Job Description - An assessment of national HIV testing strategies, practices, and coverage in selected lower and middle-income countries

Company Description: 

MEDx eHealthCenter B.V. is a healthcare transformation agency; committed to the development, deployment, and implementation of UHC programs and projects.

We believe that UHC is to public health, what Blockchain is to the fourth industrial revolution. It is ‘the’ catalyst for the transition to a global public health 4.0 at scale. The UN SDG emphasized the need for UHC prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the pandemic has heightened the urgency for UHC and created a suitable climate to leapfrog health systems around the world through UHC-oriented programs & initiatives. 

Our aim is to strengthen the fabric and foundation of local health systems. We do this in two ways.

Firstly, by helping governments and institutions articulate their UHC ambitions into concrete plans, and find answers to questions such as ‘what to prioritize in the short-mid term?’, ‘What competencies to get around the table or where to find them?’ and ‘How to qualify risks in the UHC context and manage them?’. 

Secondly, by driving holistic and more integrated solutions to local health systems before the next waves of health crisis hit. To achieve this, we work with diverse teams of professionals and partners to bridge the cultural or communication gaps to consumers and introduce a truly international perspective to drive optimal outcomes in local health systems. 

Our Products’ portfolio includes the digital Hospital, an offline medical record card, and the AR Guide for smart medical equipment maintenance. Prior and current projects with customers have entailed the development of smart solutions to manage the penetration of healthcare services. This, to prolong the exploitation of public health assets in medical facilities in emerging countries. 

Our Scope cuts across the 7 foundational pillars of health systems, including material care (equipment, technology & infrastructure), medicinal care (pharma & labs), medical care (human capital), financial care, institutional care (policy capital), patient care and family care. We aim for smart solutions to enable sustainability and scalability to drive outcomes at scale. 

Your Challenge 

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) has identified the 95-95-95 targets for ending AIDS by 2030, whereby 95% of all people living with HIV know their status, 95% of all people with an HIV diagnosis receive antiretroviral treatment (ART), and 95% of all people on ART achieve viral suppression. The “first 95” - diagnosis of HIV and knowledge of status - is an essential gateway to the rest of the cascade of care. Knowledge of HIV status among people living with HIV (PLHIV), with subsequent referral to ART, is critical to preserving the health and lives of PLHIV and preventing onward transmission. Access to regular and quality HIV testing services for high-risk HIV-negative individuals, with onward referrals to prevention services, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), can contribute to HIV incidence reduction and ultimately to HIV epidemic control. As such, robust HIV testing and counseling services are critical to all levels of progress in HIV epidemics.

To achieve the “first 95” target, countries must design and implement a people-centered testing program that provides a mix of service delivery options to ensure that populations with different testing needs can get tested as early and as regularly as necessary. However, to ensure the most efficient use of resources, HIV testing services (HTS) need to be carefully targeted to ensure that they reach the largest number of undiagnosed PLHIV and those with the highest HIV risks, often referred to as key and vulnerable populations(KVP). 

Send us a motivation letter explaining how you will 

1. Ascertain the extent to which national policies on HIV testing align with WHO guidance, and what gaps exist in terms of implementation of national HIV policies in practice

2. Determine the extent to which selected countries have identified and implemented an optimal mix of HIV testing services in order to address gaps inreaching the1st 95 and ensuring adequate testing coverage among high risk groups;

3. Determine how effectively HIV testing leads to linkage to onward services among population sub-groups and across different testing modalities:

We are looking for 

The Review Team Lead (RTL) will be responsible for all aspects of implementation and for the deliverables of the project for 6 months. The RTL should have an excellent understanding of the WHO recommendations on HIV testing and best practices in HIV testing as well as having demonstrated strong data analysis skills and project management skills. The RTL will ensure that the overall process stays on time and deliverables are completed to specified standards. 

Qualifications of the Review Team Leader:

• At minimum, a master’s degree in public health/epidemiology;

• 7 or more years of experience in international public health work;

• Experience working in a variety of LMIC settings ;

• Experience working in HIV testing and extensive knowledge of WHO recommendationson HIV testing;

• Anglophone (and preferably also francophone);

• Extensive track record of undertaking similar assignments;

• Excellent quantitative and qualitative data analysis skills

• Excellent writing and presentation skills, including the ability to produce high qualitydocuments/reports in English;

• Excellent verbal communications skills required;

Contact

If you are interested in this challenging opportunity and you recognize yourself in the above profile, we invite you to apply online adding both CV and motivation letter in the form of how you will deal with the challenge. In case of questions you can contact info@medx.care 

NotesThe expected publication end date of this vacancy is January 20th, 2022.

Job

HIV Testing Strategic Evaluator 

Primary Location

Egypt

Other Locations

Multiple

Organization

MEDx eHealthCenter B.V., Veldhoven 

Schedule

Full-time 

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