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Strategic Programme Planning and Development

• Participate in strategic planning processes to drive cost-effective MMDP services and ensure RLM ELMA/ELFA objectives are achieved.
• Collaborate with the Ministry of Health and partners to develop strategies for hydrocele and lymphoedema case management.
• Provide leadership to ensure MMDP maps are maintained for tracking patient counselling, treatment, and surgeries.
• Oversee Facility Assessments: Hydrocele Facility Assessment (HFAT) and Lymphedema Facility Assessment (LFAT).
• Support patient estimation and uptake using WHO-recommended approaches.
• Coordinate planning, budgeting, progress tracking, and reporting for RLM ELMA/ELFA MMDP activities in Uganda.

Programme Management

• Provide management, technical guidance, and resource allocation to support MMDP/DMDI activities under RLM ELMA/ELFA funding.
• Support NGO partners in maintaining effective relationships with the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders for sustainable national plans.
• Implement Social and Behaviour Change initiatives for Lymphedema and Hydrocele management.
• Oversee surgical and self-care supplies, including FASTT materials, training packages, and lymphoedema management kits.
• Support surgical delivery from case management to post-surgical reporting, supervision, and data analysis.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Lead M&E systems development for implementing partners to track programme performance.
• Support research teams to identify operational research opportunities that improve NTD elimination efficiency.

Advocacy and Strategic Alliances

• Build and maintain working relationships with national-level partners and stakeholders for advocacy and visibility.
• Ensure smooth information flow across Sightsavers’ country teams, the Ministry of Health, and other key partners.