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MSH, a global health nonprofit organization, uses proven approaches developed over 40 years to help leaders, health managers, and communities in developing nations build stronger health systems for greater health impact. We work to save lives by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Since its founding in 1971, MSH has worked in over ...
he Human Health (HH) AMR Advisor will be embedded in the Nigerian Center for Disease Control NCDC and in collaboration with the AMR TWG secretariat be responsible for supporting the development of HH sector AMR/AMU/AMC surveillance strategy and protocols including strategy for inclusion of private sector data, active and integrated surveillance, burden of disease data, WGS, gender and equity aspects of AMR. The Advisor will support the generation, monitoring, collation, and analysis of AMR data, dissemination into the national reporting systems and its use to inform the development of policy and advocacy tools for decision makers. The Advisor will work closely with the antimicrobial coordination committee AMRCC and the AMR program manager to leverage Fleming Fund resources to enhance the national AMR reporting system. S/he will work for improvements and broad collaboration across stakeholders, organizations, agencies, and other entities working within the (One Health) OH sectors.
Responsibilities:
Provide technical support to the HH sector through the NCDC and the National AMR TWG secretariat.
Engage with relevant national authorities, institutions, organizations and stakeholders in AMR including the quadripartite ministries and agencies, to promote OH collaboration in support of the implementation of the FFCG 2 project.
Support the development of strategies, frameworks, guidelines, and manuals to support the establishment and implementation of national, subnational and facility level AMR programs.
Support AMR data monitoring system through the generation, transmission and aggregation of routine surveillance data from sentinel and active sites for analysis, dissemination and decision making including the development of national antibiogram for HH.
Support the generation of AMR/AMU data as evidence for decision making, policy development and advocacy for resource mobilization efforts on AMR.
Facilitate the operationalization of One Health coordination platforms such as the National and facility AMR Committees by supporting routine meetings and other technical matters of importance to AMR Coordination Committees (AMRCC).
The HH AMR Advisor will be expected to carry out other duties as assigned to achieve the outcomes desired by our client and needed by the people the project aims to serve.
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