Expression of Interest for SHORT TERM CONSULTANCY (STC) - Epidemiologist

SHORT TERM CONSULTANCY (STC) - Epidemiologist ACKGROUND The WHO Papua New Guinea (PNG) Country Office (WCO) is supporting the Government of Papua New Guinea to build back better and prepare for the worst-case scenarios towards attaining Universal Health Coverage and achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The COVID-19 pandemic has realized the potential of multi-sectoral approach to achieving SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being and the other SDGs. To build on this experience and leverage on these partnerships to achieve keeping all people of PNG safe beyond 2020, and to realize the PNG Vision 2050; disaster and emergency preparedness and response capacities is fundamental to building the health sector resilience. Improvement in the health sector in PNG is foundational to attaining health for all. Under the WHO thematic priority: Health Security, including antimicrobial resistance; it calls for advancing health security capacities to keep the world safe. The WCO is supporting PNG to assess, prepare, improve, and respond to health emergencies. The consultant is expected to enhance the capacity of the NDOH Public Health Division, Disease Control & Surveillance Branch in the area of epidemiology, field epidemiology, outbreak preparedness and response, and health emergency information management system