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• Job Locations CD-Kananga
  Job Title Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Specialist
  MSH is seeking an Internally Displaced People (IDP) Specialist for a short-term humanitarian response project in DRC.   Conflict in the Kasaï region of central DRC, sparked by a violent local militia uprising that began in August 2016, has caused significant population displacement and substantial disruption to the health system’s ability to deliver essential health services. In Kasaï Central province, host to 77% of the region’s 1.3 million internally displaced persons (IDPs), health service readiness was well below the national average even before the present crisis erupted. Ongoing efforts by Management Sciences for Health (MSH) and Population Services International (PSI) to strengthen the provincial and health zone-level health system to reliably and equitably deliver essential services, under the current USAID-funded IHPplus and PMI Expansion projects, have been disrupted. In the proposed program, MSH and PSI will support the health system in Kasaï Central in coordinating with humanitarian actors to meet the urgent health needs of IDPs and others directly affected by conflict, while leveraging the ongoing capacity development and service delivery support that they continue to provide through currently programmed activities. We will strengthen outreach to IDPs where they have found refuge, building on established, proven approaches to identify cases, deliver community-based health services, rehabilitate health facilities as needed, develop and strengthen community-to-facility referral systems and networks, ensure that health data collection includes conflict-affected communities and IDP locations, and reach vulnerable populations with evidence-based, gender-sensitive, and context-appropriate social and behavior change communication messages. Working with the humanitarian logistics platform, we will address urgent needs for essential medicines and commodities both in IDP locations and at health facilities. Across all activities, program activities will strengthen the resilience of the DRC health system, build local skills and capabilities, and enable effective program transition.   The program will work in 187 health areas affected by the conflict in 25 health zones in Kasaï Central where the current USAID IHPplus and PMI Expansion projects are operating. MSH and PSI will prioritize support to the 187 health areas where the 928,166 IDPs were reported per MSH’s rapid situational analysis, in collaboration with the DPS management team. Within the 187 health areas, the program will prioritize support to 85 health facilities.   This consultancy will be from October 2017- February 2018. Local candidates are preferred.

  Job ID

  13-9779

  City

  Kananga

  Country

  Congo, The Democratic Republic of the

• Job Locations US | US-VA-Arlington | US-NY | US-MA-Medford
  Job Title Women's, Children's, and Adolescents' Health (WCAH) Intern
  Healthy women, children, and adolescents are the foundation of universal health coverage. Working at every level of the health system, MSH partners with countries and communities to build integrated, people-centered health systems with everything it takes to deliver affordable, high-quality primary care for every woman and child. We strengthen skills, knowledge, policies, and practices that bring lasting change in the availability, quality, and life-saving impact of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health services in even the most vulnerable communities.   The WCAH intern will support MSH’s flagship WCAH activity in Malawi: ONSE Health. The intern will support this integrated health program by working with the home office support team in identifying innovative WCAH approaches and tailoring them to the ONSE Health context.   S/he will also support MSH’s WCAH team to document organizational capabilities in WCAH, including reviewing project documents and engaging with field teams to document results and successes.   Please note: - Internship candidates must be full- or part-time students earning university credit for their internship. - This is an unpaid internship and candidates are responsible for their own housing and transportation.   What are the student takeaways: - Hands-on exposure to global health program development and organizational expertise through literature reviews, attending meetings, and supporting implementation - Participation in professional development and educational events and trainings

  Job ID

  13-9991

  Country

  United States

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