Epidemiologist - P3 Specialist

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Epidemiologist to join our team at the World Health Organization. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing tools and indicators for monitoring surveillance and response for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. This will involve contributing to the development of an early warning and response system for epidemic and pandemic-prone diseases.

Key Responsibilities

- Assist in the development of appropriate tools and indicators for monitoring implementation of programmes on surveillance and response for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.

- Contribute to the development of an early warning and response system for epidemic and pandemic-prone diseases.

- Collect and verify information on reported outbreaks or rumors from emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.

- Maintain and adapt an event management system database of reported outbreaks and public health events and document all steps taken in the verification and response process.

- Undertake monitoring and evaluation of risk assessments based on incoming epidemic intelligence and verification of information and brief the responsible officials on a periodical basis on the evolving health situation.

- Conduct retrospective analysis of reported events: determine trends, distribution patterns, and efficiency of the verification mechanism.

- Prepare and disseminate disease outbreak news, updates, and assessments to key decision-makers in the organizational hierarchy.

- Organize training courses for healthcare workers on field investigation, surveillance, and response to outbreaks.

- Organize technical missions for field investigation of outbreaks as required.

- Participate in the development of rapid field assessment, risk assessment, and investigation protocols for specific priority diseases in accordance with APSHAF and IHR (2005), as required.

- Participate in the elaboration of guidelines for epidemic control.

- Disseminate technical documents, guidelines, and protocols on prevention and control of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases to national health authorities.

- Build and maintain effective partnerships with relevant bodies, agencies, and sectors in order to facilitate implementation of public health policies and programmes for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.

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