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• Establish and maintain the TB surveillance
  system that informs National planning and decision making
• Analyze epidemiologic data including
  trends in TB, MDR-TB and TB/HIV rates and prepare annual reports of the
  monitoring framework of the Consolidated Action Plan to Prevent and Combat
  M/XDR-TB in WHO European Region.
• Assist programme manager in designing and
  implementing the operational research activities for prevention,
  treatment, care, childhood TB, drug and supply management and health
  systems strengthening for TB and MDR-TB.
• Assist NTLP programme manager in
  developing strategic standards and guidelines for TB related operational
  research activities.
• Organize national and regional operational
  research training workshops and meetings.
• Prepare and submit regular technical
  reports and scholarly publications on the progress and implementation of
  assigned projects.
• Perform other relevant duties as required
  by TB programme manager.
• Support the Member States in monitoring
  and evaluation of national TB and M/XDR-TB control programmes.

• The applicants for the USAID Defeat TB
  Project TB Epidemiologist job opportunity must hold a Master’s degree in
  Epidemiology, Public Health or closely related public health field.
• Two years of professional experience with
  responsibility for providing difficult or complex consultation, training,
  planning, research or investigative assistance within a health
  program/field.
• Substantive research outputs and
  publication or high quality peer reviewed publications
• Proven record of epidemiological research
  and publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Demonstrated ability
  to facilitate training courses/workshops in operational research.
• Proficiency in working with standard
  statistical analyses software such as STATA, SPSS, SAS or EpiData.
• Ability to manage protocol development,
  ethics board reviews and data safety monitoring. Sound knowledge of TB and
  M/XDR-TB and TB/HIV prevention, control and care, epidemiology, surveillance
  and operational research in the WHO European Region.
• Knowledge of WHO and National TB Control
  current issues and research focal areas for health systems strengthening
  in the high-priority countries.
• Excellent oral and written communication
  skills are required to develop and maintain effective, sustainable working
  relationships with national and international working partners and to
  accomplish reporting requirements

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