Public Health Expert

Overview:
The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to the 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 skillsets and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in the countries we work in, with majority of our staff based in program countries.

In India, CHAI works in partnership with its India registered affiliate William J Clinton Foundation (WJCF) under the guidance of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) at the Central and States' levels on an array of high priority initiatives aimed at improving health outcomes. Currently, WJCF supports government partners across projects to expand access to quality care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, tuberculosis, COVID-19, common cancers, sexual and reproductive health, immunization, and essential medicines.

**Project Background**:
The World Health Organization estimated that 10.6 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2022 and ~1.3 million succumbed to it. India accounted for the most people suffering from the disease, with 27% of the cases and 26% of mortality. The National TB Elimination Program (NTEP), headed by the Central TB Division (CTD), MoHFW, is an expansive public health program with the ambitious goal of eliminating TB in line with the mandate of the Sustainable Development Goals.

WJCF has been supporting the CTD and state health departments of more than 15 states in the mission to eliminate TB. WJCF’s TB program has been operational since 2012, and its interventions address several program areas, including preventive therapies, case detection, access to diagnostics, engagement of the private sector, and more. It also lends technical support to Governments across a range of themes
- strategic planning, data analytics, monitoring and evaluation, patient management and delivery of services.

WJCF is constituting a multi-disciplinary group of consultants for aiding the Addition Secretary & Mission Director (National Health Mission), Joint Secretary
- TB, and Central TB Division. The team will provide requisite strategic, technical, and analytic support to the functionaries mentioned above. The objective of the work will be to provide visibility and high-quality perspectives on activities and workstreams of the National TB Elimination Program (NTEP).

**Position Summary**:
WJCF is seeking a highly motivated individual with demonstrated experience in providing technical support for the implementation, coordination, supervision, monitoring and evaluation of TB or other health national strategic and operational plans at both national and subnational level.

**Responsibilities**:

- Coordinate with Central TB Division (CTD) officers to prepare for periodic NTEP updates to AS&MD and JS.
- Institute cadence for thematic and geographic reviews with relevant stakeholders, including CTD officers, STOs, regional medical colleges and supporting organizations.
- Facilitate inter-sectoral collaboration with partner ministries, industry bodies, local government, and non-government sector.
- Prepare early and credible reports of critical program failures, such as drug and diagnostic shortages, by undertaking field visits, conducting interviews of stakeholders, and examining program data.
- Identify state-specific key health system enablers for input-based monitoring and evaluation, such as gaps in procurement of molecular testing, underutilization of inst