Medical Officer at WHO, Cairo, Egypt

Deadline: 17 April 2023

World Health Organization (WHO) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Medical Officer in Cairo, Egypt. The duration of this post is 2 years.

The primary role of WHO is to direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations system.

Key Job Responsibilities

The Medical Officer will perform the following functions:

• Introduce, promote and improve coverage of Hepatitis B birth dose and primary series and guide Member states in implementation.
• Partner with the national authorities to develop initiatives in the areas of universal infant immunization.
• Monitor the progress of Member States towards achieving the control goal the 1% control goal of hepatitis B through universal infant immunization as a first step towards the 2030 0.1% elimination goal in compliance with the WHO’s GPW13 overall strategy, and guidelines.
• Provide expertise to Member States in documenting the evidence for verification of the 1% control goal as regional and global guidance.
• Review country dossiers for the verification of the 1% hepatitis B control goal submitted to the Regional Verification Commission and provide feedback Provide technical expertise and secretarial support to the Regional Verification Commission for hepatitis B control.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must have:

• Master’s degree in the field of health sciences or public health or related field
• University degree in medicine, pharmacy, or veterinary sciences
• At least 7 years of experience in public health, public health surveillance or Expanded programme on Immunization (EPI) with international exposure.
• Demonstrated knowledge of principles, practices, methodology and techniques of immunization programme
• Excellent knowledge in data analysis
• Synthesizing information and presenting clear and concise conclusions and decision making
• Good understanding of epidemiology of vaccine preventable communicable diseases
• Expert knowledge of English.
• Intermediate knowledge of Arabic.

How to Apply

Applicants must submit their applications through online process.

For more information, visit WHO.