District Medical Officer

Under the directives of the Provincial and Federal WHO Polio Eradication Team Leader, and the overall supervision of WHO Representative, the incumbent will undertake the following activities:

1. To identify high-risk areasand groups for polio transmission within district/division of assignment.

1. Work with District Healthstaff to make preparations for supplemental polio immunization campaigns,the most critical being:

- Good quality micro planning

- Mobilization and involvement of resources and personnel from outside the Department of Health

- Training of districts officers, supervisors, monitors and vaccination teams

- Develop a campaign supervision plan appropriate to the local needs

- Development of a monitoring plan and monitoring of implementation of activities

- Ensure appropriate use of WHO resources

1. Strengthen AFP surveillance

- work to improve AFP surveillance quality, particularly active surveillance through evaluation of the existing system and data

- Interpret AFP surveillance data and use the information to give guidance to programme managers

1. Advise district healthauthorities on ways to strengthen routine immunization

1. Train and oversee activitiesof national WHO staff at therequest of WHO Provincial TeamLeader

1. Give progress updates toProvincial Team Leader and Provincial Health authorities

1. Undertake other polioeradication and EPI activities at the direction of the Team Leader

To submit a typed assignment report, including an executive action document

Qualification, Skills and Experience

• Medical Degree recognized by PMDC
• Post Graduation in Public Health recognized by PMDC.Three years work experience in PEI or Five years experience in public health at district level
• Good epidemiological and statistical skills to analyze and interpret data in presentable format
• Ability to lead an experienced team of District Support Offiers (DSO's), Campaign Support Persons 9CSP's) and others
• Good communication skills to build strong partnership with political and community leaders, district health management and other stakeholders
• Compatibility with computers specially MS Office, Internat Explorer and statitical packages like SPSS, MS Access and EPI-INFO etc