-Maintain a surveillance system to monitor epidemiological trends of relevant outbreak-prone diseases

-Guide activities of medical staff for surveillance and/or active case finding, including ensuring understanding of the need for consistent case definitions and data recording (briefing of all new staff)

-Manage data systems and ensure accurate, high quality databases

-Prepare regular written reports on progress and findings for medical coordinator/HQ and when appropriate to external collaborators/networks (MoH, other NGOs)

§  Implement initial Assessment (for emergency situation), rapid health assessment and (baseline or follow-up) surveys:

– Where standard protocols are not available or appropriate, develop a protocol seeking extensive feedback and pilot testing of tools to ensure the objectives will be met robustly with support of HQ epidemiologist

–    Prepare / adapt routine documentation (survey forms, training materials, letters of request/notification, locally appropriate consent forms etc.) with support of HQ epidemiologist

–    Prepare an appropriate sampling frame and sample selection guidelines with support of HQ epidemiologist

–    Hire, train and supervise survey staff, including ensuring staff exhibit required skills after training and pilot test

–    Manage data systems and ensure accurate, high quality databases

–    Analyze results and report on findings

§  Implement/maintain relevant epidemiological surveillance systems/monitoring

§  Provide training sessions to medical teams on relevant aspects of epidemiology to enhance team response capacity

•       Coordinate and lead the Tea-team to investigate and analyse potential cases and clusters of diseases, population movement and changes in population needs.

•       Together, with the project team, design and implement appropriate control or response interventions.

•       Map population movements to adapt the health services according to the location of pastoralist communities through the Tea Team

•       Engage with local public health actors and stakeholders working on emergency response to understand better their capacity and activities.

•       During emergencies or assessments ensures delivery of health promotion related messages through the T-team and CHWs according to the targeted communities’ priorities and identified health needs.

•       Together with the Health Promotion and Community Engagement focal person, train and coach the T- team and CHW in surveillance and emergency related health promotion.

•       Contribute to emergency preparedness and support the ongoing development of the Rapid Response Team (RRT)

•       Analyse the Tea-team surveillance data and communicate findings to the MTL on a weekly and monthly basis, using mapping/GIS technologies as appropriate.

•       Support MTL in frequent and systematic analysis of surveillance data from mobile clinics

•       Participate in exploratory assessments to identify new Mobile clinic sites and share findings with the MTL.

•       Routine visits to other locations such as Yucub, Danod, Galadi and Bokh among others.

•       Maintain the data collection system and support the project data encoder with on job training.

•       Responsible for monthly Surveillance bulletin and contributes with inputs for the project Monthly Medical Report (MMR).

•       Support the HR associated processes (strategy, recruitment, training, evaluation, development and internal communication) of the T-team including CHWs in various locations.

•       If needed develop vaccination coverage surveys following vaccination catch-ups and campaigns.

•       Participate and contribute to strategic discussions to develop the MSF project plan.