World Health Organization (WHO)
Duties
- Support the establishment of a national multi-stakeholder working group with UN agencies, NGOs, and other partners who will be engaged in the different phases of a research study. This will include mapping potential working group members, coordinating regular meetings, and following up on agreed next steps.
- Liaise with the national and district counterparts and stakeholders including technical working group members in the review/development of the Expanded Programme on Immunization plan for refugee-hosting districts and assist to strengthen the evaluation and monitoring of immunization activities.
- Monitor the implementation of planned activities and ensure the availability of potent vaccines as well as the required equipment and injection materials.
- Coordinate planning, development of protocol and implementation of a research study to identify and analyse barriers and drivers to vaccine uptake among refugees and migrants in Uganda.
- Compile and share the study findings with all relevant stakeholders within the district and submit project proposals for strengthening the existing systems as informed by the research findings.
- Map and engage partners on the ground who will be involved in the task team leading the development of a preparedness and response plan with a focus on vaccine-preventable diseases among refugees and migrants. This will include the coordination of regular task team meetings and compiling and addressing feedback from partners.
- Support the design and roll out of a data collection exercise (e.g., through a survey) focused on gathering health data on refugees and migrants in the country, including information relevant to tailor and strengthen immunization programmes.
- Liaise with the Ministry of Health counterparts or other health related interlocutors in the refugee-hosting district planning and organization of vaccination campaigns.
- Participate in training and capacity building of refugee-hosting districts vaccinators in the area of Immunization and Vaccines, including outbreak preparedness and response.
- Work with the emergency preparedness and response team and health information teams from MOH to strengthen vaccine preventable disease surveillance in the refugee-hosting districts.
- Perform all other related duties as assigned.
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