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Founded in 2012, is an online and blended learning higher education platform in sub-Saharan Africa that is dedicated to making higher education of international standard accessible to African professionals and young school leavers.
The Health Specialist (Environmental Health) plays a central role in advancing inter-sectoral programming by UNICEF in high-density urban/slum and other areas engaged in the processing of e-waste. The Specialist will oversee the overall implementation and management of the lead exposure prevention programme in Ghana with focus on Agbogbloshie and other identified areas, promote a holistic (multisectoral) approach to addressing the exposure of children to lead poisoning, embark on advocacy for the Government and stakeholders to put in place measures to reduce lead exposure, and carry out monitoring and evaluation activities to inform future programming.
H/She will collaborate with PureEarth and the relevant Government agencies to conduct a country assessment of the Lead (Pb) exposure, policy and institutional analysis and lead the write up of the final report. The post will also support the Environmental Protection Agency and the Public Health Division of the Ghana Health Service to implement a lead exposure prevention programme benefitting children in Agbogbloshie and other identified areas; Provide Technical support to build the capacity of Health Workers in target clinics to educate caregivers on prevention/mitigation of lead exposure, monitoring of Blood Lead (Pb) Levels and provide treatment as part of Maternal and Child Health Services. The Specialist will champion awareness campaign through education and community engagement working closely with the Communications section and C4D for community level and mass media campaigns and also with the education section to disseminate messages through schools using children as agents of change. H/She will also support the government and other stakeholders to establish and finance lead (Pb) exposure reduction roadmaps for priority sites/sources and provide technical and policy guidance to address unsound ULAB smelting and other potential sources.
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