Consultant Violence and Injury Prevention

Globally, it is estimated that one billion children have experienced emotional, physical or sexual violence in the past year. Violence can lead to death, physical injury and disability, and a wide range of immediate and life-long behavioural, physical and mental health problems. 

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Target 16.2 set out the target of “ending abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children”. To chart countries’ progress including their implementation of the evidence-based intervention package INSPIRE, WHO develops Global Status Report on Preventing Violence against Children. The Report will support countries to re-assess their position on violence prevention; catalyse further prevention action and identify gaps in national responses to violence that need to be addressed. The first of this series was published in 2020, and the second and third are planned in 2025 and 2030 respectively.

Similar data exercise has been done for other injury prevention programmes, such as road safety. A large amount of data has been collected from WPR countries for the 5th Global Status Report on Road Safety released in December 2023. An in-depth analysis of data from WPR countries would help us spearhead our support to address country specific issues and explore solutions for common challenges faced by the region. 

The PND unit of the Division for Healthy Environments and Populations (DHP) at WHO WPRO aims to reduce major risk factors of noncommunicable diseases and decrease injuries, violence and alcohol associated harms across the region. The successful candidate will support the work of PND team including coordinating the data collection on violence against children; analyse the data collected on road safety and support the delivery of evidence-based interventions in priority countries in this region in the areas of violence prevention, road safety, alcohol control and given their close interlinkage.

Qualifications, experience, skills and language:

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

• University degree in public health, social science or related field from a recognized university

Experience:

Essential:

• Minimum five years of experience in public health research

Technical skills and knowledge:

Essential:

• Data management  Excellent writing skills

Languages and level required :

• Expert knowledge of English (read – write – speak)

Source:  https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2402997