International Conference on Family Planning

The Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is partnering with the Makerere University, School of Public Health, along with other international and national partners, to organize the International Conference on Family Planning: Research and Best Practices in Kampala, Uganda, November, 15-18, 2009.
We invite you and your colleagues to submit abstracts. Attached to this email is a Conference Brief and the Call for Abstracts. Note that abstracts will be accepted online at the conference website, www.fpconference2009.org. You can also download a submission form and submit it by e-mail or fax.

Senior Advisor for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

The Senior Advisor for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (Senior Advisor) will provide technical assistance to the GH/HIDN/MCH Division and to USAID field Missions on programmatic approaches to increase the uptake, use, and impact of key interventions to reduce maternal and child mortality. The focus of this position will be child health, working closely with the existing child health team in the Division, the MCH Element co-Head for Child Survival, and the MCH Division Chief, and complementing the work of existing teams in maternal and newborn health, immunization, and environmental health.

Human Resources for Health

The Senior Technical Advisor for Human Resources for Health (STA/HRH) provides technical leadership and assistance to global, bilateral and foundation funded projects in multiple countries, primarily in low-resource settings. S/he is also responsible for building the organization’s technical capacity to address the human resources for health crisis.

M&E positions

MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC. (MACRO) is a professional services firm offering high-quality research, management consulting, and information technology services supporting business and government.
Macro is seeking a Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist with Malaria experience.
MACRO is seeking a Monitoring and Evaluation Resident Advisor to serve in Bamako, Mali.

Family Health International – Mozambique

Responsible for providing technical leadership and oversight to FHI’s HIV/AIDS technical team that implements the Antiretroviral Treatment (ART), Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT), Counseling and Testing for HIV (CT), palliative and home-based care (HBC) for People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and Strategic Behavior Communications (SBC) components of the HIV/AIDS Care and Support Program.

International Micronutrient Malnutrition Fellowships

CDC’s International Micronutrient Malnutrition Prevention and Control (IMMPaCt) Program is currently accepting applications for both Master’s and Doctoral level fellowships. Applications are being accepted through Friday, April 3rd, 2009.

STI Capacity Raising – India

The Director, STI Capacity Raising will lead the Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Capacity Raising grant funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) including planning, management and supervision of program, technical and finance of the grant.

M&E Contract in Malawi

The Invest in Knowledge Initiative, a social science research and education firm operating in Malawi, is looking to hire a Project Manager to lead a fieldwork team for a survey that will begin on March 23, 2009 and run through June 2009.

Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative – Evaluation Division – Two positions

The Research Associate/Senior Research Associate will be a member of CHAI’s Boston-based Evaluation Division, whose mandate is to conduct programmatic impact evaluations to support and improve HIV prevention, care and treatment programs. This position will primarily focus on supporting and improving the monitoring and evaluation of CHAI’s Global Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) program, with support as needed to other evaluation needs within CHAI.
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The Monitoring and Evaluation Director will lead the Monitoring and Evaluation Division within CHAI, whose work focuses on the collection, management and use of data to support and improve access and quality of care delivered in HIV prevention and treatment programs.

Internship in New Delhi

Project Concern International (PCI) is an international non-government, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting community health, human rights, and integrated development in 13 countries worldwide. PCI’s primary interventions areas are maternal and child health; disease prevention, with an emphasis on HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support; food aid and food security including livelihoods and agribusiness; humanitarian assistance; water and sanitation; and building the capacity of local organizations and networks….