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PATH collaborates with Ministries of Health in Africa and Asia to strengthen disease surveillance, including malaria and polio, through the creation or revitalization of Public Health Emergency Operations Centers.

Emphasis is placed on strengthening the functionality and coordination of PH-EOCs, increasing the availability of quality data to all relevant actors through the adoption of a basic information infrastructure and integration platform, improved efficiency and effectiveness of the management of malaria programme activities through the identification, integration and use of data via the PH-EOC, improved management of polio epidemics through the use of an integrated INSP/PHEOC information platform.

In the DRC, over the past five years, the health sector in the DRC has made substantial progress in deploying digital tools such as DHIS2 (the national health management information system [HMIS]), disease elimination platforms and health financing information systems. The increased digitalization of the health sector is leading to new data sources that are both an opportunity for real-time monitoring and a challenge for data management integration and analysis.

Considerable efforts by the DRC Ministry of Health (MOH) to develop and implement a digital health strategy have resulted in, for example

• The adoption of the National Health Informatics Development Plan and the Digital Health Investment Roadmap

-The definition of the role of ANICiis as the anchor for all investments in digital health.

-The adoption of a decree on the creation, organisation and functioning of a National Institute of Public Health (INSP), in order to support the DRC Government's vision of universal health coverage (UHC) in the DRC, etc.

These efforts form the policy basis for putting in place the fundamental pillars necessary for effective and sustainable management of disease threats, but they require careful understanding and coordination of all relevant stakeholders and other initiatives to avoid duplication of efforts and fragmentation of solutions. 

Thus, PATH-DRC aims to support the DRC Ministry of Health's efforts to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of INSP/PHEOC in prioritizing and managing multiple public health emergencies and their impact through an INSP/PHEOC intelligence platform.

To contribute to this effort, PATH-DRC will focus its support on the following:

• Malaria surveillance: through a strengthened PH-EOC, ensure increased availability and use of high-quality data to inform decision-making within the PNLP to increase the impact of malaria interventions

• Polio surveillance: strengthening the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) so that it is able to identify and respond adequately to polio outbreaks and that the polio response continues to be a priority for the MOH.

As part of its support to the Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Prevention through its growing malaria portfolio in the DRC, PATH is currently recruiting a Technical Program Manager who will be based in the PATH-DRC office in Kinshasa to support this effort of the Ministry of Health in monitoring epidemics of diseases such as malaria and poliomyelitis through the EOC.

Under the supervision of the Malaria Program Lead based in Kinshasa, the successful candidate will manage the EOC-Malaria Project to support the efforts of the Ministry of Health in carrying out the following tasks under his responsibility:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with relevant authority in DRC to maintain an effective early detection and timely, coordinated response to public health emergencies, including malaria and polio, through established Institut National de Santé Publique/Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (INSP/PHEOC) in the DRC.
• Represent the PATH-DRC program in strategic and technical coordination meetings relating to disease surveillance through the PH-EOC.
• Manage effective collaboration with key stakeholders including the Ministry of Health, including ANICiis, other specialized programs and departments such as PNLP, PEV, EPI, DSE, DGLM, etc.
• Plan and coordinate INSP/PHEOC capacity building initiatives in close partnership with the Ministry of Health and all stakeholders involved.
• Participate and provide technical inputs to meetings of the MoH thematic groups related to the epidemiological surveillance of polio and malaria in the DRC
• Supported improving the efficiency and effectiveness of INSP/PHEOC in prioritizing and managing multiple public health emergencies and their impact using an INSP/PHEOC intelligence platform.
• Support malaria program efforts through the identification, integration and use of data, including data from the private sector.
• Contribute to improving the management of poliomyelitis epidemics through the use of the integrated INSP/PHEOC intelligence platform, multiple public health emergencies and their impact using an INSP/PHEOC intelligence platform.
• Support the Ministry of Health in the effort to digitize surveillance tools to strengthen the effectiveness of the PHEOC
• Provide the necessary technical assistance to the MoH whenever necessary for the optimal implementation of INSP/PH-EOC in the DRC, both at national and provincial level according to the validated needs of the MoH.
• Monitor the activities of the EOC-Malaria project and share monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual reports with whom it may concern.
• Contribute to strengthening project sustainability strategies for the DRC MoH

Required Skills Required Experience

• Minimum of a master’s degree or equivalent in the relevant fields of public health, epidemiology, statistics, health security, tropical medicine, international health, etc.
• Mid-level professional with at least seven years of relevant experience in the implementation and management of health projects focusing on health security, disease surveillance including poliomyelitis, malaria, including at least five years in technical assistance, innovation or high-level consulting projects in favor of specialized departments or programs of the Ministry of Health, preferably the PNLP, the EPI, the DSE in the field of epidemiological surveillance and/or monitoring and evaluation. Experience in operational research on the epidemiological surveillance of malaria and/or polio would be an asset.
• Excellent knowledge of the DRC health system, the organization of the DGLM, the DSE and national disease surveillance strategies.
• In-depth knowledge of global health security, epidemiological surveillance and monitoring and evaluation, ideally in the field of malaria and polio in particular.
• Knowledge in in data management software (DHSI2, STATA, EpiInfo or Tableau Software) and the Office pack (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Proven ability to work and collaborate with staff and partners, to provide technical assistance and to participate in a relevant way in malaria control implementation activities.
• Ability to work as a team player in a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary environment, while being able to work independently without close supervision
• Strong experience in health policy management and health policy advocacy.
• Available to travel and Strong negotiation and communication skills
• Strong experience in stakeholder management
• Ability and flexibility to adapt to changing or new Project priorities.
• Ability to work under pressure, priorities and meet tight deadlines
• Ability to work in French and English required.

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