national staff on use of various data systems in use by the programme and data unit.
- Perform any other task as assigned by supervisor.
Qualifications Required:
Education:
Education:
- Essential: Completion of secondary school education or equivalent
- Desirable: Graduate degree from a recognized university. Qualified professional in computer language/s with working knowledge in one or more of Power Bi, VB, C#, HTML, ASP, SQL, ACCESS, EPI INFO and ANDROID Mobile Application Development.
Experience:
- Essential: Minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in the field of data handling and management involving information systems analysis and troubleshooting large, complex software applications.
Desirable:
- Experience of working in WHO/UN/ International organization or Multinational Company (MNC)/reputed Indian Company/non-government organization (NGO). Knowledge of database principles and software.
- Experience with software development tools and techniques.
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