Job Descriptions for Field Monitors - WHO

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Post Name

Role & Responsibilities

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Field Monitor – FM

Place of Posting: Anywhere in Orissa state.

Fixed Salary: 23600/-

Wear & Tear & Communication Rs. 3300/-

Fuel Reimbursement maximum up-to 12375/-

1.      Routine Immunization (RI) Support – Micro-planning of RI/ immunization campaigns, Field validation activities, Monitoring, capacity building and data collections

2.      Support in Disease surveillance - Disease surveillance activities, Identifying and sensitizing surveillance network for case search, specimen collection and contact tracing

3.      Partnership and Coordination meetings: Partnering / Coordinate at Sub district level, social mobilization meetings/ influencers’ meetings to provide relevant information

4.      Health Emergency Support: Providing critical assistance during health emergencies (e.g., Covid-19 pandemic, natural disasters) for preparedness and response.

Reporting: Surveillance Medical Officer at District Level.

About Program

u  The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Government of India (GoI), established the National Polio Surveillance Project (NPSP) in 1997.

u  Initially focused on polio surveillance and mass vaccination campaigns, NPSP played a crucial role in India’s fight against polio. Remarkably, the last case of wild poliovirus in India was reported on 13 January 2011, and on 27 March 2014, WHO officially certified India as ‘Polio Free’.Over time, NPSP’s scope expanded beyond polio to include broader public health support. It was rebranded as the National Public Health Support Network (NPSN). NPSN collaborates with the Ministry of Health and Indian Government to strengthen routine immunization efforts.

u  World Health Assembly in 2020 endorsed the Immunization Agenda 2030. Universal Immunization Program of India is one of largest public health program in the world and monitoring the program quality is vital to guide corrective programmatic actions from field level to National level under Immunization Agenda 2030 and Regional Vaccine Implementation Plan 2022-2026 (WHO South East Asia Region). One of the key targets under the IA 2030 is 50% reduction in the number of zero dose children at country, state, sub state and all levels by 2030. Thus, aligning with the IA 2030 and India’s roadmap to 90% full immunization coverage, monitoring of the program and generating data through field monitoring across the country is very vitals to plan and guide programmatic corrective actions from filed level to national level.