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Job description
Job Purpose
Through a grant from UNITAID, EGPAF will introduce and scale-up innovative point-of-care (POC) early infant diagnosis (EID) in nine African countries. This four-year project will procure and distribute more than 279 POC EID platforms and 300,000 POC EID tests worth an estimated total cost of US$ 24 million. The Project will enable the testing of up to 300,000 HIV-exposed infants, resulting in increased pediatric HIV diagnosis, earlier initiation of infants on ART, increased pediatric ARV coverage, and improved survival of HIV-positive infants.
Job Purpose
The County Coordinator will support the implementation of the UNITAID/EGPAF POC EID project in Kenya, with the long term aim of providing quality integrated HIV prevention, counselling, testing, care and treatment services within the Ministry of Health, Private, and Faith Based Sector health facilities.
Job Summary
Under the guidance of the Country Implementation Manager, the County Coordinator will work to ensure success of the Project’s agenda of strategically incorporating POC testing into national EID networks through continuous quality improvement, data quality assessments, technical assistance and capacity building to EGPAF Project’s technical staff and health care workers at the national, county and facility level in support of implementation activities. S/he will provide support to training, supervision, mentoring, coordination, supply chain management, laboratory, quality assurance, M&E and data management components within the Project and at the county and facility level.
Key Responsibilities
The County Coordinator will be responsible for the following;
Qualifications
SKILLS AND COMPETENCE:
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
CLOSING DATE – 03 AUGUST 2018
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