Halt the vicious cycle lack of development / malaria in districts left behind

Tags: UNDP Environment
  • Added Date: Friday, 09 May 2025
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Mission and objectivesUNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in some 170 countries and territories, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges as they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and our wide range of partners. Based in the middle of Europe, the UNDP Office in Geneva contributes to UNDPโ€™s mission through serving as the UNDP Platform for Geneva and the Geneva-based organizations and as the primary point of contact with the governments of France and Switzerland.

ContextThe task involves assisting the Pathfinder Secretariat establish a toolbox to improve malaria-critical SDG indicators, i.e., SDG indicators defined as โ€˜proportionsโ€™ in five SDG-groups: (1) political/institutional, (2) economic, (3) social, (4) environment and climate, and (5) health system.

Task DescriptionThe online volunteer will: ๏€ญ Undertake internet searches for tools and approaches to improve 12-15 malaria-critical indicators in one or two SDG-groups ๏€ญ Analyze the tools for feasibility of use in districts left the furthest behind and for potential effect and synergy across SDG-groups, Pathway B, and disease outcomes ๏€ญ Make succinct descriptions of the tool suitable for a toolbox to inspire and guide district decision-makers and practitioners.

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