At Youth Works Hub, we reviewed this WHO internship so you know exactly what it involves: research-focused work building a regional evidence base on caregiving for older people, inside WHO's Western Pacific Regional Office in Manila, with a living allowance, a daily lunch stipend and insurance included.

Why This Internship Exists

🌏 The Western Pacific Region is ageing fast: people aged 65+ are expected to double by 2050, reaching 480 million. To prepare, WHO Member States adopted the Regional Action Plan on Healthy Ageing in 2020.

🧓 The Healthy Ageing Unit supports countries in strengthening community-based integrated care and long-term care for older people. A key gap is the limited consolidated evidence on caregiving, and this internship helps build that evidence base to inform policy and programmes.

What You'll Research

📚 Conduct a structured literature review on caregiving for older people (formal and informal) in the Western Pacific.

🗂️ Compile and organise data on national long-term care and ageing policies, the roles of formal and informal caregivers, and caregiver training, certification and support programmes.

🗺️ Build a comparative mapping of selected countries, highlighting different caregiving models, and identify key gaps in workforce development, support for informal caregivers, and integration with health and social care.

🎙️ Where feasible, support a small number of key informant interviews (2-3) with WHO Country Offices or partners.

📝 Contribute to a short analytical brief (10-15 pages), a PowerPoint summary, and a structured draft that may seed a peer-reviewed publication.

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Who Can Apply

🎓 You must have completed the equivalent of three years of full-time study in public health, nursing, medicine or other relevant health or social sciences, and be enrolled in a university course leading to a formal qualification (recent graduates may qualify if they apply within six months of completing their qualification).

🗣️ Expert English is essential; an intermediate knowledge of another Western Pacific language (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean) is desirable.

🧰 Familiarity with Word, Excel and PowerPoint; experience with literature reviews, desk research and analytical reporting is valued, and knowledge of statistical or reference tools is an advantage.

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The Living Allowance

💶 Interns don't receive a salary, but they do get a living allowance that varies by duty station and personal circumstances.

🏠 In Manila, the estimated maximum is PHP 895.48/day for interns whose permanent residence is in the duty station, or PHP 2,183.8/day for those living outside it.

🍽️ All Manila interns also receive the equivalent of USD 5 per working day for lunch, plus accident and medical insurance from WHO.

The Details

🗓️ 3 months (12 weeks), running September to December 2026, full-time.

📌 The work moves from literature review and framework (weeks 1-3) to country mapping (4-7), drafting (8-10) and finalisation (11-12).

Frequently Asked Questions

❓ Is it paid? There's no salary, but a living allowance, a daily lunch stipend and insurance are provided.

❓ Can recent graduates apply? Yes, if within six months of completing their qualification.

❓ What field do I need? Public health, nursing, medicine or a related health/social science, with strong English.

❓ How long is it? 3 months (12 weeks), September to December 2026.

Deadline

⏳ 09 September 2026

Link

🔗 https://careers.who.int/careersection/intern/jobdetail.ftl?job=2603170

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