Child Health and Mortality Surveillance (CHAMPS) Ethiopia
We are seeking to appoint a full time multi-skilled and experienced Research General Practitioner Maternal and Child Health to be based in Harar and Kersa, Ethiopia.
This is an opportunity to work on an international surveillance project, one of only seven sites worldwide to be included in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded Child Health, Pregnancy and Mortality Preventions Surveillance. This is a collaboration between Haramaya University, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Emory Global Health Institute. As such, those successful will have the opportunity to work alongside a research team and gain training in clinical and research methods, with diagnostics to support clinical care.
The post holder will be expected to support development of clinical surveillance and medical research, particularly with respect to Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance. The post-holder will be responsible for working with all other hospital staff to support changes in practice for clinical surveillance, and to support all clinical research activities. They will be expected to: liaise with the health care workers in paediatrics and maternity, and work alongside them and the CHAMPS research team.
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 work as part of the team to support initiation of clinical surveillance and smooth running of clinical research activities, and will work under the guidance of the principle investigators and, where appropriate, delegated line manager.
They will be responsible for overseeing changes in clinical practice to support clinical care and surveillance (improving documentation and supporting clinical investigations). They will be responsible for recruitment of participants for CHAMPS and the maternal infection study, study sampling, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory policies in the provision of medical care and execution of the research studies
Responsibilities
Responsible to: Clinical Research Leaders
No. of posts: 3
Duration of contract: Available until June 2018 with likely extension
Essential requirements
Desirable requirements