Overview:
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) works to broaden access to life-saving therapy for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria patients in the poorest parts of the world. CHAI approaches health access challenges with simultaneous and intensive engagement on both the demand and supply sides of the market. Based on the premise that business oriented strategy can facilitate solutions to global health challenges, CHAI acts as a catalyst to mobilize new resources and optimize the impact of these resources to save lives, via improved organization of commodity markets and more effective national and sub-national level management.
Lesotho suffers from the third-highest rate of HIV infection in the world—almost one-quarter of the adult population is estimated to be HIV-positive. Lesotho has the fifth highest incidence of TB in the world. While the Lesotho National Tuberculosis Program (NTP) has taken significant steps to counter TB, anti-tuberculosis drug resistance has become a major public health problem known as Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
The CHAI TB/MDR-TB program in Lesotho focuses on addressing both the supply-side and demand-side barriers to ensure access to drugs and diagnostics. The TB/MDR-TB program works closely with the NTP to provide technical assistance, as well as with partners and manufacturers to address challenges arising with scale up and uptake of drugs and diagnostics.
The CHAI TB/MDR-TB program in Lesotho in conjunction with CHAI’s Applied Analytics Team (AAT) is launching an MDR-TB Pathways Study. The goal of the study is to understand the movement of patients from identification as MDR TB suspects through testing, diagnosis, treatment initiation, and treatment completion. Mapping and quantifying the variety of pathways followed by patients will be invaluable in assisting the NTP and partners in developing and implementing interventions to ensure more MDR-TB patients are initiated on treatment.
Role:
CHAI Lesotho is looking for a volunteer to be based in the capital of Lesotho (Maseru). The volunteer will lead the data collection and play a key role in the analysis for the MDR-TB Pathways Study. The volunteer will work closely for the CHAI Lesotho TB/MDR-TB Program, the AAT as well as interact with the Lesotho NTP and key implementing partners.
CHAI Lesotho is looking for the candidate to begin in August and end in December 2014.
Lesotho suffers from the third-highest rate of HIV infection in the world—almost one-quarter of the adult population is estimated to be HIV-positive. Lesotho has the fifth highest incidence of TB in the world. While the Lesotho National Tuberculosis Program (NTP) has taken significant steps to counter TB, anti-tuberculosis drug resistance has become a major public health problem known as Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
The CHAI TB/MDR-TB program in Lesotho focuses on addressing both the supply-side and demand-side barriers to ensure access to drugs and diagnostics. The TB/MDR-TB program works closely with the NTP to provide technical assistance, as well as with partners and manufacturers to address challenges arising with scale up and uptake of drugs and diagnostics.
The CHAI TB/MDR-TB program in Lesotho in conjunction with CHAI’s Applied Analytics Team (AAT) is launching an MDR-TB Pathways Study. The goal of the study is to understand the movement of patients from identification as MDR TB suspects through testing, diagnosis, treatment initiation, and treatment completion. Mapping and quantifying the variety of pathways followed by patients will be invaluable in assisting the NTP and partners in developing and implementing interventions to ensure more MDR-TB patients are initiated on treatment.
Role:
CHAI Lesotho is looking for a volunteer to be based in the capital of Lesotho (Maseru). The volunteer will lead the data collection and play a key role in the analysis for the MDR-TB Pathways Study. The volunteer will work closely for the CHAI Lesotho TB/MDR-TB Program, the AAT as well as interact with the Lesotho NTP and key implementing partners.
CHAI Lesotho is looking for the candidate to begin in August and end in December 2014.
Responsibilities:
- Assist with drafting and piloting of data collection tools at health clinics, hospitals and labs in Lesotho;
- Interact with Lesotho NTP and key implementing partners to finalize research protocol and obtain necessary approvals;
- Assist with recruitment, training and supervision of data collection staff, facilitate data electronic transcribing, and quality check data on a regular basis and troubleshoot as necessary;
- Coordinate data collection logistics and schedules and communicate with field sites;
- Communicate findings issues on a regular basis to CHAI TB/MDR-TB program and AAT
- Assist with analysis of data collected as needed and prepare report/presentation to be presented to the NTP and partners
- Other: Support the CHAI MDR-TB/TB team on an ad-hoc basis
Qualifications:
- Masters/Bachelor’s degree in public health/international development/finance
- Excellent problem solving, analytical and quantitative skills, including experience working in Excel;
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills – both written and oral - and an ability to build professional and personal relationships;
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and demanding environment;
- Ability to work independently on complex projects;
- Ability to react quickly to ad-hoc requests while managing an existing workload;
- One or more years of experience in global health, international development, or finance/management consulting;
- Program management experience including managing teams, creating and tracking work plans, and monitoring program;
- A strong passion for producing results and a personal commitment to excellence;
Advantages:
- Experience working in developing countries, particularly in data gathering and surveys on health related issues
- Experience working with country governments and international partners in country
- Experience with data collection and managing data collection teams and working with large datasets
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