Chargé de la surveillance épidémique et de la gestion de l’information sanitaire

The position supports the Ministry of Health in the Central African Republic to strengthen epidemiological surveillance and health information management, particularly for high-risk health districts facing multiple public health emergencies including Ebola virus disease. The role involves capacity building, data collection and analysis, outbreak investigation, and coordination with partners.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen capacities of field actors on epidemiological surveillance and data management.
• Design, collect, analyze and disseminate quality epidemiological data to describe epidemic dynamics and develop/adapt control measures.
• Implement investigation systems for suspected cases and alerts and contribute to field epidemiological investigations.
• Ensure identification and follow-up of contacts.
• Ensure systematic integration of laboratory, clinical, and investigation data into the database.
• Ensure proper use of data from community death surveillance.
• Conduct community-based surveillance.
• Manage information on public health emergency response.
• Produce and disseminate internal and external situation reports, information bulletins, rapid health risk assessments, and public health situation analyses.
• Contribute to health control at points of entry.
• Liaise with technical partners and government actors involved in surveillance activities.
• Perform other tasks as defined by hierarchy as needed.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree in medicine with specialization in public health or epidemiology or equivalent degree.
• At least 1 year of relevant professional experience at national and international levels in epidemiological surveillance and health information management.
• Knowledge of the Central African Republic health system is desirable.
• Proven experience using data collection tools such as DHIS2 Tracker, Kobo/ODK for field or online data entry, tracking and management.
• Confirmed experience using data analysis and visualization software such as MS Excel, SPSS, STATA, R, ArcGIS.
• Excellent knowledge of French is desirable.
• Knowledge of English is an asset.

Skills

• Epidemiological Surveillance
• Health Information Management
• Public Health
• Outbreak Investigation
• Capacity Building
• Data Collection
• Data Analysis
• Data Visualization
• DHIS2 Tracker
• KoBo/ODK
• MS Excel
• SPSS
• STATA
• ArcGIS

Languages

French, English