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Township Project Coordinator (Malaria), Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar - World Health Organization (WHO)

Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days) : 12 months
Job Posting: Dec 23, 2020, 7:16:20 AM
Organizational Setting
Malaria Team, WHO Myanmar has been supporting National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) of Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) in implementing malaria control/elimination programme through the WHO-MoHS collaborative workplan. Over the recent years Myanmar has made significant progress in reducing malaria morbidity and mortality. Since 2012, malaria cases have been reduced by 89%, and deaths by 97%. NMCP is one of the Sub-Recipients of Global Fund Regional Artemisinin 3 Elimination grant. Through this grant WHO provides technical and managerial support to NMCP through its international and national staff. WHO hired National Staffs under SSA mechanism to support State/Regional VBDC staffs in all States/Regions. The country is focusing in the hotspot townships to reduce the burden while continues to progress towards elimination. The Township Project Coordinators (TPC) will be deployed at the township level. TPC will be stationed for 3-6 months (as needed) in high P. falciparum burden township initially and moved to another township over the period of a year as guided by NMCP. The incumbent will provide support to the national programme for collaborative activities, in consonance with and to support implementation of, relevant MoHS-WHO collaborative workplans 2020-2021, WHO country cooperation strategy for Myanmar, relevant indicators and targets in the National Health Plan 2017-2021 and in the Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan 2018-2030. The incumbents will work under the direct supervision of Scientist (Malaria) and overall guidance of the WHO Representative to Myanmar, and in close collaboration with the National Malaria Control Programme of Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) to perform the following tasks mentioned in the section below. These positions are contingent to successful acquisition of funds for 2021-2023.

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