National Consultant - Neglected Tropical Diseases, Philippines
World Health Organization · Manila, Philippines · Apply by October 13, 2026
About this role
Purpose of consultancy The consultant will provide operational and technical support to strengthen regional and country capacities for the management, prevention, control, and elimination of priority NTDs. These NTDs include Lymphatic Filariasis (LF), Leprosy, Rabies, Food-Borne Trematodes, Schistosomiasis, Yaws, and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis. In addition, the STC supports country office on Monitoring and Evaluation and strategic use of data, supply of NTD drugs and diagnostics, and strengthening one health collaboration to accelerate the control and elimination of NTDs through integrated and PHC-based approaches. Background The Department of Health has identified priority Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) across all the eighteen (18) Regions and eighty-two (82) provinces of the Philippines and is committed to accelerating elimination and control in line with the WHO NTD Road Map 2021–2030 and regional resolutions. The WHO Philippines Country Office (WCO-PHL) is implementing integrated, multi-disease approaches addressing malaria, lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiases, yaws, rabies and leprosy, alongside other cross-cutting interventions…