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• There is continuous cost-effective,
  needs-based preventive and curative primary health care is delivered to
  persons of concern.
• UNHCR’s health programmes meet minimum
  UNHCR and international standards.

• Organize and conduct regular health
  coordination meetings with partners.
• Share and disseminate standard practices
  on public health, nutrition, reproductive health and HIV among partners.
• Ensure coordination with Ministry of
  Health for all public health programmes.
• Offer technical guidance and assistance to
  the UNHCR offices in Adjumani and Arua and to its health partners in
  development, integration and mainstreaming of appropriate and
  cost-effective public health, reproductive health and HIV prevention,
  treatment and care activities.
• Emphasise on prevention and treatment of
  diseases with highest burden and promotion of an integrated comprehensive
  primary health care approach including nutrition, reproductive health, HIV
  and mental health programmes.
• Maintain and update contingency plans for
  potential refugee and returnee movements and epidemics such as Cholera,
  Measles, Meningitis and pandemic influenza.
• Offer technical input into the programme
  planning cycle and strategic planning for health in collaboration with
  other programme colleagues and partners.
• Participate in the review and analysis of
  relevant project proposals and budgetary submissions presented by UNHCR
  Partners.
• Ensure implementation of the strategic
  plan and Standard Operating Procedures for Health.
• Participate in the review of referral
  cases to the referral committee for tertiary care in accordance with the
  terms of reference of the referral committee.
• Ensure adherence and compliance to the coordination
  of medicines and medical supplies procurement and Medical Referral
  programmes in accordance with UNHCR policies and guidelines
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation
  of public health and HTV prevention and care programmes UNHCR Health
  Information System (HIS) in order to evaluate the effectiveness of
  interventions.
• Contribute to all aspects of programme
  monitoring and evaluation with a main emphasis on checking levels of
  implementation and impact vis-a-vis resource inputs to measure
  cost-effectiveness to stipulate improvements to programme implementation
  and if needed reorient the programme as appropriate.
• Apply various mechanisms and tools to
  ensure proper monitoring including regular meetings with partners, site
  visits and missions, data analysis and interpretation of health
  information system and follow up of monthly HIS reporting.
• Ascertain that the capacity of UNHCR and
  its implementing partners to address public health, reproductive health
  and HIV programming in a co-ordinated, multisectoral way by sharing with
  local partners the relevant guidelines and information materials and
  promoting training opportunities for internal and external health staff.
• Work in liaison with the Programme
  colleagues, management and Public Health Officer and Assistant
  Reproductive Health and HIV Officer to inform on achievements and
  constraints faced in health and HIV programmes.
• Actively contribute to the weekly, monthly
  country highlights and other reports as required.
• Perform any other duties as required.

• The ideal candidate should hold a good University
  degree in Public Health and clinical background (medical doctor).
• Possession of a Post graduate training in
  Public Health, epidemiology or a medical social science field.
• Practical working experience in refugee or
  other emergency or post-emergency settings.
• Past training in nutrition, reproductive health,
  infectious diseases, tropical medicine, HIV and/or community medicine is
  an advantage.
• Past exposure and experience in working in
  refugee situations (especially urban
• setting).
• Data analysis skills.
• Comprehensive understanding and knowledge
  of the Uganda Health Care System.
• Past exposure and experience working with
  progressively higher levels of responsibility
• and management with international
  organizations, (including non-governmental organizations and UN agencies)
  in field of health and nutrition.
• Computer literacy skills i.e. Good IT
  skills and familiarity with Microsoft Office applications.

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