World Health Organization

Policy Liaison Officer

Closing Date: 14 August 2006
Reference no: AC19/2006
An essential need exists to provide timely and effective communication and interaction with key decision and policy formulators regarding the activities and outputs of this Health & Demographic Surveillance Centre. Consequently, the Africa Centre wishes to recruit a Policy Liaison Officer

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Madam Speaker, honourable Members, invited Guests, Members would have noticed the screening programme outside this chamber and I hope most members have taken the opportunity to be screened for body mass, hypertension, diabetes and cholesterol........

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