Epidemiologist
World Health Organization · Tripoli, Libya · NO-C · Apply by November 5, 2026
About this role
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME The mission of WHO's Health Emergencies Programme is to help countries, and to coordinator international action, to prevent, prepare for, detect, rapidly respond to, and recover from outbreaks and emergencies. DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES During deployment, the duty station may change, and duties may be modified, based upon the technical needs of the Programme. Provide technical support and assist in the development of surveys and monitoring/surveillance systems for detection, verification and response to public health incidents; ensuring efficiency of data collection, correlation, analysis, interpretation and timely reporting at health facility at the district levels. Collate and verify data on reported outbreaks or rumors received from multiple sources, conduct retrospective analysis of reported incidents: determine trends, distribution patterns, and efficiency of the verification mechanism. Brief the team on data quality improvement, use of data for monitoring of trends, ALERT and ACTION thresholds (triggers), as well as methodologies for performing Data Quality Audit (DQA) at district and health facility level. Provide technical assistance for the…