Logo:
Name of Organisation:
The International Centre for Equal Healthcare Access
Address:
PO Box 1139
Princeton, NJ 08542 USA
PO Box 54357
London W27FF UK
Telephone:
+1 212-243-7234 -or- +44(0)20 7096 0432
Website:
www.iceha.org
Email:
info@iceha.org
Type:
International
Countries where operating:
ICEHA currently has openings for HIV and ID Clinical Mentors for short term assignments in Cambodia, Vietnam, Lesotho, and Ethiopia. Assignments are generally 6-12 weeks long. All expenses are paid. Stipends for longer assignments. Health professionals with pediatric experience may be eligable for 4 week assignments. Additional country programs in Africa will be launching throughout the year.
Mission / Vision Statement:
The International Center for Equal Healthcare Access (ICEHA). ICEHA is a unique non profit organization of healthcare professionals who volunteer to transfer their expertise on HIV care and infectious diseases to colleagues in developing countries.
While the recent increase in antiretroviral drug supplies is a positive step in curbing the HIV epidemic, the human resources needed to administer these drugs are woefully inadequate in most developing countries. Using an innovative method of clinical mentoring, ICEHA’s programs specifically result in the rapid scale-up of skills of the local healthcare staff and strengthen the overall quality of healthcare delivered in developing countries. This enables countries to fight the HIV epidemic from within. ICEHA was incorporated in 2001; more information is available online at www.iceha.org.
Due to increasing requests for clinical mentors from the field ICEHA announces that short-term volunteer clinical mentoring positions in Vietnam, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda and Lesotho are available throughout 2006 and 2007. These field opportunities are for doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician's assistants with HIV/AIDS or general infectious diseases prevention and treatment experience. Volunteer assignments are 6-12 weeks, all expenses are paid, and stipends are available for longer placements. Health professionals with pediatric experience may be eligable for 4 week assignments.
Main areas of interest:
ICEHA's volunteers equip local caregivers with the skills needed to take care of their own patients, enabling developing countries to effectively fight epidemics from within. Although antiretroviral (anti-AIDS) medication is more widely available in the developing world, the human resources needed to administer these drugs are woefully inadequate. Our clinical mentoring program, in which ICEHA's volunteers transfer their medical expertise, was specifically designed to rapidly scale up the skills of local caregivers in developing countries.
Structure of Organisation:
More information about ICEHA's operational structure is available online.
click here for more information on ICEHA's Board of Directors
click here for more information on ICEHA's Staff and on ICEHA's founder Marie Charles, MD
Opportunities:
Due to increasing requests for clinical mentors from the field ICEHA announces that short-term volunteer clinical mentoring positions in Vietnam, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda and Lesotho are available throughout 2006 for doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician's assistants. Volunteer assignments are 6-12 weeks, all expenses are paid, and stipends are available for longer placements.
If you interested in more information about being a clinical mentor please send an email to Ms. Katie Graves-Abe at kgravesae@iceha.org.
More information is available at www.iceha.org.
Katie Graves-Abe
Email: kgravesabe@iceha.org
