Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of neutrality and impartiality. A worldwide movement MSF was founded in Paris, France in 1971. Its principles are described in the organisation's founding charter. It is a non-profit, self-governed organisation. Today, MSF is a worldwide movement of 24 associations, bound together as MSF International, based in Switzerland. Thousands of health professionals, logistical and administrative staff - most of whom are hired locally - work on programmes in some 70 countries worldwide. Humanitarian action MSF's work is based on humanitarian principles. We are committed to bringing quality medical care to people caught in crisis, regardless of race, religion or political affiliation. MSF operates independently. We conduct our own evaluations on the ground to determine people’s needs. More than 90 per cent of our overall funding comes from millions of private sources, not governments. MSF is neutral. We do not take sides in armed conflicts, we provide care on the basis of need, and we push for independent access to victims of conflict as required under international humanitarian law. Bearing witness and speaking out MSF medical teams often witness violence and neglect in the course of their work, largely in regions that receive scant international attention. At times, MSF may speak out publicly in an effort to bring a forgotten crisis to public attention, to alert the public to abuses occurring beyond the headlines, to criticise the inadequacies of the aid system, or to challenge the diversion of humanitarian aid for political interests. Quality medical care MSF rejects the idea that poor people deserve third-rate medical care and strives to provide high-quality care to patients. In 1999, when MSF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the organisation announced the money would go towards raising awareness of and fighting against neglected diseases. Through the Access Campaign, and in partnership with the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, this work has helped lower the price of HIV/AIDS treatment and stimulated research and development for medicines to treat malaria and neglected diseases like sleeping sickness and kala azar.
Main Purpose
- Prepare, provide and present health education sessions to the population/patients according MSF principles and values in order to promote health information through health measures and hygiene conditions as well as provide information about MSF activities in order to facilitate access to healthcare
Accountabilities
- Prepare material and deliver health education sessions, messages and topics addressed to different populations regarding hygiene, diseases and prevention.
- Ensure all the patients and caretakers are well informed, according to protocols, about health related issues and services provided.
- Monitor health situation and living conditions of the population by conducting nutritional screening, collecting information related to food security, checking vaccination status of children, looking actively for any defaulters in programs that require this type of research, collecting information on number of people arriving or leaving the community, births and deaths in the community, etc.
- Identify people with medical problems, contact with medical team and report for immediate transfer if needed. He/she has to inform to the line manager about any problem encountered (population, equipment, material…).
- Report to line manager of all results of screening and visits on a regular basis.
MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities
- Strengthening the link between community and MSF and its activities:
- Responsible for health education activities in the selected communities about MSF and different health topics.
- Home visit/follow up to ATFC non-respondents/defaulters and TB patients.
- Home visit/follow up to all eligible patients discharged in the ITFC
- Organize meeting/capacity building sessions with the community leaders, community key people in the target communities.
- Support the HP activities of ATFC/ITFC to ensure patients and caretakers receive good quality communication.
- Implement health education and awareness campaigns, of specific health days in both facility and communities.
- Participate in community-based surveillance during outbreaks.
- Report to line manager of any constrain and results of activities on a regular basis.
Minimum Required Skills and Qualifications
Educational Qualification:
- Essential: Literacy. An internal MSF training on health messages will be necessary.
- Desirable: Diploma in Community Health, health education or CHW training (done by MoH or NGO) will be an asset
Experience:
- Desirable: 2 years working experience in a similar position.
Languages:
- Essential: Fluent in English, Hausa and Kanuri
- Desirable: Shuwa and Ngamargu
Competences:
- Results oriented, Teamwork, Flexible, Committed, Stress Management
Method of Application
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