The International Development Division focuses on improving the lives and economic well-being of people in lower and middle-income countries. We command technical expertise in health, agriculture, climate change, food security and governance—as well as in international evaluation. Our multi-layered health portfolio includes policy, health promotion and disease prevention, health finance, and health systems management. In partnership with government clients and local experts, our high-quality programs in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East are known for impact and innovation.
Efficiencies for Clinical HIV Outcomes (ECHO) is a $209 million project to support the Government of Mozambique’s achievement of HIV/AIDS epidemic control and establishing a sustainable, government-led HIV response by 2023 in provinces where USAID is the primary clinical support partner. The objectives of the project include strengthening the essential public health services for HIV epidemic control at national, provincial, and district level to ensure long-term sustainability of the HIV response, reaching and maintaining 95% HIV treatment coverage and viral suppression in designated geographic regions, ensuring that Mozambique is utilizing the latest evidence for rapid scale up and maintenance of effective HIV interventions, and providing the Government of Mozambique with data, measured findings and recommendations necessary to make key service delivery decisions.
The Senior Capacity Development Advisor will provide technical and programmatic support broadly to the project to improve the quality of capacity development support provided to partner organizations. S/he will help ensure that the design of capacity building support interventions responds to partners’ needs and achieve ECHO results related to the strengthening of entities engaged in HIV / AIDS services delivery, covering both community and Ministry of Health (MISAU) organizational structures. The Senior Capacity Development Advisor will participate in organizational capacity assessments and analyses of present and prospective organizations, to identity areas for ECHO capacity building technical assistance. S/he will help facilitate learning processes for target provincial and health zone institutions, and contribute to systematic sharing of lessons learned with a broad range of all stakeholders in the region.
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