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Ethiopia

• Lead eye health program developments in the context of health systems strengthening in Ethiopia.• Support national eye health initiatives and national strategies and guideline preparations by closely working with MOH. • Develop and implement the strategic program plans for Orbis interventions in Ethiopia and with a possible extension to East Africa with focus on pediatric ophthalmology, eye care training, research, and advocacy projects.• Initiate planning, designing, developing and process the approval Orbis programs, concept papers, project plans, project agreements, research projects, quality standards.• Ensure Orbis programs are based on accurate and up to date data and information on blindness prevalence and incidence in operational areas.• Participate in developing indicators, benchmarks and mechanisms for monitoring and evaluation of disease-based program and its component projects.• Coordinate, supervise and provide technical support for development of plans and budget in operation areas.• Initiate, organize and participate in midterm and final evaluation of projects.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Develop and implement the strategic program plans for Orbis interventions in Ethiopia and with a possible extension to East Africa with focus on pediatric ophthalmology, eye care training, research, and advocacy projects.• Initiate planning, designing, developing and process the approval Orbis programs, concept papers, project plans, project agreements, research projects, quality standards.• Ensure Orbis programs are based on accurate and up to date data and information on blindness prevalence and incidence in operational areas.• Participate in developing indicators, benchmarks and mechanisms for monitoring and evaluation of disease-based program and its component projects.• Develop work plan and follow up for timely implementation.• Prepare detail budgeting of program and projects and follow timely fund utilization.• Develop and maintain trust and good partnerships between Orbis and partners.• Play major role in designing, implementing, analyzing, reporting, and disseminating information pertaining to research and baseline assessment studies.• Coordinate, supervise and provide technical support for development of plans and budget in operation areas.• Initiate, organize and participate in midterm and final evaluation of projects.

Ethiopia

Serve as a liaison between PSI and EPHA collaborative partnership, so as to fully engage and capitalize on EPHA’s program implementationGenerate and Disseminate evidence on MARPs:Support National MARPs survey, explore areas of synergy with MULU/MARPs and look in to opportunities to contributeConduct hotspot/woreda level Rapid mapping, formative work, size estimationSupport LNGOs through developing SOPs in doing size estimation, service mapping and formative Disseminate existing and new evidence on MARPs: Support Policy/strategy development to FHAPCO and MOHUse EPHA forums as advocacy forumsAnalysis of existing policies and strategiesConduct desk reviews on key policy/strategy issues related to combination preventionContinue dialogue on MARPsSupport to Strengthen/develop prevention strategies and policies with an eye towards evidence based prevention services, family law, and sexual violenceFacilitate the development of the national condom strategy.Research /M&E coordination Work with FHAPCO and regional HAPCOs to strengthen research and M&E working groups to facilitate the development of annual research plans, and to standardize research and M&E methodologies.Identify areas for OR, data validation, documentation and analysisengage universities and RHBs in holding annual information and knowledge exchange forumshelp design and conduct specific studies in close collaboration with supervisor and project team membersEnsure timely data collection meeting quality standards and according to protocol and oversee proper data management

Ethiopia

Establish and maintain a sensitive active surveillance system in the area of assignment within the framework of IDSR with a special focus on polio eradication, measles mortality reduction, and neonatal tetanus elimination Provide trainings and technical support for improving routine immunization and surveillance activities.Collaborate closely with the regional, zonal, and woreda health bureaus, and health workers at health facility and community level for all surveillance and immunization activities, providing regular technical support and feedback. Monitor surveillance and EPI data regularly and create and implement action plans in areas where data shows gaps or weaknesses. Conduct outbreak investigations whenever there is rumors of cases or confirmed cases, provide feedback to all partners and government counterparts with appropriate formats. Provide technical support at all levels of the government structure and with other partners to achieve high quality supplemental immunization activities

Ethiopia

Review proposals submitted for ethical clearance and inform IRB on technical issuesAct as team leader and coordinate all activities assigned to the teamCollection of both qualitative and quantitative dataQuantitative data entryTranscription of verbatim from qualitative studiesTranslation of data collected in local language to EnglishData Analysis Report writing and submitting within given period of timeWriting manuscriptsProposal development and grant writing for different call for proposals

Ethiopia

Identify all sectors, collaborators and partners, their areas of intervention andcapacity for public health emergency management;• Develop a list and keep a register of all experts, institutions and organization andupdate the listyearly;• Communicate with all partners and establish a coordination/collaboration forum;• Develop a term of reference (TOR), memorandum of understanding (MOU) to guidethe framework;• Monitor and evaluate participation and implementation of public healthemergencyactivities as per the TOR or MOU;• Report the level of preparedness to the next higher level and share with allstakeholders on monthly basis or as required;• Organize a Rapid Response Team (RRT) to initiate activities at the time of response;• Review membership, TOR or MOU as per the findings.

Ethiopia

HospitalHospital Physician- Management and administration of inpatient and outpatient careMonthly reportingAnnual budget planning and developmentAttending and participating in management meetingsUltrasound examination for patientsResponsible for the clinical management of patients in the inpatient and outpatient clinics (including emergency and ART clinics) and referralCoach assigned nursing and health officer studentsLRTC(Leishmania Research and training Center)Site principal investigator for the clinical trial on visceral leishmaniasis (managerial position)Conduct and follow daily rounds to ensure clinical condition of test subjects, monitor safety of test drugs, review charts, Ensure completeness of documentations as per protocolEnsure strict follow up random allocation of test drugs as per protocolCompile and report to Country PI, Nairobi and DNDI on regular basesClosely work with clinical monitor to ensure use of GCP principlesTrain physicians, nurses and Laboratory technicians on GCP and clinical trial in progressConduct ECG and audiometry testing, document it and interpret result to test subjects to monitor effect of test drugs on hart and hearing respectively

Master'S Degree, Public Health

Doctor Of Medicine (M.D.),, Medicine