CAREER: NIGERIA - A HEALTH AND NUTRITION PROJECT MANAGER IN MONGUNO

• POSITION: Nigeria- A Health and Nutrition Project Manager in Monguno
• LOCATION (CITY / REGION): Monguno
• TYPE OF COLLABORATION: salaried
• TYPE OF CONTRACT: CSD
• DATE OF TAKING A JOB: As soon as possible
• LENGTH OF THE POSITION:6 months minimum

JOB SUMMARY

RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the direct management of Monguno Base Field Coordinator and with the technical support and supervision from the medical coordination team based in Maiduguri, the Health & Nutrition Project Manager role is to ensure an effective, timely and qualitative implementation of activities under his responsibility while abiding by PUI and donor requirements.

The Health & Nutrition Project Manager supervises the implementation of PUI health and nutrition intervention in Kukawa LGA while based in Monguno.

The intervention comprises the following main activities :

• Management of one Primary Health Care Center (PHC) in Kukawa Ward including comprehensive services of primary health care and an OTP

• Management of one Primary Health Care Center (PHC) in Cross Kauwa Ward including comprehensive services of primary health care, an OTP and a nutrition stabilization center (for complicated SAM cases)

• Management of one mobile health clinic based in Cross Kauwa Ward and covering populations unable to reach the PHC including primary health care services and OTP

• Management of the pharmacies of the facilities including on buffer pharmacy in Monguno linked to PUI central pharmacy based in Maiduguri

• Management of referral to secondary health facilities in Monguno

• Management of a Community Outreach Workers’ network (60 individuals receiving monthly incentives from PUI) engaged in health, nutrition, hygiene and protection oriented awareness raising and in multi-sector needs identification and internal / external referral

• The 2 health facilities are managed in direct collaboration with the Nigerian Ministry of Health (MoH) with some MoH staff present in the facility and receiving incentives from PUI.

MAIN ACTIVITIES

• Programs: He/She ensures proper implementation and monitoring of health & nutrition activities falling under his/her responsibility, while observing PUI’s health policy.

• Human Resources: He/She supervises the teams running the 2 PHCs and 1 MHC and the Community Outreach Network.

• Logistics and Administration: He/She ensures compliance of activities falling under his/her responsibility with logistical and administrative procedures.

• Representation: He/She represents the association before partners, authorities and local actors involved in the implementation of health and nutrition programs in Kukawa and Monguno LGAs.

• Safety: He/She contributes to efforts aimed at ensuring compliance with safety rules at the site, and transmits all information relating to safety concerns to his/her immediate supervisor.

• Strategy: He/She contributes to the development of new interventions on the basis of identified needs.

REQUIRED PROFILE

• Registered Nurse
• Residency in Medicine

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2 -year experience in similar positions

APTITUDES 
TRANSVERSALES

• Good writing skills
• Very Strong Knowledge of Project Management

LANGUAGES

• French required
• English desirable

CONDITIONS
REMUNERATION
EMPLOYED with a Fixed-Term Contract

Monthly gross income: from 1 815 up to 2 145 Euros depending on the experience in International Solidarity + 50 Euros per semester seniority with PUI.

SUPPORTED

• Cost covered: Round-trip transportation to and from home / mission, visas, vaccines…

• Insurance including medical coverage and complementary healthcare, 24/24 assistance and repatriation

• Housing in collective accommodation

• Daily living Expenses (« Per diem »)

HOLIDAYS

• Break Policy: 5 working days at 3 and 9 months + break allowance

• Paid Leaves Policy: 5 weeks of paid leaves per year + return ticket every 6 months

APPLY ON THE ORGANIZATIONS WEBSITE HERE

Career: Nurse At ALIMA

The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) is an independent humanitarian medical NGO that was created in 2009 by professionals of humanitarian medicine. ALIMA’s mission is to provide medical care in emergency situations or medical catastrophes;

Nurse

The Alliance for International Medical Action is recruiting for its project in Askira-Uba

Main Purpose

• Provide nursing care, treatment and follow-up of patients according to ALIMA protocols, universal hygienic standards and other procedures, in order to ensure a good delivery of care.

Job Description

• Implement and follow at all times the universal hygiene standards, security rules and other protocols and procedures regarding nursing and children nutrition matters.
• Ensure proper functioning of the Therapeutic Program. This includes:
• Daily collect the number of new admissions and exits and to check the attendance
• Calculate the quantity of food needed for the day based on the number of children registered
• Ensure triage of patients in waiting areas, detecting the priority acute cases, carrying out first aid care when necessary and referring them to the doctor if necessary.
• Carry-out all patient’s related tasks for the admission, weighing and measuring the children, identifying the degree and types of malnutrition, administration (patient card, register,..) etc.
• Ensure that medical and nutritional care is properly delivered to the patients and to daily follow the evolution of the patients.
• Carry-out consultations to children and their parents, undertaking a complete clinical examination of children, looking for associated pathologies, drawing up nutritional surveillance forms and milk cards, providing required vaccination, etc.
• Carry-out surveillance and follow-up of patients’ medical and nutritional evolution, identifying possible emergency situations arising and keeping doctors informed if necessary.
• Provide advice and inform children’s families about everything concerning the hospitalization, participate in the health education of the mothers and/or treatment process.
• Control all pharmacy, food, and medical equipment (carrying out inventories, checking its quality and its functioning, storage conditions, doing follow-up of expired drugs, etc.).
• Carry-out and supervise administrative procedures and documents (fill in patients files, forms, statistics, etc.), ensure an appropriate written/oral handover, and report any problematic situations and cases arising.

Requirements

• Education: Nursing diploma with nutritional training essential.
• Experience: Previous experience required. Experience with NGO desirable.
• Languages: English language essential. Local language desirable.
• Knowledge: Desirable computer literacy (word, excel)
• Skills:  Results, teamwork, commitment, flexibility, service
• Working conditions: Contract

Method of Application

• Submit your CV, qualifications and a cover letter with contact details to ALIMA’ Office in Askira-Uba (Uba, Borno State).
• Applications can be submitted in person or by email to: recruitment@nigeria.alima.ngo
• Please make sure to submit your application on or before this date. (September 11, 2018)

Important remarks
Only successful applicants will be called for interview.
No monetary transactions, neither demands of favours in kind, nor other types of favouritism will be tolerated in the recruitment process.

HEALTH NEWS: Eat an Avocado and get $300

Get Paid $300 For Eating Avocados!

How does it work? 

Well, you will have to eat either one avocado everyday for 6 months or two avocados a month for 6 months and... Gbam... $300!

Cool cash right?

This is no joke or scam! It is actually an ongoing study to prove that avocado is the key to loosing weight!

A doctor from the University of Loma Linda in California believes that avocados could be the key to weight loss and he is willing to pay volunteers $300 to eat an avocado a day in order to prove it. Meanwhile, some experts are of the opinion that his hypothesis may be feasible.

The Researcher:
Dr. Joan Sabaté MD, DrPH, is a Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Loma Linda University School of Public Health where he directs the Center for Nutrition, Lifestyle and Disease Prevention. Originally from Spain, Dr. Sabaté is a board certified physician in Internal Medicine who moved to the U.S.A. to further train in Public Health Nutrition. He obtained a doctorate in Nutrition and a Fellowship in Nutritional Epidemiology.

Avocados are versatile, trendy and delicious, but could they also be the key to weight loss?

For the study, 250 volunteers divided into two groups will eat either an avocado a day for 6 months or no more than two avocados a month for the same time period. 

At the end of the study, Sabaté will see which group had significant weight changes.

$300 will be given to members of each group after successfully completing the study. 

Those in the group that were restricted to only two avocados a month will be given 24 free avocados to make up for their deprivation.

1000 volunteers are involved in the research as three other US universities will be conducting similar experiments.

As expected, over 20,000 people applied for the job!

Bad news though 😞...

Submission is now closed!

More so, eligible individuals had to be local to California’s Inland Empire, 25 years of age and have a waistline of at least 40 inches for males or at least 35 inches for females. A deep love of eating avocados was, obviously, a must.

Sabaté suspects that the group that eats daily avocados will reign victorious in the weight loss challenge 🙌😄😛!

This study is funded by “Big Avocado,” aka the Hass Avocado Board, so it’s no wonder that avocados are the focus. 

We will wait for the results!!

News: Ebola in DRC

HEALTH CRISES: In case you do not know, there is an outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). 

A suspected case in Goma (the capital of North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo) has tested negative for the virus. There is one newly confirmed case, however in Mabalaka, as well as two new fatalities in probable cases in Beni.

Meanwhile,  the outbreak totals now stand at 115 cases, 85 of them confirmed, 30 probable. This is  according to an update from the DRC ministry of health. 77 people have died. One person has recovered from his or her illness.

READ: Ebola patients attended church with 50 people before dying.

Currently, 10 cases remain under investigation, but one of two suspected cases announced yesterday in Goma has been ruled out.

Goma is the capital of North Kivu province, and is near the border with Rwanda. A confirmed case there would increase the risk of the virus spreading internationally.

According to World Health Organization (WHO), 19 patients have received experimental Ebola treatments, including mAb114, ZMapp, and remdesivir.

Two of those patients have recovered and been discharged, 16 are currently receiving treatment, and 1 person has died.

This is the first outbreak in which Ebola treatments have been used.

Read the full story here

Nursing News: Top Up your Nursing Qualification

University of Derby Top Up your Nursing Qualification to a BSc in International Nursing 2015 / 2016 Session 

The University of Derby invites interested candidates to a one year Top Up Nursing Course which starts in September 2015. 

The University of Derby is ranked in the Top 50 of the Guardian Complete Guide 2015.

This is a great opportunity to study in the UK at a respected university with a fantastic nursing department.

The BSc International Nursing Top Up course is a globally recognized degree that will develop your clinical and theoretical knowledge. You will gain relevant skills that will help you further your career into international nursing practices.

Entry Requirements:

• IELTS 6.5 (Level 6 will be considered)
• Diploma level 5 equivalent qualification
• To be a nurse in your home country of origin equivalent to RN status with the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• For overseas qualified nurses without a Diploma you can take a level 5 access module at Derby Online Learning. 
• On successful completion you can then apply for the BSc International Nursing.

Course Specifications:

• 1 year Top Up Course
• Starts September 2015
• Gain a BSc International Nursing degree
• The University of Derby welcomes over 17,000 students from 120 countries around the world. The city of Derby is centrally located within the UK and has great transport links. It is a safe and friendly city campus.

How To Apply

• Call now on: +44 (0)1332 591 698
• Call Titobi Oshinyimika our National Representative on: +234-8109601492
• Email: international@derby.ac.uk and  t.oshinyimika@derby.ac.uk

Aging with HIV

Aging isn’t easy for any of us. Our bodies aren’t quite as fast as they used to be, recovery time is longer and we have a few more aches than when we were younger.

So is it actually harder for people living with HIV to age well? 

Research shows that it is. 


Specifically, they experience:

• Increased likelihood of living with more than one adverse health condition at once (multimorbidity), including hepatitis C, hypertension, cognitive dysfunction and frailty.

• Stigma both from HIV infection and from aging. Negative stereotypes of aging, including viewing older people as needy, senile and less useful than younger people, persist and can be added to the negative stereotypes and overt discrimination of HIV infection. Stigmas can lead to increased symptoms and decreased quality of life. We can all help reduce these negative stereotypes by learning the facts about HIV and aging, respecting this population, and fostering hope and empowerment among aging adults with HIV.

• Increased burden of symptoms, such as fatigue, pain and depression, perhaps worse in HIV-positive women. This negatively influences everything from daily functioning to employment to quality of life.

• Focus on HIV-related health issues at the expense of non-HIV-related health promotion and disease prevention.

There is no magic bullet for aging well, no matter your health status. Everyone needs to take their medications as prescribed, get a good night’s sleep, manage stress and see a health care provider regularly. However, there is new evidence that suggests that three promising, nonpharmacological strategies can help adults with HIV.

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Increasing the amount, intensity and frequency of physical activity. In HIV-positive adults, physical activity can improve cardiovascular health, can reduce distressing symptoms such as fatigue, and may improve cognitivefunctioning. In the general population, it reduces all types of chronic health conditions, including hypertension, diabetes and depression, but its effect on these conditions in aging adults with HIV has not yet been tested in a large clinical trial. Yet, we also know that most HIV-positive adults do not engage in regular, intense physical activity.

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Eating a nutritious, balanced diet can reduce chronic health conditions and may reduce symptom burden, but there has been less research on this since HIV became a chronic disease. What we do know is that limiting alcohol consumption is a critical part of the aging, HIV-positive person’s diet.


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Positive social interactions can improve HIV treatment adherence and aspects of quality of life and can reduce symptom burden. While researchers aren’t sure which types of interactions are the best, there is increasing evidence that regular, formal, paid employment can be beneficial. My research team also reported that volunteerism, activism and being involved in a spiritual community can also be sources of helpful social interactions.


Yet these strategies can be hard to engage in, particularly for a historically marginalized population that is dealing with aging for the first time. Several investigators, including my team, are studying new ways to help this aging population.

Over the past three years, a research team conducted a clinical trial with 109 HIV-positive adults to see if a group-based intervention improved exercise and healthy eating. In November, at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, they reported that behavioral intervention reduced carbohydrate intake, specifically the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. However,  failed to improve physical activity in aging adults with HIV. Recently, others have reported that their interventions also did not increase physical activity, and suggest that a new, personalized approach to initiating and maintaining physical activity in this population is needed.

Breakthroughs in this area can lead to new treatment strategies to help not only HIV-positive adults age well, but also others who are living with complex chronic conditions.

So while we focus on curing HIV, we must also recognize that a cure is likely several decades away. In the meantime, millions of people struggle to age well with HIV. Our HIV-positive brothers and sisters have shown incredible resiliency over the past 36 years. Together, we undoubtedly will find innovative and personalized strategies to overcome these struggles.

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article here

How To Boil Eggs

I'm not a cook but I'm just being SPONTANEOUS! 

This article just bumped into me and it hit me real hard... I will love to share the pain or  better still, I will rather like to take the pain to share a revelation some of us have known for quite some time! 

This will be an eye opener to those of us who think we know how to cook! (ITSS)

IYKYK

Enjoy:

Don’t just throw cold eggs into boiling water! 

The sudden change of temperature can lead to “shocked,” or unevenly cooked, eggs or even worse—cracked, damaged eggs. Instead, heat the eggs gently using the water. This allows for a gradual, even cook that equals the perfect hard-boiled egg.

You’ll know that your egg is perfectly cooked if it has an opaque, yellow center. The yolk of an overcooked egg, on the other hand, will turn a greenish-gray color.

Stick to the formula below for a perfect boiled egg, every single time:

• Place a single layer of raw eggs in the bottom of a medium or large saucepan. 
• Fill the pan with water to about 2 inches over the eggs.
• Place the pan on high heat. 
• Bring to a boil. 
• Remove the pan from the heat. 
• Cover, and let the eggs stand for 12 minutes.
• Run the eggs under cold water or place in an ice bath to cool. 
• Peel the hard-boiled eggs, and enjoy.

Whether you want a completely cooked boiled egg or a slightly softer boiled egg, use this trusted timeline:

Soft-boiled egg (slightly runny center)

Let the eggs sit in the water after it comes to a boil for 4 to 5 minutes.

Slightly firmer yolk (custard-like texture)

Leave the eggs in the water for 6 minutes.

Firm yolk (still a bit creamy with some liquid)

Leave the eggs in the water for 10 minutes.

Completely hard-boiled egg (for deviled eggs or egg salad)

Leave the eggs in the water for 12 minutes.

How long do hard-boiled eggs last in the refrigerator? 

You can safely refrigerate the eggs in their shells for one to 1½ weeks. (Did you know that!)

Let me know what you think about this piece in the comment box below.

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