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Management Sciences for Health (MSH) saves lives and improves health by helping public and private organizations throughout the world to effectively manage people, medicines, money, and information. Working from more than 30 country offices and our Arlington, Virginia and Medford, Massachusetts US headquarters, our staff from 65 nations is highly regarded for its technical expertise, integrity, and commitment to making a lasting difference in health. We live by our mission to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

Laboratory Program InternLocation: Abuja
Experience: 0 year(s)
Course of Study: Laboratory Science

Overview



The key objective for the intern is to support the Country Office Laboratory Team in documenting Laboratory activities and profiling Laboratory innovations from field office reports. S(He) will assist the Laboratory Advisors in tracking and reporting on optimization of EID and Viral Load services, Laboratory revolving Funds and Accreditation preparedness effort of selected health facilities across the States.


Responsibilities

    Create and manage a database of EID and Viral Load optimization activities by working closely with both Country and field office Technical staff
    Help in the compilation of weekly  reports on EID and Viral load tests to USAID
    Provide support in documenting key Laboratory activities from across the States
    Profile and report on key Laboratory innovations across the States and Country Offices
    Liaise with both Country and field office teams in identifying key successes and originating draft success stories for reviews
    Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Laboratory Team

Deliverables:

    Report on Number of EID and Viral Testing conducted in the laboratory and maintain a database of activities relating thereto.
    Bi-weekly reporting of LRF activities across the facilities
    Number of success stories generated

Qualifications

    Medical Laboratory Scientist with at least one year post internship experiences including HIV testing
    S/he will have thorough knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention and good laboratory practices in Nigeria
    Registered with the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria.
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DEADLINE: 09-03-2016