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Job Description Continuum of Treatment Officer – HIV and TB Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Manyara, Dodoma, Singida, Tabora and Kagera, Tanzania, United Republic of Full-time Location / Region: Tanzania Job Architecture / Organizational Level: TZA Company Description Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is on a mission to create a world where no mother, child or family is devastated by HIV and AIDS. Join us on our fight for an AIDS-free generation. Job Description Job title: Continuum of Treatment Officer – HIV and TB Primary manager: Senior HIV/TB Sustainability Manager Technical Manager: Senior Technical Advisor Continuum of Treatment Location: Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Manyara, Dodoma, Singida, Tabora and Kagera Summary The Continuum of Treatment Officer will support the implementation of strategies to ensure that clients diagnosed with HIV or TB are promptly linked to appropriate treatment and care services, retained in care, and supported to achieve optimal treatment outcomes in EGPAF supported sites. The continuum of officer will provide technical and programmatic support to health facilities and community teams to strengthen the continuum of treatment from diagnosis and [...]
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Linkage to HIV and TB Care and Treatment Strengthen facility and community mechanisms for ensuring that newly diagnosed HIV and TB clients are immediately and appropriately linked to treatment and care services.
- Monitor clients diagnosed through different service delivery points to ensure completion of the linkage pathway.
- Support facilities to establish and maintain effective linkage registers, referral mechanisms, client tracking systems, and documentation practices.
- Work with health care providers and community teams to identify clients who have not initiated treatment and facilitate timely follow-up.
- Support effective linkage of clients identified through HIV testing, PMTCT, TB, index testing, community testing, outreach, and other service delivery platforms.
- Strengthen bidirectional referral and linkage between HIV, TB, maternal and child health, adolescent, community, and other relevant services.
- Retention and Continuity of Treatment Support facilities to implement evidence-based strategies for retention in HIV and TB treatment and care.
- Monitor appointment keeping, missed appointments, treatment interruptions, and loss to follow-up.
- Ensure systematic and timely follow-up of clients who miss scheduled appointments or treatment refills.
- Support facility teams to conduct appropriate interruption-in-treatment (IIT) tracing and re-engagement activities.
QUALIFICATIONS
- To be successful, you will have: Education Bachelor’s degree in sociology or social sciences, community development, Clinical Medicine, Medicine, Health Systems Management, or another relevant health-related field.
- Experience Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in HIV, TB, or other chronic disease programs, preferably within donor-supported programs.
- Demonstrated experience in HIV/TB linkage, retention, treatment adherence, client tracking, or case management.
- Experience working with health facilities, community structures, and district/regional health management teams.
- Demonstrated experience in analyzing program data and using findings to improve service delivery.
- Experience with HIV/TB monitoring and reporting systems and electronic health information systems is highly desirable.
- Experience providing technical assistance, [...]
HOW TO APPLY
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