JOB
DESCRIPTION
Technical Officer-Project Axshya, International
Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), New Delhi
1. POSITION VACANT: Technical Officer- Project Axshya, International Union
Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), New Delhi
2. BACKGROUND:
The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The
Union) is
an international scientific organization headquartered in Paris, France, since
1920. It has regional and country offices in Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe,
Latin America, North America and South-East Asia regions.
Union South East Asia (USEA), one of the
organization’s largest offices since
2009, has managedProject
Axshya, a Global
Fund Round 9 project designed to extend the reach of
India’s Revised
National TB Control Programme through advocacy,
communication and social mobilization activities in 300 districts across 21
states. Other key projects are to support tobacco control efforts in India,
Nepal and Bangladesh through the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use;
Project LIGHT, which brought fluorescent LED microscopes to 200 Medical
Colleges across India; and the Eli-Lilly supported project to expand
sustainable TB control in India. USEA also
coordinates trainings to build capacity in the management of TB and MDR-TB,
operational research, programme management and other skills.