Community fieldworkers
We are seeking to appoint community fieldworkers,to support the development of a new Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance site. This is a collaboration between Haramaya University, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Emory Global Health Institute.The post-holderswill be responsible forsupporting community engagement at the CHAMPS site.The post-holders will be responsible to the formative research and community engagement leads.The social science work for CHAMPS aims to provide formative research to understand the specific cultural, religious and socio-behavioural factors that should be considered if investigation of child deaths (<5 years), using minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) is undertaken in the future.
Haramaya University, Oromia, Ethiopia
Haramaya University is one of the oldest Universities in Ethiopia, with its first intake in 1954. It is about 17km from the city of Harar, 40km from Dire Dawa (where there is a regional airport), and 510km East of Addis Ababa. The College of Health and Medical Sciences is based on a campus in Harar town to facilitate training of students in nearby hospitals. This campus also hosts the office of the two Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS).
Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance network (CHAMPS)
The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance network (CHAMPS, http://champshealth.org/)is a new global health surveillance network funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aimed at understanding the causes of child death in developing countries, particularly sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The Emory Global Health Institute, which houses the U.S. office of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI), is the lead partner in the network and has worked with the London School of Hygiene to develop the collaboration with Haramaya University.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
The post-holder will be responsible for supporting community engagement at the CHAMPS site aiming to understand the specific cultural, religious and socio-behavioural factors that should be considered if investigation of child deaths (<5 years), using minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) is undertaken in the future.
Key Responsibilities
Responsible to: Formative research and community engagement leads
Duration of contract : 1 year with likely extension
Essential requirements
Desirable requirements
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