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Posted Jun 10Consultant, Support for Chronic Kidney Disease Management intervention in Morocco
at Path
On-site
Responsibilities
- Convene and manage CKD expert advisory group in partnership with MHSP to ensure timely development of policy and guidelines, dissemination, adoption, and scale-up.
- Ensure capacity strengthening through training, mentorship, and support of health care workers across selected facilities and PRCs.
- Lead project reporting
Requirements
- experience forging multisector partnerships and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing heath challenges.
- experience in building capacity for person-centred integrated NCD care at the PHC level, PATH, in partnership with the MHSP, will employ reinforcing strategies at system, facility, provider, community and patient levels, adapting lessons learned from other programs contextualized for Morocco.
- Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in public health, Nursing, Social Sciences, or a related field. A master’s degree is preferred. Minimum of 5 years of
- experience in public health programme implementation, preferably in non-communicable diseases. Proven
- experience working with government, health facilities, and district-level leaders. Strong network across sectors within the NCD community. Proven
- experience in coordinating community-based health interventions and screenings. Strong data management and analytical skills, with
- experience in monitoring and evaluation.
- Proficiency in English and French.
- Ability to travel frequently to the project sites within the country.
- Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently with on-time and quality deliverables.
Benefits
- PATH current employees - please log in and apply Here PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of
- Though Morocco’s health system is equipped to support HTN and diabetes care, including at the PHC level, these statistics indicate the opportunity to strengthen demand for care, opportunistic screening and linkage at the health facility level, and treatment follow-up and support.
- In alignment with the Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MHSP) priorities for scale-up of NCD care and PATH’s
Additional details
- The consultant will support implementation of a Chronic Kidney Disease Management intervention in Morocco .
- Duration: July 2026 - June 2028 Background: Morocco has one of the highest mortality rates from NCDs in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO). 80% deaths are attributed to NCDs, 38% of which are caused by cardiovascular complications.
- Age-standardised prevalence of HTN among adults aged 30-79 years is 35%, with only 43% of the 6,1million adults with HTN diagnosed, 29% treated, and 10% controlled.
- In a systematic review conducted on HTN awareness, treatment, and control in the Arab world, some of the lowest rates of awareness among individuals with HTN were reported in Morocco (22%).
- CKD management is at an early stage in Morocco and faces additional system barriers.
- CKD prevalence in Morocco is estimated at 9.6%, with gaps such as a lack of national CKD standardized guidelines and a CKD registry and limited workforce capacity to support care.
- Despite these gaps, there are several enabling factors to support HTN and CKD care in the country.
- The consultant is responsible for ensuring the successful implementation of the project in Morocco.
- The Consultant will report to the PATH Global team and will work closely with MHSP, district leadership, and other NCD local partners to ensure technical quality of the interventions and implementation.
- Consultant Activities: Stakeholder engagement: Build and maintain relationships with NCD Partners, Districts, MHSP and other related public health programs and ensure regular communication between in-country partners and PATH.