National Consultant - Neglected Tropical Diseases, Philippines

Overview

Provide operational and technical support to strengthen capacities for the management, prevention, control, and elimination of priority Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in the Philippines.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical input to the development of a national roadmap for ending priority NTDs.
• Provide technical input in priority NTD control and elimination programmes.
• Provide functional support to Mass Drug Administration for Lymphatic Filariasis and Transmission Assessment Surveys.
• Provide technical assistance for active case detection and treatment of leprosy.
• Support control and elimination of other priority NTDs by strengthening cross-sectoral collaboration under One Health approaches.
• Support cross-cutting areas such as knowledge management, communication, documentation, evidence generation, and dissemination related to NTDs.

Required Experience

Minimum of seven years of experience in public health disease control programme activities including at least three years of vector-borne diseases control and/or research at international level.

Qualifications

University degree in science or medicine with postgraduate degree at the master’s level in public health, tropical medicine, epidemiology, medical parasitology or entomology, from a recognized university.

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