Medical Officer (Reproductive Maternal Newborn & CAH) at World Health Organization

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Company: World Health Organization

Location: Ghana

State: Ghana

Job type: Full-Time

Job category: Healthcare Jobs in Ghana

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Job Description

The overall objective of the RMNCAHA Programme is to support Member States in the WHO African Region in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies, strategies, guidelines and plans for Reproductive, maternal newborn child and adolescents health and health and wellbeing of older people in ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning; and to promote healthy ageing towards the attainment of Universal Health Coverage in the WHO African Region. Within the framework of the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (GSWCAH)), the Decade of healthy ageing and the Programme works by supporting Member States to develop robust policies, strategies, guidelines and plans aimed at reducing maternal and newborn child and adolescent and healthy ageing mortality and promoting the health and wellbeing of older persons that are guided by WHO recommended norms and standards. It provides technical assistance for building the capacity of Member States for the implementation of national policies for improving maternal neonatal newborn child and adolescent health and wellbeing and for increasing access to services for improving sexual and reproductive health and healthy ageing and supports countries to conduct social mobilization. It also defines the regional RMNCAHA research and innovations agenda to generate evidence and strengthensRMNCAHA strategic information systems in countries for surveillance, monitoring, evaluation; conducting high level advocacy and strengthening partnerships through convening and coordination of key partners and stakeholders including AU, RECs, OAFLAD, H6, USAID, BMGF, Global Fund, Buffet Foundation, Professional Associations, civil society organizations etc. to promote harmonized approaches and increased resources for RMNCAHA and healthy ageing. The goal is to enable countries in the WHO African Region to ensure evidence-based policies and strategies are in place to achieve universal access to high-quality, integrated, health services, increase the coverage and quality of effective interventions, and create mechanisms to measure the impact of those strategies and interventions, through strengthened and resilient health systems.Description Of DutiesThe incumbent will be expected to perform the following duties:The incumbent will implement innovative ways of working to facilitate strong collaboration and linkages with programmes, clusters, and partners (WHO Collaborating Centers, research and teaching institutions, regional and sub regional economic entities, NGOs, etc.) to ensure that appropriate, efficient and timelysupport is provided to countries, even d...