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Program Officer job Post
Location: Jobs in Uganda 2024 - 2025
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
UGX
No. of vacancies: 01
Deadline: 05 July 2024
Hiring Organization: PATH
Job Details:
PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing heath challenges.
Background of the Family Planning Program at PATH
Since 2014, PATH Uganda has been supporting the Ministry of Health in implementing the national family planning program with a focus on introducing and scaling up DMPA-SC (Sayana Press) including Self-Injection in the public health sector. Ministry of Health with support from PATH and other implementing partners has scaled up DMPA-SC including Self Injection in the public sector in the context of a full family planning method mix.
In close collaboration with the Ministry of Health, PATH is implementing the private sector project between 2023 to 2026 to strengthen the private sector market for Family Planning, paving the way for the introduction of more contraceptive methods in commercial outlets, providing clients more options for where and how to access Family Planning methods of choice. The objectives of the project include: institutionalizing the private sector data collection to capture Family Planning data from drug shops and pharmacies that are licensed, strengthen the governance systems, and support the successful delivery of high-quality Family Planning products and services in pharmacies and drug shops, develop a sustainable market for DMPA-SC in the private sector and also coordinate both the public and private stakeholders in support of a strong Total Market Approach (TMA) for Family Planning.
Position Summary
PATH Uganda is seeking to recruit a Private Sector Family Planning Program Officer to augment the project team’s efforts for technical assistance to the private (for-profit) sector in drug shops and pharmacies in the districts of Kampala, Mpigi, Wakiso, and Mukono. This will be with respect to introducing and scaling up Family Planning services including DMPA-SC and Self-Injection in drug shops and pharmacies and potentially also expanded access to contraceptive implants through the private sector. This role will include providing technical assistance in the implementation of the family planning activities in drug shops and pharmacies.
Location: Kampala
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Date Posted: 2024-06-21
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