PATH is a global organization that works to accelerate health equity by bringing together public institutions, businesses, social enterprises, and investors to solve the world’s most pressing health challenges. With expertise in science, health, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales solutions—including vaccines, drugs, devices, diagnostics, and innovative approaches to strengthening health systems worldwide.
Global Program: Non-Communicable Diseases
Project Name: Better Hearts Better Cities
Start Date: October 2018
End Date: December 2018
Estimated number of hours per week: 40
Location(s) of internship: Dakar, Senegal
Will the intern be receiving a stipend?*: Yes
Will the intern travel? (local or international): No
Description of internship project:
Better Hearts, Better Cities is an initiative to improve Cardiovascular health in low-country urban population. Better Hearts Better Cities seeks to achieve this through a multi-sector approach addressing hypertension and its underlying risk factors in a sustainable way at scale. Three cities are implementing this multisectoral project: Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, Sao Paulo in Brazil, and Dakar in Senegal. PATH partner with key local stakeholders (MOH, Districts, IntraHealth, CRDH, Companies…) to:
- Identify Gap and barriers to accessing on essential medicines and technologies
- Develop an algorithm of Hypertension treatment based on WHO and MOH protocols
- Create Hypertension patient file, and register as well as a Dashboard to visualize data from the field
- Organize and facilitate a company’s coalition to fight hypertension by prevention and wellness workplace program.
The intern will assist the team in the management and analysis of data for BHBC program. He/she will help to develop and implement associated analysis plan.
Internship goals and learning objectives/benefit to the intern:
During this internship, the intern will develop a better understanding of data management and will gain experience in working with statistical analysis software.
Skills to be developed and/or expanded during internship:
- Skills in data analyses
- Skills in development of reports
- Skills in data visualization
Proposed activities:
- Assist with defining data management and analysis needs for the NCD project.
- Assist in developing additional analysis to better understand the Hypertension in districts where BHBC operates
- Work closely with team project and partners to analyze data generated through Better hearts better cities activities.
- Assist the NCD team to analyze data of different activities (screening, diagnostic, treatment, control, community activities, company’s activities)
- Help Developing reports on data analysis to ensure adequate dissemination of learnings
- Help to develop and implement associated analysis plans
- Assist in development of end data reports.
Learning outcomes (how the Intern’s performance will be evaluated):
- Regular meetings with internship supervisor to assess general progress towards completing related internship activities noted above
- Intern’s contributions towards and development of related data analysis plans and reports.
Required skills and experience:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in French and professional skills in English
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, in particular Excel. Knowledge of MS Access, ODK is a plus
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to work with a team
*PATH does not provide a stipend to interns who are California residents.
*All PATH internships are eligible for school credit. Please refer to your university’s process for credit eligibility.
Must have legal authorization to work in the United States.
PATH is dedicated to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.
PATH is an equal opportunity employer. Every qualified applicant will be considered for employment. PATH does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, age, national origin, marital status, disability status, political ideology, military or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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