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Apply now at www.usajobs.gov Career Opportunities in Global Health •Angola • • • • • •Cambodia • • •Congo DRC •Cote Interested in a specific disease ? 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http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/index.htm •Namibia •Nepal •Nigeria •Pakistan •Peru •Philippines •Russia •Rwanda •Senegal • •Sudan •Sweden •Switzer- Contact: [email protected] land •Tanzania •Thailand•Trinidad •Uganda • • •Vietnam •Zambia •Zimbabwe •Angola •Bangla- desh •Barbados •Botswana •Brazil •Burkina Faso •Cambodia •Cameroon •China •Congo •DRC •Cote D’Ivoire •Denmark Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/aboutDHAP.htm •Egypt •El Salvador •Ethiopia •France •Gabon •Guatemala •Guyana •Haiti •Honduras •India • •Jordan •Kazakh- Contact: [email protected] stan •Kenya •Laos •Malawi •Mali •Mozambique •Namibia •Nepal •Nigeria •Pakistan •Peru •Philippines •Russia •Rwanda Division of Elimination: http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/ •Senegal •South Africa •Sudan •Sweden •Switzerland •Tanzania •Thailand •Trinidad •Uganda •United Contact: [email protected] Kingdom •Uzbekistan •Vietnam •Zambia •Zimbabwe •Angola •Bangladesh •Barbados •Botswana •Brazil •Burkina •Faso •Cambodia •Cameroon •China •Congo DRC •Cote D’Ivoire •Denmark •Egypt •El Salvador •Ethiopia •France •Gabon Division of Viral Hepatitis: www.cdc.gov/hepatitis •Guatemala •Guyana •Haiti •Honduras •India •Indonesia •Jordan •Kazakhstan •Kenya •Laos •Malawi •Mali •Mozambique Contact: [email protected] •Namibia •Nepal •Nigeria •Pakistan •Peru •Philippines •Russia •Rwanda •Senegal •South Africa •Sudan •Sweden •Switzer- Field Training Program: http://www.cdc.gov/cogh/descd/ land •Tanzania •Thailand •Trinidad •Uganda •United Kingdom •Uzbekistan •Vietnam •Zambia •Zimbabwe Contact: [email protected] •Angola •Bangladesh •Barbados •Botswana •Brazil •Burkina Faso •Cambodia •Cameroon •China •Congo •DRC •Cote D’Ivoire •Denmark •Egypt •El Salvador •Ethiopia •France •Gabon •Guatemala •Guyana •Haiti •Honduras •India •Indone- Global AIDS Program: http://www.cdc.gov/gap sia •Jordan •Kazakhstan •Kenya •Laos •Malawi •Mali •Mozambique •Namibia •Nepal •Nigeria •Pakistan •Peru •Philippines Contact: [email protected] •Russia •Rwanda •Senegal •South Africa •Sudan •Sweden •Switzerland •Tanzania •Thailand •Trinidad •Uganda •United Global Immunization Division: http://www.cdc.gov/nip/global Kingdom •Uzbekistan •Vietnam •Zambia •Zimbabwe •Angola •Bangladesh •Barbados •Botswana •Brazil •Burkina •Faso Contact: [email protected] •Cambodia •Cameroon •China •Congo •DRC •Cote D’Ivoire •Denmark •Egypt •El Salvador •Ethiopia •France •Gabon •Guatemala •Guyana •Haiti •Honduras •India •Indonesia •Jordan •Kazakhstan •Kenya •Laos •Malawi •Mali •Mozambique Influenza:http://www.cdc.gov/flu/ •Namibia •Nepal •Nigeria •Pakistan •Peru •Philippines •Russia •Rwanda •Senegal •South Africa •Sudan •Sweden •Switzer- Contact: [email protected] land •Tanzania •Thailand •Trinidad •Uganda •United Kingdom •Uzbekistan •Vietnam •Zambia •Zimbabwe •Angola •Bangla- International Emerging Infections Program: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/global/ieip/ desh •Barbados •Botswana •Brazil •Burkina •Faso •Cambodia •Cameroon •China •Congo •DRC •Cote D’Ivoire •Denmark Contact: [email protected] •Egypt •El Salvador •Ethiopia •France •Gabon •Guatemala •Guyana •Haiti •Honduras •India •Indonesia •Jordan •Kazakh- stan •Kenya •Laos •Malawi •Mali •Mozambique •Namibia •Nepal •Nigeria •Pakistan •Peru •Philippines •Russia •Rwanda : http://www.cdc.gov/malaria •Senegal •South Africa •Sudan •Sweden •Switzerland •Tanzania •Thailand •Trinidad •Uganda •United Contact: [email protected] Kingdom •Uzbekistan •Vietnam •Zambia •Zimbabwe •Angola •Bangladesh •Barbados •Botswana •Brazil •Burkina •Faso Additional employment opportunities abroad may be available through •Cambodia •Cameroon •China •Congo •DRC •Cote D’Ivoire •Denmark •Egypt •El Salvador •Ethiopia •France •Gabon Personal Services Contracts: http://www.cdc.gov/cogh/employment.htm •Guatemala •Guyana •Haiti •Honduras •India •Indonesia •Jordan •Kazakhstan •Kenya •Laos •Malawi •Mali •Mozambique Contact: [email protected] •Namibia •Nepal •Nigeria •Pakistan •Peru •Philippines •Russia •Rwanda •Senegal •South Africa •Sudan •Sweden •Switzer- land •Tanzania •Thailand •Trinidad •Uganda •United Kingdom •Uzbekistan •Vietnam •Zambia •Zimbabwe•Angola •Bangla- For more information on CDC career opportunities: desh •Barbados •Botswana •Brazil •Burkina Faso •Cambodia •Cameroon •China •Congo •DRC •Cote D’Ivoire •Denmark http://www.cdc.gov/employment •Egypt •El Salvador •Ethiopia •France •Gabon •Guatemala •Guyana •Haiti •Honduras •India •Indonesia •Jordan •Kazakh- For more information on overseas opportunities: stan •Kenya •Laos •Malawi •Mali •Mozambique •Namibia •Nepal •Nigeria •Pakistan •Peru •Philippines •Russia •Rwanda http://www.cdc.gov/employment/oppsoutsideus.htm •Senegal •South Africa •Sudan •Sweden •Switzerland •Tanzania •Thailand •Trinidad •Uganda •United Kingdom •Uzbekistan •Vietnam •Zambia •Zimbabwe •Angola •Bangladesh •Barbados •Botswana •Brazil •Burkina •Faso •Cambodia •Cameroon •China •Congo DRC •Cote D’Ivoire •Denmark •Egypt •El Salvador •Ethiopia •France •Gabon •Guatemala •Guyana 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The growing presence of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) overseas Medical Officer — provides advice and administers, supervises, or performs scientific work creates new opportunities and new challenges. CDC’s strategic imperative for global health in medical fields. Conducts national and international scientific investigations and provides demands that CDC and its international partners work together to improve the global services to health agencies for the control of infectious disease and other conditions. capacity to detect, control, and prevent disease. “Working overseas gives you the opportunity to gain invaluable experience across many aspects of public health CDC is committed to ensuring that people around the will live safer, healthier, and — surveillance, program, research, and policy.” Larry Slutsker, MD, MPH, CDC Malaria Branch longer lives through the achievement of its Global Health Goals: Global Health Promotion, Qualifications Global Health Protection, and Global Health Diplomacy. Global career opportunities require the ability to work independently, experience in global health programs, especially in developing countries, and the ability to adapt to new Career Opportunities in Global Health situations and changing environments. Successful candidates for these positions typically have Global health programs at CDC recruit for exciting and challenging positions at our Atlanta the following background: Headquarters and our offices around the world. We collaborate with Ministries of Health, other U.S. Government and non-governmental organizations, UN agencies and others.  Post-graduate degree (masters or doctorate) or college plus relevant specialized “In addition to the personal reward of helping to prevent diseases among vulnerable populations there are experience other benefits you can gain by working overseas…By living and working with international colleagues you have the  At least 2 years of work experience in an international setting (varies with position) opportunity to become more of a global citizen.” Hamid Jafari, MD, CDC Global Immunization Division  Desired, but not required, fluency in at least one foreign language (particularly French, CDC staff serve in a variety of positions globally. The majority of available positions in global Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, or Chinese) programs fall into the following job series:  Outstanding written and oral communication skills Epidemiologist — develops research protocols, designs and conducts studies, examines the  Excellent interpersonal skills rates of disease and disability among populations, and helps translate data into effective public  U.S. Citizenship health programs. “As an epidemiologist I’ve spent years investigating and containing outbreaks of in South and Central Candidates with less international experience should consider applying for domestic public America and was posted as a regional advisor to WHO for the .” Linda Venczel, PhD, Epidemiologist, health programs at CDC to gain general public health experience. They can then explore CDC Eradication Branch developmental opportunities to move into global positions. Public Health Advisor — provides advice and assistance on the implementation and Fellowships/Internships evaluation of global health program activities. Analyzes methods for data collection and use, formulates and implements policy, develops partnerships with national and international CDC has limited opportunities for recent graduates to gain international experience and organizations, advocates for program resources and implementation, conducts training, and exposure to global health issues: develops country-specific program plans for specific disease prevention and control.  Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) “In the field I’ve had many roles…every trip brings new opportunities, which keeps the job interesting and unpredictable.” Anne-Renee Heningburg, MPA, Public Health Advisor, CDC Global Immunization Division  Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS)  Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF) Health Scientist — performs research and other health-oriented scientific work, requiring  Prevention Effectiveness Fellowship Program (PEFP) understanding of scientific methods and techniques in the health, medical, laboratory, and allied sciences, and ability to adapt to working in new areas of health science.  Public Health Prevention Service (PHPS) “In Rwanda and Botswana, teams are reaching out to communities with innovative approaches to identify HIV infection in women in labor and delivery and prevent transmission of infection to their infants.” For more information, visit CDC’s public health training website: Mark Rayfield, PhD, Research Microbiologist, CDC Global AIDS Program http://www.cdc.gov/phtrain/index.html