WHO Call for Experts: Malaria Strategic Information Technical Advisory Group (MSI-TAG)

The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking experts to serve as members of the Malaria Strategic Information Technical Advisory Group. This “Call for experts” provides information about the advisory group in question, the expert profiles being sought, the process to express interest, and the process of selection.

The WHO Global Malaria Programme is accepting applications from experts to be considered for membership on the Malaria Strategic Information Technical Advisory Group (MSI-TAG). The MSI-TAG will be multidisciplinary, with members who have a range of technical knowledge, skills and experience relevant to surveillance, monitoring and evaluation and the use of strategic information to drive impact. Approximately 12 members may be selected.

Eligibility:

• The MSI-TAG will be multidisciplinary, with members who have a range of technical knowledge, skills and experience relevant to surveillance, monitoring and evaluation and the use of strategic information to drive impact. Approximately 12 members may be selected.
• WHO welcomes expressions of interest from national malaria programme staff, scientists, disease surveillance and health information experts, and individuals working in malaria programme implementation who are scientific and or technical experts in: disease surveillance, monitoring and evaluation, including expertise in digital solutions for surveillance, across the malaria transmission continuum.

Functions:

• To provide WHO with independent evaluation of the scientific, technical and strategic aspects of malaria surveillance, monitoring and evaluation.
• To recommend priorities to WHO and relevant technical units at all levels of the Organization to strengthen national malaria surveillance, monitoring and evaluation systems and the use of data for decision making, including the installation of digital solutions and the assessment of surveillance systems.
• To advise WHO on approaches to enhance the use of data for national and subnational decision making to support efficient, effective and equitable implementation of malaria interventions to communities.
• To support WHO to review and improve the methods for estimation of the malaria burden, investments, interventions and impact for tracking global progress through the annual World malaria report.

See the Terms of Reference for the MSI-TAG.

Read more here.

Application deadline July 30, 2021.