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Company | JSI Research ... |
Industry | NGO/IGO/INGO |
Category | Public Health |
Location | Accra |
Job Status | Full-time |
Salary | GHS |
Education | Bachelor̵... |
Experience | 5 years |
Job Expires | Oct 06, 2022 |
Contact | ... |
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Company Profile JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI), a leader in global health, is a nonprofit public health management consulting and research organizations dedicated to improving the health of individuals and communities throughout the world. (JSI) is implementing the recently extended USAID-funded Strengthening the Care Continuum Project in Ghana. Job Description JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) is a public health management consulting and research organization dedicated to improving the health of individuals and communities throughout the world over the last forty years. Country Health Information Systems and Use (CHISU) is currently seeking an exceptional Health Informatics Specialist with a strong IT background for an upcoming portfolio supporting implementation of the Surveillance Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System (SORMAS) in Ghana. CHISU is a 5-year program designed to enhance host country capacity to produce high-quality health information, to optimally manage this information, and to institutionalize evidence-based decision-making. The program works with USAID- supported host country health managers, health workers, and other stakeholders to strengthen enabling environment for health information management and strategic planning to: improve harmonization of fragmented information systems, reduce duplication of data collection, and improve monitoring and tracking of the country’s own health trends and priorities. In Ghana, CHISU will engage in activities at the central and sub-national levels that contribute to COVID-19 surveillance systems alignment, complementing current work supported by other donors in the space (GIZ, Global Fund). These activities will also contribute to the strengthening of the overall integrated disease surveillance and response. CHISU’s activities will include technical assistance and assessments and support the implementation of and sustainability planning for SORMAS and support interoperability between Ghana’s current disease surveillance systems. The Health Informatics Specialist will lead in-country SORMAS-related technical activities undertaken by the program and ensure full implementation of approved activities with oversight from the Resident Advisor. He/she will also be responsible for leading SORMAS, DHIMS2 and other IT deployment activities, including conducting IT and HR infrastructure assessments to enable transition of SORMAS to GHS ownership and supporting the development of SORMAS implementation milestones and a transition plan. The Health Informatics Specialist (HI specialist) must demonstrate
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