We are seeking to appoint two full-time personsto be based in Harar, with regular travel to Kersa field site,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 for coordinating formative social science research and community engagement at the CHAMPS site. 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-holders will be responsible for leading formative research and community engagement in social science 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
This job description reflects the present requirements of the post but may be altered at any time in the future as duties and responsibilities change and/or develop providing there is full consultation with the post-holder. The post-holder will carry out any other duties, tasks or responsibilities as reasonably requested by the line manager, Dr Nega Assefa.
Responsible to: Nega Assefa
Duration of contract 1 year with likely extension
Essential requirements
Desirable requirements