NEW Health Governance and Inclusive Social Services Level not specified – Level not specified UNV – United Nations Volunteers Closing 31st of October Tbilisi

Update

The Georgian authorities have embarked lately in a series of ambitious health reforms, aiming at improving access to essential health services, especially in rural areas, better planning, distribution, and retention of health workforce, improving population’s financial protection by reducing out-of-pocket payments (mainly for essential medicines), addressing non-communicable diseases and their major risk factors, etc. The assignment requires working with the staff of WHO Country Office Georgia in supporting the Government of Georgia, especially the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia (MoILHSA), in strengthening the health system, implementing health reforms towards improved access to affordable and quality health services. It includes engagement with other ministries and subordinated agencies, private providers, civil society, professional associations, patient groups, research institutions and international and national partners to generate positive changes to the health system in Georgia.

Under the direct supervision of Advisor on Health Policy, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
– Supporting the technical assistance of WHO in health sector reform activities, conducting desktop research and drafting policy briefs;
– Participating in data analysis and interpretation of findings relevant for policy-makers, information synthesis from social media;
– Learning using AI tools in synthesizing evidence and drafting technical documents based on WHO technical documents from global and regional level as part of the WHO team within the following areas of health systems:
(1) health system governance and implementation of plans and strategies, with qualitative research on institutional set up of the Georgian health system,
(2) financing the health system in Georgia, including monitoring SDG 3.8.2. and other financial protection methods,
(3) service delivery reforms, primary care (PHC), inpatient and outpatient health services, including improving quality of care in priority areas (e.g. oncology, rehabilitation and long-term care).
(4) reviewing and analyzing the EU integration process in the health sector, and identifying relevant solutions from other countries which accessed EU recently.
(5) healthcare workforce, including reviewing curriculum of healthcare workforce to align with the modern clinical standards and
(6) medicines, assistive technology, labs and medical devices, with data analysis and process design of basic Health Technology Assessment approaches,
(7) digital health, using AI tools and other health systems related topics.

Interim reports on the progress and the achievement of key objectives and deliverables are to be submitted to WHO Georgia.