Consultant- Readiness for Fragile Conflict and Vulnerable Countries
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Purpose of consultancy To provide technical expertise on operational readiness for specific hazards, as well as public health issues in emergencies, risk and needs assessments, strategies, and action plans. Background Health emergencies continue to have significant and sometimes catastrophic impacts on countries' health, economies, and development. Both recent and ongoing public health events have demonstrated that the many communities remain at high risk, and that strong levels of national preparedness across all relevant sectors are crucial to ensuring the effective management of health emergencies, when they occur. As part of the WHO Transformation Agenda a unit on Readiness Assessment and Prioritization was created in the Country Readiness Strengthening Department of WHO Health Emergencies Preparedness and IHR Division of the WHO Health Emergencies Program (WHE). Due to the unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 crisis, WHO has developed the Partners Platform (e.g., Platform). Based on the success of this Platform in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are now expanding towards all hazards i.e., Cholera, EVD, Mpox and Measles. With the Platform being a web-based tool, it enables collaboratively scale-up preparedness and response towards all hazards. This is the first time all countries can show...
Zimbabwe : International
2024-03-18
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