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Closing date: Tuesday, 14 June 2016
The mission of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.
Vacancy Notice No: AFRO/16/FT312
Title: National Professional Officer/Neglected Tropical Disease
Grade: NO-C
Contract type: Fixed-term Appointment
Duration of contract: 12 Months
Date: 23 May 2016
Application Deadline: 14 June 2016
Duty Station: Abuja, Nigeria
Organization unit: AF_NGA Nigeria (AF_NGA) / AF_NG3 Technical Units (AF_NG3)
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME
To support the accelerated reduction in the burden of the five neglected tropical diseases that are responsive to preventive chemotherapy (5 PC-NTDs) and the Case management (CM- NTDs)
Provide technical support to Nigeria in its efforts to control and eliminate targeted NTDs including morbidity management and prevention of disabilities due to PC and CM NTDs
Description of duties
Working under the overall leadership of the WR/Nigeria and the direct supervision of the DPC
Cluster lead, the National Professional Officer, Neglected Tropical Disease will serve as the focal person for NTDs under the Disease Prevention and Control (DPC) Cluster of the WHO Country Office in Nigeria. Specifically, the incumbent will support ministry of health in
The planning, implementation, continuing surveillance and evaluation of the programme on integrated control of diseases, particularly those posing serious public health problems in the countries and, hence, considered as priority by national authorities and WHO.
These priorities refer to
Diseases to be eradicated or eliminated in accordance with decisions already taken by WHO's governing bodies and accepted by the international communities, namely Dracunculiasis, Filariasis, Onchocerciasis, Schistosomiasis, Soil Transmitted Helminths, Human African Trypanosomiasis, Leprosy and Trachoma.
Any other National or Locally identified priority diseases whose control tools can help produce concrete results in a relatively short time;
The introduction of an integrated diseases control approach in the framework of the National NTD
Master Plan, with special emphasis on community-level activities, both in prevention and in case management, or in mass drug distribution.
The establishment of a system of epidemiological surveillance of communicable diseases, focusing on NTDs, and proper and regular reporting and updating of trends of diseases at the national level.
Training of health personnel in the epidemiology, diagnosis and management of NTDs.
Promotion of operational research on the various aspects of NTDs control.
Support for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR)
Any other functions that shall be assigned to the incumbent by the WR
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