Clinton Health Access Initiative ,Coordinator, Private Sector Markets Jobs in Uganda

Overview
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is a global health organization
committed to strengthening integrated health systems in the developing world
and expanding access to care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria and other
diseases. CHAI’s solution-oriented approach focuses on improving market
dynamics for medicines and diagnostics; lowering prices for treatment;
accelerating access to life-saving technologies; and helping governments build
the capacity required for high-quality care and treatment programs.

Since
its establishment in 2002 by President William J. Clinton, CHAI has worked on
the demand and supply sides of the market

to help more than 2 million HIV+
people access the medicines needed for treatment—representing nearly half of
all people and 2 out of 3 children on HIV/AIDS treatment in developing
countries. Building on this model, CHAI has expanded its scope to include
efforts to strengthen healthcare delivery systems and to combat malaria and
childhood illnesses.

Background:
In 2007, CHAI signed an MOU with the government of Uganda to provide technical
assistance to the Ministry of Health and strengthen health systems. Since then,
CHAI has worked hand-in-hand with the Ministry of Health to increase access to
lifesaving pediatric HIV treatment by >400%; coordinate with private sector
suppliers to lower costs and expand access to malaria drugs; pilot a
point-of-care diagnostic technology, leading to scale up to >250 health
facilities nationwide; introduce a new severe malaria drug which will save
thousands of lives annually; and many other initiatives. Currently, CHAI Uganda
works with the Ministry of Health around HIV, malaria, childhood illnesses,
laboratory systems and drug logistics.

Position
Description:
In Uganda, the majority of caretakers seek treatment for children’s diarrhea,
malaria and pneumonia in the private sector, largely from small, rural drug
shops. These drug shops often have poor availability of essential medicines,
high prices, and low treatment standards. CHAI’s Private Sector Program was
established to address these barriers in the diarrhea treatment space, and has
since demonstrated a range of accomplishments, such as increasing the
availability of ORS/zinc in rural drug shops by >25%. The team’s scope of
work has since expanded to include private sector access to malaria and
pneumonia diagnostics and commodities.

The
Private Sector Markets Coordinator will fulfill five critical functions; which
include:
(1) Driving new market shaping interventions that range from facilitating
negotiations between manufacturers and importers to bring low cost diagnostics
and treatments into the country and launching new product innovations;
(2) Managing CHAI’s relationship with the National Drug Authority (NDA) of
Uganda by supporting the registration of new products to increase patient
access and developing and monitoring policy initiatives such as recommended
retail prices for essential medicines.
(3) Providing technical assistance to the MOH’s National Malaria Control
Programme (NMCP) on matters related to private sector engagement for
malaria-related commodities.
(4) Leading the office’s strategy for engaging private, not-for-profit (PNFP)
providers, developing interventions to improve dispensing behavior for key
commodities and working with suppliers to increase availability of these
products.
(5) Analyzing large volumes of market data, coming from such sources as
national retail audits, supplier sales, and CHAI’s own Monitoring and
Evaluation division.

Take
ownership of a variety of short and long term strategic initiatives to
improve the availability and affordability of optimal products for
diagnosing and treating the main childhood illnesses in Uganda’s private
retail sector
Manage
relationships with important health sector partners ranging from
government officials to pharmaceutical sales representatives
Lead
the office-wide relationship with the NDA to achieve and expedite
programmatic deliverables, such as the registration of new products
Potentially
identify and pursue new areas of work with the NDA that will have dramatic
and leveraged impact on health outcomes
Collect
and compile market data from multiple sources, including national retail
audits, supplier sales, and NDA import records
Lead
regular, deep and sophisticated quantitative analysis of market data on
relevant diarrhea/pneumonia/malaria commodities
Coordinate
access to data with CHAI team members, and work with them to make sure
that the data can be made available effectively
A
minimum of 3 years of experience in a rigorous private or public position,
with increasing levels of responsibility and leadership (preferably in the
pharmaceutical industry or in an intensive consultative capacity);
Exceptional
communication and relationship management skills with ability to clearly
communicate complex ideas;
Proven
excellence in quantitative statistical analysis and problem solving
(including excellent Microsoft Excel and/or Access skills and experience
with STATA or equivalent;
Capacity
to synthesize monitoring data into effective presentation of results to
help guide recommendations on performance improvement; Ability to create
compelling, logical presentations and reports, using PowerPoint, Word and
other media;
Comfort
and flexibility to work independently with a diverse set of counterparts;
Relevant
personal qualities including resourcefulness, entrepreneurialism,
flexibility, independence, humility, and work ethic.