The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to our mission of saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries. We work at the invitation of governments to support them and the private sector to create and sustain high-quality health systems.
CHAI was founded in 2002 in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with the goal of dramatically reducing the price of life-saving drugs and increasing access to these medicines in the countries with the highest burden of the disease. Over the following two decades, CHAI has expanded its focus. Today, along with HIV, we work in conjunction with our partners to prevent and treat infectious diseases such as COVID-19, malaria, tuberculosis, and hepatitis. Our work has also expanded into cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and other non-communicable diseases, and we work to accelerate the rollout of lifesaving vaccines, reduce maternal and child mortality, combat chronic malnutrition, and increase access to assistive technology. We are investing in horizontal approaches to strengthen health systems through programs in human resources for health, digital health, and health financing. With each new and innovative program, our strategy is grounded in maximizing sustainable impact at scale, ensuring that governments lead the solutions, that programs are designed to scale nationally, and learnings are shared globally.
At CHAI, our people are our greatest asset, and none of this work would be possible without their talent, time, dedication and passion for our mission and values. We are a highly diverse team of enthusiastic individuals across 40 countries with a broad range of skill sets and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in the countries we work in, with the majority of our staff based in program countries. Learn more about our exciting work: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org
CHAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to providing an environment of fairness, and mutual respect where all applicants have access to equal employment opportunities. CHAI values diversity and inclusion, and recognizes that our mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people with diverse experience, backgrounds, and culture.
Position Overview:
Across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), maternal, neonatal health (MNH) outcomes lag behind those in high-income countries. Among other factors, this inequity is driven by systemic weaknesses in health systems and unequal access to lifesaving products and interventions. Maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH) remains a significant public health issue in South Africa. In the past decade, many efforts and interventions have been undertaken to reduce maternal, neonatal and child mortalities. However, the outcomes are still not adequate. While interventions for addressing major drivers of maternal and newborn mortality are known, South Africa faces challenges in equitable implementation of high-quality care across its geographies, driven by wide disparities in resource availability and workforce capacity within the country.
CHAI has partnered with the University of Pretoria and aims to highlight the role of low-cost, point-of-care (POC) technology in helping to close this disparity and outline a strategy for ensuring greater access to these devices in primary healthcare (PHC) settings in South Africa. CHAI is seeking Research Assistants with relevant experience in maternal and child health programs. The incumbent will be responsible for conducting patient recruitment interviews for research studies, providing maternal and child health promotion education, accurately entering and managing data, ensuring its integrity, and supporting our research initiatives. This role will be seconded to UP to join the project team and report under UP Project Lead.
The Research Assistants will be based in Gauteng (Tshwane), and will be reporting to the Supervisor in that specific province.
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