Job Description
CARE International PNG is recruiting a Project Officer. In Bougainville, CARE managed the Village Assemblies Strengthening and the Bougainville
Community Governance projects (2013-17). CARE developed tools and training that have since been adopted by Bougainville’s Department of
Community Government. Now, under the Community Government Act of 2016, there is the opportunity to bring CARE’s experience to bear on the
new government structures. Importantly, Bougainville’s Community Governments are represented by a Chair and Deputy Chair, one of whom mustvbe a woman. The same female/male parity is true at ward level. While the Act ensures that local government representation is gender balanced,
CARE believes that not enough attention has been paid to the actual working relations of these women and men leaders. Most of these women are
holding political office for the first time; likewise, it is the first time for most of the men to be working with women as colleagues with equal

Burnet Overview
Burnet Institute is a leading Australian medical research and public health organisation focused on achieving  better health for vulnerable communities in Australia and internationally by accelerating the translation of research, discovery and evidence into sustainable health solutions. The Institute is headquartered in  Melbourne with programs that operate across Asia and the Pacific. The NGO operation combines research  activities with practical action through the design and implementation of public health and development
programs. The Institute has headquarters in Melbourne and several international offices, including Port  Moresby and Kokopo in PNG.
Since August 2014, Burnet has been a partner in the response to the TB epidemic in South Fly District and  Western Province. Burnet is contributing to the design and implementation of an effective response to the  epidemic and in monitoring its implementation, in partnership with the Western Provincial Health Office  (PHO), Daru General Hospital, PATH, and World Vision. This includes supporting the implementation of  patient-centred TB care at the facility and community level in Daru, and seeking to better understand the TB
epidemic and responses through monitoring, evaluation, and operational research.
Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in PNG and the Western Province TB program
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of only 14 countries classified by the WHO as having the triple high burden  of TB, MDR-TB and TB-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection. Three hotspot regions have been
identified in the country including Gulf, NCD and Western Province. In Western province the problem has  been further compounded by high levels of drug-resistant TB, with evidence of primary (person to person) transmission of resistant strains, particularly in Daru of South Fly District.
The Western Province TB program, led by the PHA, with support from partners has led to commendable  success, with an increasing recognition of Daru as a ‘center for excellence’ in the programmatic  management of DR TB with outstanding treatment outcomes for patients.
Results using the Optima TB model indicate that detection and treatment of active TB in conjunction with  detection and treatment of TB infection (TBI) offers the greatest and most rapid reduction in TB incidence and transmission. The benefit is sustained over a number of subsequent years and is consistent with the  approach WHO’s regional Green Light Committee (rGLC) have recommended for Daru. Moreover, treating  individuals with TB infection using the proposed population-based test and treatment approach provides far  greater benefit than the current phase of relying only on household contact tracing services by reducing the  infectious pool of TB and the numbers of active cases needed to treat.

The Paradise Foods has a Job Position Vacancy - Nurse 

We have a vacancy for an enthusiastic and motivated (Nurse) who will be based in (Lae) and reporting to the (OHS Coordinator).

The Role: (Job responsibilities)

• Manage Company clinic on daily basis and attend to sick employees
• Attend to emergencies as required
• Refer patients requiring further medical attention and provide feedback (reports)
• Conduct pre-employment medical checks
• Ensure adequate medications are available
• Maintain employee medical histories
• Report on the number of lost time injuries (LTI), incidents and accidents
• Compile monthly statistics for lost time injuries (LTI), incidents and accidents for to Management
• Medical support for Covid-19 workplace policy implementation
• Conduct monthly medical awareness talks on themes & schedules planned with the Safety & HR team

Introduction

WaterAid has been operating in Papua New Guinea (PNG) since 2004, working with local partners to increase access to gender sensitive, socially inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. WaterAid PNG’s geographic focus is on Central Province in the Southern Region and East Sepik Province in the Morobe Region.

WaterAid, through its health-focussed work, works to integrate WASH into health systems strengthening and health focussed programs. strives to improve the quality of health care and support stronger health security across the Pacific through improving access to safe WASH in healthcare facilities. To achieve this, WaterAid works to integrate WASH within health policies, investments and programming with a focus on health security, maternal and newborn health and the delivery of safe, quality health services to achieve universal health coverage.

Through additional support from the Australian Government’s (DFAT) Water for Women Fund, WaterAid proposes to implement a Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Health Care Facilities program to strengthen national leadership, coordination, planning, and accountability for WASH in health care facilities in line with PNG’s responsibility to the WHA 72.27 Resolution on WASH in health care facilities.

The WASH in Health Care Facilities program will run until December 2022. WaterAid requires a full-time Program Coordinator to support this program.

WaterAid’s mission is to transform the lives of the poorest and most marginalized people by improving access to WASH. Our vision is that all Papua New Guineans should have access to WASH by 2030

Everything we do is shaped by our six values:

• Integrity
• Respect
• Collaboration
• Courage
• Accountability
• Innovation

Location: National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
Industry: Community, Health
Job ID: #11607
Date Posted: 18th June 2021

Source: www.pngworkforce.com

Community Health Worker

CONTEXT
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) is a private, non-profit international humanitarian organisation, founded in 1971 and working in 70 countries around the world. MSF provides medical assistance to populations in crisis, regardless of race, religion, belief or political affiliation. In PNG, MSF is supporting the Department of Health to improve access to care for tuberculosis patients in Gulf Province and NCD Province.

The Ela Murray International School in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea has a vacancy of Nursing Officer. 

Job Requirements:
A qualified nurse, to provide first aid for minor injuries and take care of children who become unwell during the school day. Fluent English skills are a must.
TEMIS has an enrolment of 520 students and caters for students from Early Learning to Grade 8.

Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) is a private, non-profit international humanitarian organization, founded in 1971 and working in 70 countries around the world. MSF provides medical assistance to populations in crisis, regardless of race, religion, belief or political affiliation. In PNG, MSF has been working since 2007 in Lae, Tari and Bougainville. MSF is now working in support to the Department of Health to improve access to care for tuberculosis patients in Gulf Province and NCD Province.


JOB PROFILE
Objectives for MSF Intervention in NCD
In 2015, MSF-F has started to work in Gerehu Hospital.
The main objective is to reduce the morbidity, mortality and burden of TB and more specifically:

• To provide support to the facilities in their detection capacities, improving diagnosis for DS and DR-TB cases
• To provide support for better access to the treatment and TB care.
• Reinforce the patients’ follow up (DR-TB and DS-TB), especially strengthening the networking activities with referral laboratories for TB confirmatory tests and side effects blood tests (DR-TB patients especially).
• Actively support data collection and analysis for epidemiology and public health related activities.
• Improve infection control in the health facilities.
• Assist clinical team in proper collection and transport of sputum to the Gerehu TB laboratory and proper storage of samples received.
• Prepare and read sputum smear slides with a turn-around-time (TAT) of 72 hours or 24 hours in case of priority given by medical request
• Perform TB PCR using GeneXpert with a TAT of 72 hours or 24 hours in case of priority given by medical request
• Register and assist in preparing samples for blood tests, culture and DST and ensure the correct packaging and transport.
• Follow all the administrative procedures, registering the patient’s data and his/her tests’ results and keeping them confidential.
• Proper registration of patients’ data, sample collections and results in order to keep a written track of the activity and to ensure proper reporting, ensuring confidentiality at time.
• To produce laboratory analysis of adequate quality
• Participate in any other related activities as requested by the line manager