Description du poste
Communication for Development Specialist (P-3), Temporary Appointment, #112157, Bamako, Mali (528428), 6 Months
Job Number: 528428 | Vacancy Link
Locations: Africa: Mali
Work Type : Temporary Appointment
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, hope
In Mali, the northern regions (Kidal, Timbuktu, Gao) and some of the south (Sikasso, Segou, Mopti) were known as areas at risk since the beginning of the 2012 security crisis, because they have low immunization coverage of children and women of childbearing age. Nowadays, with the proliferation of gold panning areas and the important movement towards the urban areas (several large cities including Bamako), the rate of the non-respect of the vaccination calendar, and that of absence of children during supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) increased. Low immunization coverage is linked to problems with continuity of immunization services, under-reporting of data, inadequate provision of vaccine health facilities, failure to reach high-risk and underserved populations.
The low percentage of possession of vaccination cards could be explained by the non-compliance of the supply chain, the insufficiency of interpersonal communication on card retention and the high cost of cards in some parts of the country. However, certification standards for poliomyelitis eradication (non-polio acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) per 100,000 children under 15 years of age and the percentage of stool removed within 14 days of onset of paralysis) were achieved in the last three years, despite the disparity between regions. Only the Kidal region has not reported cases during the last three years, which may be due to insecurity (PPAC 2017-2021). The last polio case detected in Mali is an imported case that dates from September 2015. Response campaigns with specific activities were organized as a response with a strong focus in the districts hosting gold panning areas with a great number of Guinean and Malian population.
The communication efforts provided by the Government and partners continue to contribute significantly to informing a large section of the community about vaccination activities, with various channels and communication media including mass media, traditional communicators’ approach and other communication tools.
According to the 2015 immunization coverage assessment, the percentage of fully immunized children from 12 to 23 months is 60.29% for the whole country compared to 62% in 2010. This rate has slightly decreased (between 2010 and 2015) with disparities between health districts. As for the dropout rates according to the results of the survey (2015), they are 19.9% for Penta1-Penta3 and 21.17% for BCG-VAR. these rates are higher than planned objectives (
Job Number: 528428 | Vacancy Link
Locations: Africa: Mali
Work Type : Temporary Appointment
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, hope
In Mali, the northern regions (Kidal, Timbuktu, Gao) and some of the south (Sikasso, Segou, Mopti) were known as areas at risk since the beginning of the 2012 security crisis, because they have low immunization coverage of children and women of childbearing age. Nowadays, with the proliferation of gold panning areas and the important movement towards the urban areas (several large cities including Bamako), the rate of the non-respect of the vaccination calendar, and that of absence of children during supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) increased. Low immunization coverage is linked to problems with continuity of immunization services, under-reporting of data, inadequate provision of vaccine health facilities, failure to reach high-risk and underserved populations.
The low percentage of possession of vaccination cards could be explained by the non-compliance of the supply chain, the insufficiency of interpersonal communication on card retention and the high cost of cards in some parts of the country. However, certification standards for poliomyelitis eradication (non-polio acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) per 100,000 children under 15 years of age and the percentage of stool removed within 14 days of onset of paralysis) were achieved in the last three years, despite the disparity between regions. Only the Kidal region has not reported cases during the last three years, which may be due to insecurity (PPAC 2017-2021). The last polio case detected in Mali is an imported case that dates from September 2015. Response campaigns with specific activities were organized as a response with a strong focus in the districts hosting gold panning areas with a great number of Guinean and Malian population.
The communication efforts provided by the Government and partners continue to contribute significantly to informing a large section of the community about vaccination activities, with various channels and communication media including mass media, traditional communicators’ approach and other communication tools.
According to the 2015 immunization coverage assessment, the percentage of fully immunized children from 12 to 23 months is 60.29% for the whole country compared to 62% in 2010. This rate has slightly decreased (between 2010 and 2015) with disparities between health districts. As for the dropout rates according to the results of the survey (2015), they are 19.9% for Penta1-Penta3 and 21.17% for BCG-VAR. these rates are higher than planned objectives (
