Somalia has faced long-standing conflicts, political instability, and insecurity, compounded by droughts, floods, and food shortages. These factors have significantly impacted the health of the population and severely disrupted Somalia’s delicate healthcare system, leading to some of the poorest health outcomes for mothers and children worldwide.
The leading causes of under-five mortality are pneumonia, diarrhoea, measles, and malnutrition, with pneumonia and diarrhoea alone claiming 21% and 18-20% of under-five deaths, respectively, while the leading causes of maternal mortality are postpartum haemorrhage and hypertension disorders.
The Somali Federal Ministry of Health, acknowledging that despite significant improvements in health outcomes for women, children, and adolescents over recent decades, progress has stalled. The trend is further exacerbated by worsening rates of malnutrition, poor water supply, sanitation and hygiene, low health literacy for young people, and the impacts of conflict, climate change, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as well as other social determinants of health. These have impeded efforts to fulfil relevant commitments made to advance the objectives and targets of the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030) and the related road maps.
UNICEF Sierra Leone is seeking to hire a national consultant to facilitate its staff retreat, to design and roll out team building activities in consultation with the Staff Association and moderate feedback sessions, particularly for difficult conversations which foster team cohesion.
UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office is seeking an individual consultant to to support a multi-country Digital Health initiative spanning Cambodia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, PNG, Fiji, Kiribati, and the Solomon Islands. This initiative is dedicated to UNICEF’s initiatives in strengthening the digital health and immunization systems in these countries. The consultant plays a pivotal role in driving the strategic direction, implementation, and impact of "Digital Health System for Infectious Diseases Control" project portfolio, ultimately contributing to the improvement of healthcare delivery and outcomes in the 10 implementing countries.
CONSULTANT NATIONAL CHARGE DU SUIVI, DE L’ACCOMPAGNEMENT ET DE LA MISE EN ŒUVRE DES PROGRAMMES DE SANTE, EN APPUI AU SUIVI ET A L’EXECUTION DES ACTIVITES CONJOINTES MINISTERE DE LA SANTE
Provide technical support to EOF for the delivery of EOF’s Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Outcomes Fund in South Africa. The Programme Consultant - South Africa will support EOF's team with engagements with implementing partners, providing support to solve implementation challenges and ensure smooth technical and operational delivery. The consultant will also provide support and guidance on the programs’ policy alignment and integration of learning into broader systemic change.
The consultant will support EOF’s team in relation to its ECCE (Early Childhood Care and Education) outcomes fund in South Africa, which is expected to launch in November 2025 and continue implementing until December 2028.
Somalia has faced long-standing conflicts, political instability, and insecurity, compounded by droughts, floods, and food shortages. These factors have significantly impacted the health of the population and severely disrupted Somalia’s delicate healthcare system, leading to some of the poorest health outcomes for mothers and children worldwide.
The leading causes of under-five mortality are pneumonia, diarrhoea, measles, and malnutrition, with pneumonia and diarrhoea alone claiming 21% and 18-20% of under-five deaths, respectively, while the leading causes of maternal mortality are postpartum haemorrhage and hypertension disorders.
The Somali Federal Ministry of Health, acknowledging that despite significant improvements in health outcomes for women, children, and adolescents over recent decades, progress has stalled. The trend is further exacerbated by worsening rates of malnutrition, poor water supply, sanitation and hygiene, low health literacy for young people, and the impacts of conflict, climate change, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as well as other social determinants of health. These have impeded efforts to fulfil relevant commitments made to advance the objectives and targets of the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030) and the related road maps.
UNICEF Sierra Leone is seeking to hire a national consultant to facilitate its staff retreat, to design and roll out team building activities in consultation with the Staff Association and moderate feedback sessions, particularly for difficult conversations which foster team cohesion.
UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office is seeking an individual consultant to to support a multi-country Digital Health initiative spanning Cambodia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, PNG, Fiji, Kiribati, and the Solomon Islands. This initiative is dedicated to UNICEF’s initiatives in strengthening the digital health and immunization systems in these countries. The consultant plays a pivotal role in driving the strategic direction, implementation, and impact of "Digital Health System for Infectious Diseases Control" project portfolio, ultimately contributing to the improvement of healthcare delivery and outcomes in the 10 implementing countries.
CONSULTANT NATIONAL CHARGE DU SUIVI, DE L’ACCOMPAGNEMENT ET DE LA MISE EN ŒUVRE DES PROGRAMMES DE SANTE, EN APPUI AU SUIVI ET A L’EXECUTION DES ACTIVITES CONJOINTES MINISTERE DE LA SANTE
Provide technical support to EOF for the delivery of EOF’s Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Outcomes Fund in South Africa. The Programme Consultant - South Africa will support EOF's team with engagements with implementing partners, providing support to solve implementation challenges and ensure smooth technical and operational delivery. The consultant will also provide support and guidance on the programs’ policy alignment and integration of learning into broader systemic change.
The consultant will support EOF’s team in relation to its ECCE (Early Childhood Care and Education) outcomes fund in South Africa, which is expected to launch in November 2025 and continue implementing until December 2028.
