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Under the overall guidance of Coordinator (IVD) and direct supervision of the Regional Advisor (Accelerated Disease Control) incumbent will provide technical support to Member States by performing the following duties: Review current status of the four objectives ofthe Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategy 2013-2018 in SEAR countries andsupport implementation of specific actions to achieve the objectives, with a specific focus on objective 4 that relates to transition planning; Review progress of transition planning in the five priority countries in SEAR and evaluate against the Polio TransitionPlanning Guidelines issued by the Transition Management Group (TMG) at WHO-HQ;Support the finalization and implementation ofcountry-specific transit on plans, including a plan for the regional office, asper the GPEI Polio Transition Planning Guidelines;Support implementation of all critical activities in the transition planning process, including asset mapping and,development of communication and resource mobilization strategies;Facilitate stakeholder agreement on final transition strategies and the execution of the transition plans;Ensure that the knowledge generated, and lessons learned from polio eradication activities are documented and shared for thebenefit of other health initiatives;Provide guidance for cross-border collaboration among SEAR countries and with other regions, on surveillance and implementation of the polio eradication activities;Provide support to Member States for maintenance of polio-free status and expansion of surveillance of other vaccine preventable diseases;Other tasks as assignedby the supervisors
Required Qualifications:
Education
Essential:
Required Qualifications:
Education
Essential:
- Master’s in Public Health/Epidemiology
Experience
Essential:
Essential:
- Atleast seven (7) years’ of experience in the area of immunization with atleast 4years of international exposure
Skills:
- Expertise in planning and evaluation of public health programmes, including experience invaccine preventable disease control and immunization
Language Skills;
Essential:
Essential:
- Expert knowledge of English.
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