Mission and objectives

WHO is the authority responsible for public health within the United Nations system. The WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe) is one of WHO’s six regional offices around the world. It serves the WHO European Region, which comprises 53 countries, covering a vast geographical region from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. WHO/Europe staff are public health, scientific and technical experts, based in the main office in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 5 technical centres and in country offices in 30 Member States. In addition, WHO/Europe coordinates with the European Union and its agencies, and is host organization and partner of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.

Context

The mission of WHO’s Health Emergencies (WHE) Programme is to build the capacity of Member States to manage health emergency risks and, when national capacities are overwhelmed, to lead and coordinate the international health response to contain outbreaks and to provide effective relief and recovery to affected populations. The WHE’s Risk Communication, Community Engagement and Infodemic Management Unit (RCI) ensures that people and stakeholders are enabled and empowered to make informed decisions that protect them from health emergencies. To do so, RCI communicates risks and preventive measures, engages communities and community actors, manages rumours and misinformation, builds country capacities and supports country responses, and positions RCCE-IM as an evidence-based technical area of work and WHO Europe as an authoritative partner in it. In an effort to build the evidence to inform community engagement approaches in the European Region, the RCI Unit will collaborate with an online volunteer to do a literature review on approaches to co-creating risk communication, community engagement, and infodemic management. Following the literature review, a publication will be developed.

Task Description

We are looking for one online volunteer to support our team with the following tasks: 1. Conduct a thorough literature review on existing co-creation approaches in the European Region and globally. 2. Support analysis the data from the literature review. 3. Document findings in an effort to provide recommendations for health authorities on co-creating interventions in health emergencies. 4. Support a publication detailing the approaches to co-creation. 5. Conduct key informant interviews on co-creation approaches.

Competencies and values

Living conditions and remarks