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Vision. The work of the Center for Global Health Practice and Impact (CGHPI) at Georgetown University results in a world in which all countries assure conditions for achieving health equity.
Mission. CGHPI serves countries to sustainably improve their population’s health and wellbeing and safeguard against health-related threats by advancing use of evidence through human-centered enterprise architecture for achievement of equity and social justice.
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The Cervical Cancer Prevention Program (CECAP) Advisor will provide technical assistance and support to ensure the provision, implementation and scale-up of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) services at the states that meets program, national and global standards while reporting all progress to the Senior Technical Advisor (STA).
S/he will serve in the capacity of facility cluster lead in addition to the direct provision of technical assistance and programmatic support required for promoting and ensuring proper integration of PrEP with other activities/interventions particularly those related to HIV Testing services, reproductive health, family planning, and tuberculosis while also ensuring that coordinated plans for PrEP scale-up and implementation are built and sustained across the local and central government structures, and local CBOs in collaboration with leadership at state level including SMOH, SACA, SASCP, partner IPs, CBOs and other stakeholders in the design and implementation of activities that would ensure sustainable implementation and scale-up of PrEP.
Responsibilities
Coordinate the implementation of the design, integration, execution, monitoring, and evaluation of the project’s PrEP strategy working closely with the project teams to align activities and ensure effective integration across the project with oversight from the STA
Train health workers in HPV DNA screening, VAT, thermal ablation and LEEP
Mentor laboratory technicians on CECAP related services and workflow
Liaise with other national CECAP programs and national technical working groups (TWG); represent the project as part of the TWG updating/strengthening the National Cancer Plan (2020-2024) and National Clinical Guidelines, if necessary.
Work with the National Reproductive Health Program/ Cancer component and The National Program for HIV to adopt and implement the World Health Organization (WHO) updated recommendations and guidelines for CECAP.
Liaise with National Programs (e.g., HIV, TB), other civil society organizations and donors to support the integration of HPV testing and thermal coagulation into service delivery packages, tools, training packages, and policies, if needed.
Work closely with data analysts to monitor project progress and inform decision-making
Coordinate and generate demand for HPV screening services.
Contribute to donor reports and updates on a regular and adhoc basis
Identify, document, and discuss lessons learned, best practices, and project successes to improve service delivery.
Qualifications and Experience
MD with MPH minimum or other Advanced Degree related to health
Minimum of 5 years demonstrated experience managing and providing technical leadership to a large HIV prevention portfolio
Demonstrated experience training clinical or community-based healthcare workers on HIV prevention
Excellent grasp of clinical issues and current literature on HIV/AIDS, family planning, TB, cervical cancer for WLHIV and STIs
Demonstrated experience providing capacity building assistance at individual and organizational levels
Familiarity with MOH and USAID’s and PEPFAR’s administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems.