mHealth seeks Program Coordinator for Community Based Ebola Response Effort in Guinea
PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
A community-based Ebola response effort is underway through a partnership with the government of Guinea, UNICEF-Guinea and the Earth Institute, Columbia University (New York, USA). Community Health Workers will be deployed in a step-wise fashion throughout the country of Guinea over the course of the next 2 years, starting in Nzérékoré and Conakry, the two regions most affected by the current Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak. The CHWs will be tasked with community outreach, sensitization, contact tracing and surveillance of EVD and will be supported by a smartphone-based mobile platform to facilitate real-time data collection and tracking of patients. This information will feed into analytical dashboards to allow all management levels to follow the local response and target the response effort accordingly. As Guinea moves beyond the EVD epidemic this cadre will focus on strengthening primary health services and continue to be supported by the real-time information system.
JOB FUNCTION:
The mHealth Program Country Coordinator will be responsible for supervising all ICT functions that will be carried out to support a community-based project to address the current Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak.
Read the full Job Description HERE. If interested, please email Anne Liu (aliu@ei.columbia.edu) and Elizabeth Zehe (ezehe@ei.columbia.edu) with your resume and cover letter.
