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WHAT IS MSF?

Médecins Sans Frontières/أطباء بلا حدود  بلا أطباء (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people in 70 countries who are affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation and our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of neutrality and impartiality.

We offer basic healthcare, perform surgery, fight epidemics, rehabilitate and run hospitals and clinics, carry out vaccination campaigns, operate nutrition centers, and provide mental healthcare. Our activities include the treatment of injuries and disease, maternal care and the provision of humanitarian aid. Where necessary, we set up sanitation systems, supply safe drinking water, and distribute relief to assist survival.

A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE PROJECT

MSF will support primary health care centres in Tripoli. All centers are in the most deprived and populated areas, covering the diverse vulnerable communities where MSF will support in Mental Health and Non Communicable Diseases.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Performing data entry of all epidemiological information into select databases program and creating appropriate reports, providing data for project development purposes.

Ensuring that all data entered has been authorized and that appropriate documentation has been received (patient records, treatment monitoring, etc.). Ensuring that all data entry processes occur in a timely and efficient manner.

Ensuring all data collected and entered to databases is consistently accurate and complete. Being responsible for ensuring that quality control queries of the database are followed up, ensuring identification of data entry errors and corrections. Immediately reporting to the supervisor, any anomalies in the database

Filing documents according to MSF standards

Communicating regularly with the HCW’s, assisting in the (re)training when necessary, on proper registration of patients, proper filling of the various forms, clarifying queries, obtaining missing information and correcting errors, ensuring they have ongoing sufficient supplies of necessary hardcopy data collection forms

Assisting in the compilation and preparation of regular reports and providing detailed information to medical and laboratory teams (weekly, monthly, according to patient treatment requirements).

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

Support NCD, MH, HP, & SW related data collection and reporting system in Tripoli PHCs collaborating with MSF

• Ensure continuous assessment of PHCs’ existing data collection, encoding and reporting system with support of mission epidemiologist
• Provide regular capacity building for PHCs’ staff related to data manipulation (export, analysis, report…)
• Contribute in data collection & reporting system adapted & acceptable for PHCs and MSF with support of mission epidemiologist in collaboration with PHCs team
• Ensure the sustainability of the data system set & proper medical data collection & reporting system agreed with PHCs team
• Build a good relationship with PHCs data responsible as well as other team members
• Compile the data from collaborating health facilities and ensure its integration in the mission’s database according to MSF protocols ensuring with the mission Epidemiologist that data to be collected reflect the indicators required according to MSF guidelines for each of the medical activities supported by MSF in the correspondent health care facilities (NCD, MH,…).
• Clean the data and ensure that data collected and encoded is complete and accurate.