KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the fight against tuberculosis (TB), the first deadliest infectious disease in the world. KNCV is an international center of expertise for TB control that promotes effective, efficient, innovative and sustainable tuberculosis control strategies in a national and international context.
Background
The Eliminate Tuberculosis from Ethiopia (ETBE) is a five-year USAID-funded project awarded to Management Sciences for Health (MSH) and its core partner KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation. The goal of the project is to reduce TB incidence and mortality to achieve End TB strategy milestones and targets by increasing the quality, access, utilization, and sustainability of TB services in Ethiopia. The project will support the Government of Ethiopia to target case detection based on prevalence; introduce highly sensitive and specific diagnostic and screening tools; and boost prevention and treatment for latent TB infection. Accordingly, through ETBE the implementing partners will find and treat 484,540 new TB patients and 14,357 MDR-TB patients and achieve treatment success rates (TSRs) of at least 95% for drug-sensitive (DS)-TB and 85% for drug-resistant (DR)-TB and an LTBI treatment target of 450,000.
ETBE will aim to increase treatment coverage from 69% to more than 90% for drug-susceptible TB and from 46% to more than 70% for drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) cases; maintain the treatment success rate (TSR) above 95% and achieve a cure rate above 90% for DS-TB; and increase the TSR for DR-TB patients to > 85% using the new, all-oral second-line treatment regimens.
Purpose of the position
The regional PMDT (MDR-TB) Advisor is the senior clinical expert who will provide technical support to the Regional Health Bureau (RHB), zonal health departments, and MDR-TB Treatment Centers. S/he will also represent ETBE in regional MDR TB technical working group and clinical review committee meetings. S/he will conduct supportive supervision and provides Continuing Medical Education (CME) for health workers from health institutions supported by the ETBE project. S/he will also participate in preparation of work plans, supportive supervisions, monitoring and evaluation of the project in the respective region.
Organizational position:
The regional PMDT (MDR-TB) Advisor reports to the regional manager technically and hierarchically to the Technical Director / Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP). The regional PMDT (MDR-TB) Advisor is part of the regional team.
Duties and responsibilities
The regional PMDT (MDR-TB) Advisor will:
Who are we looking for
Education
Knowledge/Experiences
Behavioral competencies and skills
What does KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation offer?
The salary is dependent upon education and relevant working experience;
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