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Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization - Vacancy
Notices
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Post Title: Information Systems Specialist; Level: P.2; Post Number: .5841;
Duty Station: Washington, D.C.; Tenure: Two years, first year probationary
period; Division/Program/Office: Publications and Editorial Services (DBI)
Headquarters Library (DBL)

Basic Salary: $31,914 at single rate; $33,990 with primary dependents (per
annum net of taxes); Post Adjustment: $9,447 at single rate; $10,061 with
primary dependents (per annum net of taxes)

Minimum Requirements:
Education: University degree in computer science, library science,
management, liberal arts or a field related to the management of electronic
information systems.
Experience: Five years of experience at the national level or three years
at the international level in electronic information/communication
technologies/systems analysis including experience in library activities
networking, text-based databases, Internet Web/Gopher applications and
accessing of electronic sources. Experience in the maintenance/conversion
of records to/from MicroISIS and MARC files and knowledge of CISIS, Folio
Views and Microsoft Access would be an asset.
Languages: Very good knowledge of English and Spanish

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Post Title: Advisor on Communicable Diseases; Level: P.4; Post Number:
4.0038; Duty Station: Washington, D.C.; Tenure: Two years, first year
probationary period; Division/Program/Office: Disease Prevention and
Control (HCP) Communicable Diseases Program (HCT)

Basic Salary: $48,019 at single rate; $51,597 with primary dependents (per
annum net of taxes); Post Adjustment: $11,092 at single rate; $11,919 with
primary dependents (per annum net of taxes)

Minimum Requirements:
Education: A university degree in a health related profession and a
Master's degree in epidemiology or public health. An M.D. or a postgraduate
degree in a health related profession would be an asset.
Experience at national level: Seven years of experience with progressively
greater responsibilities in the field of epidemiology and communicable
disease surveillance, including program organization, management,
supervision and training.
Experience at international level: Two years of participation in technical
cooperation programs and activities for the development of disease
prevention and control programs in countries of the region.
Languages: Very good knowledge of English or Spanish, with a working
knowledge of the other.

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WHO/EPI announces a new Inter-Country Medical Officer Post
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: March 21, 1997
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking an epidemiologist for a new
position being created in West Africa through a Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA) contribution to WHO. The incumbent will be based
in Bamako, Mali to support polio eradication and EPI activities in West
Africa, with a specific focus on Mali, Niger and Senegal. The incumbent
will work with national Ministries of Health to plan, implement and
evaluate National Immunization Days (mass campaigns delivering oral polio
vaccine to all children under five years of age) for polio eradication. The
incumbent will also contribute to the strengthening of routine childhood
immunization
services and will be responsible for improving disease surveillance
within these same countries. Emphasis will be on implementing acute
flaccid paralysis surveillance to identify populations where wild
polio virus continues to circulate and to provide the date needed to
certify eradication.

Tenure: Short Term Professional contract (11 months, with option for
renewal up to three years).
Experience: Prior experience in international health and/or
immunization programmes is required.
Languages: Fluent spoken and written French. Fluency in English is
    desireable.

The position is open to Canadian citizens or persons with Canadian work
documents. Women are encouraged to apply.

Send a CV and have three letters of reference sent by mail to:

Chief, Division of Immunization
Bureau of Infectious Diseases
Laboratory Centre for Disease Control,
Health Protection Branch, Health Canada (on behalf of WHO)
PL0603E1
LCDC Building
Ottawa, ON  K1A 0L2, Canada

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AVIS D'UN NOUVEAU POSTE INTERNATIONAL D'OFFICIER MEDICAL AU PEV DE L'OMS
Date de fermeture le 21 mars 1997)
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L'Organisation mondiale de la sante (OMS) creera un nouveau poste
     d'epidemiologiste en Afrique de l'Ouest, (base a Bamako, au Mali) au
titre de la contribution accordee par l'Agence canadienne de developpement
international (ACDI) pour eradiquer la polio dans le monde. Ce
professionnel de la sante appuiera les activites dans l'Afrique de l'Ouest,
notammenent en Mali, au Niger et au Senegal.  Ce professionnel de la sante
collaborera avec les ministeres de la sante pour planifier, de mettre en
oeuvre et evaluer des Journees nationales d'immunisation (distribution
massive de vaccins polio oral pour tous les enfants de moins de cinq ans).
 Il contribuera aussi a consolider les services d'immunisation systematique
et sera charge d'ameliorer le suivi. Il surveillera en particulier les cas
de paralysie flasque aigue pour determiner les populations encore touchees
par le
poliovirus sauvage et fournira les donnees necessaires pour certifier
l'eradication de la maladie.

Le candidat doit bien parler et ecrire le francais et etre a l'aise en
anglais.  Une experience des programmes internationaux de sante ou
d'immunisation est requise.  L'affectation sera sous contrat
Professionel a courte terme de onze mois, avec possibilite de
renouvellement jusqu'a trois ans.

Le poste sera ouvert aux citoyens canadiens ou aux detenteurs de
permis de travail au Canada. Les candidatures feminines sont
encouragees.

Les personnes interessees sont priees d'envoyer par la poste leur
curriculum vitae et faire parvenir trois lettres de reference au:

Chef, Division de l'immunisation
Bureau des maladies infectieuses
Laboratoire de lutte contre la maladie
Direction generale de la protection de la sante
PL0603E1, Edifice LCDC
Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 0L2 (au nom de l'OMS).
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