Turkey: National Professional Officer - Pharmacist

Purpose of the Post:

The purpose of this position is to support WHO’s EURO Regional Office and Turkey Country Office – Gaziantep field presence to ensure that the public health response is effectively implemented and managed through providing technical guidance and support in the area of pharmaceutical supply.

Summary of Assigned Duties (Describe what the incumbent has to do to achieve main objectives):

1. To act as a focal person in the WHO Country Office to manage medicines related work through coordination with health authorities, donors and health partners in Turkey.
2. To provide technical assistance to health partners for developing essential drug lists for different types of health care in northern Syria.
3. To advise and support WHO local and international pharmaceutical procurement and delivery for the cross border operation in northern Syria.
4. To provide technical assistance to the health partners for development, implementation and monitoring of medicines policy and action plan in line with WHO´s Medicines Strategy.
5. To establish mechanisms, in collaboration with health partners, for streamlining medicine supplies and their management both for emergencies and routine health services.
6. To build the capacity of the health partners to effectively manage pharmaceutical in northern Syria in terms of necessary regulations development and their implementation.
7. To initiate a programme of training and capacity building in the areas of medicine supply management, quality control, storage, dispensing, prescription and use of medicines in line with national treatment.

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