OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME
To ensure that effective WHO country presence is established to implement WHO country cooperation strategies that are aligned with Member State’s health development agendas and emergency/resilience programmes, and harmonized with the United Nations country teams.
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
- Oversee the smooth country implementation of WHO global and regional commitments on NCDs prevention and control, mental health and substance abuse according to WHO guidelines and tools.
- Provide and mobilize technical advice to the government and national stakeholders for the design, implementation and evaluation of national health policies related to Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) prevention and control, mental health and substance abuse, guided by evidence-based policies and WHO guidelines and recommendations
- Identify gaps and make recommendations for policy development, in particular those supporting the implementation of the provisions of the UN Political Declaration for NCDs, including mental health and the regional NCDs framework resolution.
- Develop an aligned, service-delivery vision to strengthen public health and primary care services to better prevent and control noncommunicable diseases.
- Identify needed external technical support and ensure proper and timely handling and monitoring of consultants’ briefings, agenda, and facilitation of the missions, evaluation and follow up on recommendations relevant to health system strengthening.
- Participate and contribute to the implementation of a research agenda on NCDs and mental health.
- Build capacities and coordinate workshops, seminars and meetings for all NCDs and mental health related programs at the national level and develop the required technical and training material on several topics.
- Identify synergies and networking between the WHO country office, MoPH and other UN organizations, non-state actors, and international donors towards the implementation of NCD and MH transformation at the country-level.
- Promote and establish new community outreach activities to facilitate the expansion of networks that advance and/or focus on prevention and control of NCD and MH programmatic work.
- Proactively participate in resource mobilization activities by managing several grants and developing project proposals reflecting NCD and mental health priorities in the country, ensure the needed follow up in terms of fund raising, effort, timely implementation, monitoring, evaluation and donor reporting.
- Improve and implement a monitoring and evaluation framework for NCD and MH, agreeable to all stakeholders, with standardized targets, linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Support the establishment and improvement of surveillance systems and collection of data and evidence in the areas of NCD and mental health.
- Prepare progress reports, briefings, proposals, communications and advocacy documents required for strategic decision-making.
- Prepare needed speeches, press releases, social media posts, donor visibility materials, and other documents for the several NCDs, nutrition, and mental health related events.
- Represent WHO in designated forums and function as a technical focal point for NCD and MH programme areas.
