Global Health Corps Fellowships
Network and Systems Architect
Partners In Health, Malawi
Partners In Health (PIH) is a Boston-based non-profit organization working in 9 countries around the world with a mission to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care.
The Global Health Corps Fellow will work under the supervision of Partners In Health’s Electronic Medical Records and Information Technology (EMR/IT) Manager. He or she will operate in the following three areas, serving as a mentor and partner to the locally-based IT Coordinator: network administration at health facilities, server administration for the Electronic Medical Records systems, file servers and network management servers, and the creation of new content for the Electronic Medical Record systems.
Distance Learning Officer
Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda
The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is an independent teaching, research, and clinical organization established by Accordia Global Health Foundation through a major public-private partnership in 2004, and now an academic institute within the Makerere University College of Health Sciences. IDI’s focus is on strengthening care and treatment for patients with HIV/AIDS and related infectious diseases across Africa. IDI pursues this aim by offering high quality training for health workers; research on best practices related to HIV in low resource settings; integrated management of malaria; and advanced clinical services that support the development of new models of care. Since IDI attracts students and trainees from around the world, there is an energetic cultivation of ideas that adds to the vibrancy of research and research training activities. Ugandan and international colleagues working side-by-side have turned IDI into an international leader in training, research and clinical care.