30 Jun 2021
Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is seeking a Deputy Chief of Party/Technical Director for a potential five-year integrated health program supporting malaria and reproductive health/family planning activities in Angola, which contribute to improved maternal and child health outcomes. Malaria continues to be the primary health concern in Angola and is the principal cause of morbidity and mortality. As such, one of the main objectives of this program is to further reduce malaria deaths and substantially decrease malaria morbidity, particularly among children less than five years of age and pregnant women. Additionally, many Angolans, including adolescents, have sexual and reproductive behaviors that put them at risk of reproductive health (RH) problems. These behaviors pose a threat to the well-being of Angolan youth, particularly girls. A second objective of this program aims to reduce maternal and child mortality by increasing access to family planning (FP) informati
Ineffective Past, Uncertain Future: The UN Security Council’s Resolution on the Protection of Health Care: A Five-year Review of Ongoing Violence and Inaction to Stop It
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More Than 4000 Attacks Against Health Workers, Facilities, and Transports Since 2016 Underscore Need for Action to Protect Health Care in Conflict
Five years after the United Nations (UN) Security Council passed a landmark resolution committing countries to prevent attacks on health care and hold perpetrators accountable, violence against health workers and facilities rages on unabated.
A new report and interactive map published today by the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC), based on data collated by coalition member Insecurity Insight, highlights a global onslaught of violence against health workers, facilities, and transport from 2016 through 2020, including:
25 Jun 2021
Management Sciences for Health (MSH) saves lives and improves health by helping public and private organizations throughout the world to effectively manage people, medicines, money, and information. Working from more than 40 country offices and our Arlington, Virginia and Cambridge, Massachusetts US headquarters, our staff from 73 nations is highly regarded for its technical expertise, integrity, and commitment to making a lasting difference in health. We
live our mission to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.
MSH seeks a Technical Director to provide technical leadership and direction for an estimated $80 million, five-year health systems strengthening global project, referred to as the Health Systems for Tuberculosis (HS4TB) Task Order, which will work in up to 24 countries known. The HS4TB Task Order is within the scope of the USAID’s Integrated He
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5 May 2021
Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is seeking a qualified candidate to serve as a Senior Technical Advisor for Health Financing within its Global Health Systems Innovation Department. As a Senior Technical Advisor for Health Financing, s/he will provide thought leadership to MSH and its clients in the areas of revenue mobilization, pooling, purchasing, and benefit entitlement as well as in the areas of costing, health technology assessment and public financial management. The successful candidate will primarily support the USAID Health Systems for Tuberculosis (HS4TB) which is aimed at helping countries increase domestic financing, use key TB resources more efficiently, build in-country technical and managerial competence and leadership, and support policy formation and dissemination. S/he will also support other MSH-led health financing projects and be responsible for increasing worldwide knowledge and understanding of MSH’s health financing work publications in jour