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Malnutrition refers to an imbalance between a person’s nutritional intakes and his/her nutritional needs. Over nutrition occurs when the nutritional intake of an individual is higher than the nutritional need. Under nutrition occurs when nutritional intake is lower than the nutritional needs. Other forms of malnutrition are Protein Energy Malnutrition and micronutrient malnutrition. Protein energy malnutrition is broadly defined as a multi-deficiency state, which arises from inadequate energy, protein and micronutrient supply to cells in body to satisfy physiological requirements. Micronutrient malnutrition refers to deficiencies in specific micronutrients (vitamins or minerals).
Malnutrition is a major causal factor to human ill-health and a leading cause of infant and child mortality in Malawi. A series of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in the country since 1992 have consistently shown high prevalence of stunting, underweight and wasting in children under the age of five years. Stunting rates of 48.7 per cent, 49 per cent, 53 per cent, 47 per cent and 37 per cent in children under the age of five have been recorded in 1992, 2000, 2004, 2010 and 2015-16 surveys, respectively. The prevalence of underweight has shown a decline from 27 per cent to 25 per cent to 22 per cent to 12.8 per cent and 11.7 per cent for the same period. The proportion of wasted children remains unchanged at 5 per cent i.e. 5.5 per cent, 5.4 per cent, 5.2 per cent for the three consecutive surveys and 3.6 per cent and 2.5 per cent for the 2010 and 2015-16 DHS.
Malnutrition is also common among women of childbearing age, especially among pregnant and lactating women contributing to the child under nutrition. Between 1992 and 2010, the percentage of women who are thin, which is indicative of undernutrition, was steady at 9 per cent and declined slightly (7 per cent) in 2015-16. However, the proportion of women who are overweight or obese (indicative of overnutrition) has increased steadily, from 10 per cent in 1992 to 2021 per cent in 2015-2016.
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The Consultant will undertake the following activities:
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Work experience:
Technical skills, knowledge and strength areas:
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For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
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UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
HOW TO APPLY…
Interested Individual Consultant should provide the following:
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Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
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