Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971.
Today, MSF provides independent, impartial assistance in more than 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. MSF provides independent, impartial assistance to those most in need. MSF also reserves the right to speak out to bring attention to neglected crises, challenge inadequacies or abuse of the aid system, and to advocate for improved medical treatments and protocols.
In 1999, MSF received the Nobel Peace Prize.
MSF program in Chiradzulu district Malawi is one the most affected countries by the HIV epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa with about 1 million people leaving with HIV. Chiradzulu district is a rural district located in the southern region of Malawi. MSF has been providing ART to the HIV infected Chiradzulu district population since 2001, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Population (MoH). By the end of May 2011, more than 50 000 people have been enrolled in the Chiradzulu program. More than 28 000 have initiated ART and 19 000 are still followed on treatment. Among the 22 000 who have not initiated ART, 9 000 are still followed. Activities are taking place at the Chiradzulu District Hospital and 10 Health Centers of the district. 82% of the patients are currently followed in the HCs. MSF program supports the following: - HIV special clinic (children, 2nd line regimen patients, Kaposi Sarcoma) - Health center medical team - TB program - Hospital inpatient department - PMTCT - Laboratory - Pharmacy - Training - Counseling and testing - IEC/ tracing and support group - Six Month Appointment program
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Please send your CV, motivation letter and document hereby fullfilled by email to : cdecoster@paris.msf.org (Ref : Epi- Malawi)
For further information about the position please contact : Elisabeth Poulet, elisabeth.poulet@epicentre.msf.org .
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