FlexiPersonnel Research Assistants Jobs in Kenya

FlexiPersonnel Research Assistants Jobs in Kenya



Our Client, The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is a premier research-to-policy institution, generating evidence, strengthening research and related capacity in the African research and development ecosystem, and engaging policy to inform action on health and development.

The Center is Africa-based and African-led, with its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, and a West Africa Regional Office (WARO), in Dakar, Senegal. APHRC seeks to drive change by developing strong African research leadership and promoting evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM) across sub-Saharan Africa.

The Individual Capacity Strengthening (ICS) unit in the Research Capacity Strengthening (RCS) Division seeks to engage twelve (12) Research Assistants (RAs) for the Partnership for Education of Health Professionals (PEP) project. The project aims to improve the management of cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs) in Kenya through research evidence generation and capacity strengthening.

Specific objectives of this project include: 1) To conduct a baseline assessment that identifies individual and institutional capacity gaps regarding management of CMDs in Kenya and 2) To strengthen the capacity of medical training college (MTC) faculty and clinical mentors, for clinical medicine and nursing, through a short course training on management of CMDs. The RAs will support the project’s fieldwork activities.

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