Analyst, Nutrition Program

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.

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Overview of CHAI’s Nutrition Program and Position:

CHAI has substantial experience driving access to essential commodities and services across a range of critical areas in public health, from our early work on HIV/AIDS medications to current work that cuts across infectious diseases, non-communicable illnesses, and women’s and children’s health. CHAI’s nutrition work has focused on addressing both severe and chronic malnutrition: spearheading projects to produce and distribute fortified blended foods, distributing ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF) in a range of country contexts, and working with partner states to improve the quality and accessibility of food supplements for women and children. In Ghana, CHAI provides direct technical and operational support to the Ministry of Health and its agencies in efforts to strengthen health systems and expand access to diagnostics and treatment for infectious and non-communicable diseases. Since its inception in Ghana, CHAI has worked with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) under the incumbent of MOH to implement maternal and child health interventions.

Undernutrition continues to be a leading driver of child mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), despite the availability of proven, cost-effective interventions to address undernutrition in its various forms (wasting, stunting and underweight). To date, child wasting continues to persist as a significant public health issue with an estimated 45 million globally, and 12,724 cases specifically in Ghana. To address this, Ghana implemented the Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) program and meaningful progress has been made in reducing the wasting prevalence over the period. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and lack of sustainable funding threaten to reverse this progress.

To further probe into these threats, CHAI together with GHS recently conducted a scoping exercise to better understand the nutrition landscape, identify gaps and generate evidence to inform the development of high-impact and country-specific nutrition interventions for severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Ready-to-Use-Therapeutic Food (RUTF) has been proven to significantly increase rate of recovery for treating wasted children. Thus, CHAI is committed to supporting the government’s efforts to expand access to RUTF and CMAM services to save lives of children under-five with SAM and reduce disease burden in a sustainable manner.

CHAI is seeking to recruit an Analyst to support with the design and execution of key interventions on the RUTF program to accelerate access to RUTF for Malnourished Under-5s in Ghana. This Analyst must be a highly motivated individual with experience in research and the use data management tools including analysis of data to inform decision-making, the ability to work collaboratively with government, and have strong communication and organizational skills. They must be able to function independently and flexibly. The Analyst will report to the Senior Program Manager.

This position will be based in Tamale and will require extensive travel across the northern regions in Ghana.

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