Consultant - Regional eMCCD Implementation, Digital Health Interoperability and ICD-Technical Cooperation

OBJECTIVE OF THE OFFICE/DEPARTMENT

This is a requisition for employment at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO)

Non-Staff - International PAHO Consultant

September 11, 2026

September 21, 2026, 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Off Site

EIH Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health

Part time

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) supports Member States in strengthening mortality information systems and advancing implementation of the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision (ICD-11), through digital transformation, interoperability, capacity building and regional technical cooperation.

As part of this work, PAHO is developing a regional electronic Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (eMCCD) application to support standardized, interoperable and high-quality mortality reporting. The application integrates international health information standards, including HL7 FHIR and the WHO ICD-11 API, within a modular architecture designed to facilitate implementation and adaptation across countries in the Region of the Americas.

The initiative includes development of a regional white-label eMCCD solution, country proofs of concept and implementation activities, interoperability with national health information and mortality coding systems, and development of approaches to improve the quality of medical certification of cause of death.

PAHO is also exploring the incorporation of AI-enabled clinical decision support within the eMCCD to assist physicians during completion of the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death, including approaches to improve the quality, completeness and consistency of medical certification.

In parallel, PAHO provides technical cooperation to Member States for ICD-11 readiness and implementation, including institutional and hospital-level maturity assessment, interoperability and terminology services, capacity building, technical training and implementation guidance.

PAHO requires specialized technical expertise to support these interrelated areas of work.

The purpose of the consultancy is to provide specialized technical expertise to support the development, implementation and regional scaling of the eMCCD initiative and related ICD-11 implementation, interoperability, terminology and digital health activities in Member States.

The consultant will work closely with PAHO technical teams, software development resources, Member States and relevant partners. The consultant will provide technical leadership, specifications, implementation support and coordination rather than being solely responsible for software development.

Under the supervision of the Regional Advisor, Digital Health and Information Systems, the consultant will undertake the following activities:

• Regional eMCCD Development and Implementation

  • Provide specialized technical support for the development, testing and implementation of the regional eMCCD solution.
  • Support definition and refinement of functional and technical requirements for the regional application.
  • Provide technical guidance related to information models, workflows, business and validation rules, terminology requirements and interoperability.
  • Support the use of HL7 FHIR and other relevant health information standards within the regional eMCCD architecture.
  • Support alignment and interoperability with the WHO ICD-11 API and relevant WHO digital mortality standards and specifications.
  • Support interoperability with national health information systems and mortality coding solutions.
  • Support development of technical specifications, implementation guidance, testing approaches and conformance requirements.
  • Support preparation, implementation and evaluation of eMCCD proofs of concept and pilot implementations in participating Member States.
  • Document implementation experience, technical findings and recommendations for regional scale-up.
  • These responsibilities consolidate the eMCCD pilot, implementation and interoperability functions defined in the existing technical TOR.

• AI-enabled Decision Support for Medical Certification of Cause of Death

  • Support development of the functional and technical concept for AI-enabled clinical decision support within the regional eMCCD application.
  • Identify and define priority use cases to assist physicians during completion of…