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by Michael Keizer on March 4, 2009

  • UNICEF is looking for a contract officer and a contract specialist (vaccine analyst)
  • ACF Spain (or ACH) is looking for logistics coordinators in Lebanon, the Palestine territories, and the Sahel region.
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