Ebola Response Consultant, Epidemic Preparedness and Response, Global Health Programs

Description

PATH is hiring an Ebola Response Consultant, Epidemic Preparedness and Response, Global Health Programs based in DR Congo, Remote. PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing heath challenges. Duration: Intermittent assignments and field deployments of up to six weeks at a time Main responsibilities: • Depending on the consultant’s area of expertise and the requirements of each deployment, responsibilities may include one or more of the following technical areas: • Surveillance and epidemiology • Support the day-to-day technical and operational implementation of Ebola surveillance and epidemiological response activities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. • Support implementation of national, provincial, health-zone, health-facility, community, point-of-entry, and point-of-control surveillance activities. • Strengthen systems for alert detection, notification, triage, verification, investigation, classification, referral, and closure. • Support active case finding in health facilities and communities, including retrospective review of registers and investigation of unexplained illnesses or deaths. • Support indicator-based, event-based, community-based, laboratory, mortality, and point-of-entry surveillance.