Job title: Medical coordinator
Location: Maputo, Mozambique
Starting date: August 2011 in Maputo
Duration of the mission: minimum one year
Medical department team, at coordination level:
International: 3 (1 epidemiologist, 1 laboratory technician coordinator[1], 1 deputy medco[2]).
National: 4 (1 assistant medco[3], 1 supply officer[4], 1 pharmacy storekeeper[5], 1 psychosocial coordinator[6]).
N° of person to manage/supervise un-directly:
Field Projects:
- Maputo HIV project: international: 4 MDs including a medical referent + 1 MD in coaching position every 4 months + 1 nurse + 1 midwife[7]; current field coordinator is a MD as well.
- Lichinga HIV project, Niassa province: international: 1 MD, 1 nurse; the field coordinator is a nurse as well.
Collaboration and support according to the needs:
- CARINEMO project (clinical trial, ending in March 2012): national: 1 MD co-investigator and project manager + 1 data manager
I. Description of the mission context
Country Profile and Context:
- Population: +/- 20 millions of inhabitants
- Pop growth rate: 1.7%
- GDP per capita: US$1,237
- Pop. below poverty line: 37.8%
- Life expectancy: 41.6 years
- Infant mortality: 104 per 1,000
- Access to med. services: 40-60%
- HIV prevalence: 11.5% (2009 INSIDA report)
- Literacy rate: 46%
- Doctors/people: 1 per 30,000 people (WHO minimum standard: 5 per 25,000 people)
