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705 RISE-Ghana, a non-governmental organisation in the Upper East Region has commended UNICEF-Ghana and the Chinese Government for investing in nutrition in North East Region. According to the NGO, with COVID-19 ravaging people’s lives and livelihoods, initiatives aimed at providing coping mechanisms, reducing vulnerabilities, boosting people immunity and reducing inequality must be highly commended and up scaled. Background  To bolster efforts being made by the Government of Ghana in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, China has donated US$ 1 million to help improve newborn care and child ...

Purpose of Activities: In line with UNICEF’s communication and public advocacy strategy, the consultant will provide high-quality and creative photographs to support the documentation, communication and advocacy needs of the UNICEF Kosovo Programme Office. Scope of Work: The key deliverables would be the following: Take high-resolution photographs (minimum resolution of 2000 x 3000 pixels; 6 mega pixels with zero compression in JPEG and/or PNG formats), according to UNICEF photography guidelines. Provide captions with locations and names for photos depicting 1-2 persons and small groups tha...

Nurzhynska, Nikoi); Communication for Development (C4D) consultant ( Abebe) "Success factors, barriers, and other lessons learned from advocacy, social mobilisation, and community engagement play a pivotal role in supporting cVDPV2 outbreak response." Although the last confirmed polio case in Ghana had occurred in 2008, in July and August 2019, the country confirmed 3 events of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2). From the  onset of the outbreak, the Ministry of Health/Ghana Health Service (MOH/GHS) declared a public health emergency of national concern; consequently, mas...

Nurzhynska, Nikoi); Communication for Development (C4D) consultant ( Abebe) "Health workers, religious leaders, and CSOs [civil society organisations] play an important role in convincing refusals and engaging and mobilising community members." From July 2019 to November 2020, 31 circulating vaccine-derived polio virus type 2 (cVDPV2) cases were confirmed in 10 regions of Ghana. In response, the Ministry of Health (MOH) declared a public health emergency of national concern, and different rounds of oral polio vaccine (OPV) campaigns were conducted. Though the massive campaign involved knocki...

Job no: 537799 Contract type: Consultancy Level: Consultancy Location: Thailand Categories: Communication for Development (C4D), Consultancy UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights.