Medical Doctor Responsible for HIV/AIDS Treatment Programme

  • Posted on 3 July 2007
  • Mozambique
  • Closing on 20 April 2006

Job Description

The project title is: “Overall strengthening of the public health system in Moma District, including care for HIV/AIDS”.

Reporting to the Project Coordinator, the successful candidate will be responsible of the HIV/AIDS component of the programme and he/she will be involved in the general care of the patients in Moma Hospital.

Key Duties:

- Implementation of HIV/AIDS programme including ART and treatment of opportunistic infections; - Coordination and supervision of the HIV PMTCT (Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission) component; - General clinical support to Moma Hospital (Internal Medicine and Paediatric Departments); - Institutional relationships with the Health Authorities on HIV-AIDS.

REQUIREMENTS:

University Degree in medicine and surgery with further specialisation in Infectious Diseases or Internal Medicine or demonstrated working experience in the field of HIV/AIDS Previous field experience in developing countries, particularly in HIV-AIDS

A discrete (or higher) knowledge of English is essential Portuguese speaking applicants will be highly advantaged Capacity to live in an African rural area Ability to build constructive working relationships with colleagues of the project and the counterpart

START DATE: ASAP

Vacancies Contact

Please email CV to Ms. Alessandra Gatta .

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