Technical Officer (International Pharmacopoeia and Quality Control)

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME The Access to Medicines and Health Products (MHP) Division works with the Member States and partners to improve access to essential medicines and other health technologies of assured quality, safety and efficacy or effectiveness. The division works with a wide range of United Nations organizations, international partners, expert networks and WHO Collaborating Centres. In line with the global health strategic priorities and to achieve greater country impact, the Health Products Policy and Standards (HPS) Department works with the Regulation and Prequalification (RPQ) Department in the MHP division in the wider framework of access to medicines and health products and Universal Health Coverage and cooperates with the disease-oriented programmes (among others, HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria, NCDs and mental health, reproductive health and maternal and child health, immunization) and health systems-oriented programmes such as Primary Health Care. The Norms and Standards for Pharmaceuticals Team is one of eight teams in the HPS Department, MHP Division. The objective of the Team is to assure the quality and safety of health products through the development and establishment of global norms and standards and reference materials: robust quality control procedures; guidelines, and recommendations on the production and quality/safety control of essential medicines and health product; and to provide technical assistance to WHO Member States for national medicines regulatory activities.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

Quality control of medicines:

1. Plan and coordinate activities for elaborating and revising International Pharmacopoeia texts, including managing the work plan in consultation with the members of the Expert Advisory Panel for the International Pharmacopoeia and Pharmaceutical Prepara