Colombia
Organization
Location : Tibú, Colombia
Duration of Mission : 11 months
Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilians’ victims of marginalization and exclusion, or hit by natural disasters, wars and economic collapses, by answering their fundamental needs. Our aim is to provide emergency relief to uprooted people in order to help them recover their dignity and regain self-sufficiency.
The association leads in average 190 projects by year in the following sectors of intervention: food security, health, nutrition, construction and rehabilitation of infrastructures, water, sanitation, hygiene and economic recovery. PUI is providing assistance to around 5 million people in 20 countries – in Africa, Asia, Middle East, Eastern Europe and France.
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Starting Date / Initial Contract Details
April 2021. Full time, 24 months.
Key Activity Areas
Medical Oversight in Health and Nutrition ERT Projects
Provide guidance in the medical management of patient care, training support and capacity building for Health Managers to ensure quality response to disease outbreaks and emergency health services.
Ensure Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) activities are implemented.
Lead the team in emergency preparedness for outbreak disease and other emergency health response.
Provide guidance to Nutrition Managers to ensure quality response to malnutrition particularly considering medical management of severe acute malnutrition according to CMAM guidelines.
In collaboration with N&N Advisors, provide medical technical advice to static country programs.
Program/Project Management Job in Colombia about Health, requiring 3-4 years of experience, from Première Urgence Internationale; closing on 29 Apr 2021
ICRC healthcare activities for diabetes patients in Iran, Pakistan and Syria
Format
The theme of this year s World Diabetes Day on November 14th was Nurses make the difference , with the aim to stress the crucial role that nurses play in supporting people living with diabetes, particularly in health education. For this occasion, we have illustrated ICRC diabetes-related projects in three different contexts - Iran, Pakistan and Syria.
Below you will find interviews with Mojtaba Kazemian, Health Field Officer in Iran, Zohra Mhamdi, Health Coordinator in Pakistan, and Kinda Khamasmie, Health Field Officer in Syria. We are also very grateful to have contributions from nurses and lady health workers working in partnering organizations from these three contexts.