UN Technical Officer Jobs in Ghana

Background

The International Health regulations (IHR 2005) Joint External Evaluation (JEE) coordinated by WHO that assessed multiple technical fields in Ghana identified areas for support in public health emergency preparedness.

Some of the key recommendations include strengthening mechanisms for responding to infectious and potential zoonotic diseases;

strengthening systems for detecting and responding to chemical events/emergencies; and enhance national public health to include outbreaks of foodborne diseases.

Implementing these recommendations will help to achieve IHR core capacities and advance health security.

The WCO in collaboration with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health funding, is supporting capacity building in Integrated Disease Surveillance and Reporting (IDSR), One-Health, management of chemical events and strengthening laboratory specimen transport.