Public Health Educator

Are you looking to support community health initiatives while building your own skills and experience in public health? Come partner with health workers, teachers, women, and youth to improve health outcomes in a Guinean community. Guinea faces high maternal and infant mortality rates. In 2022, about 553 mothers died for every 100,000 babies born.

For newborns, 32 out of every 1,000 died, and for children under five, 96 out of every 1,000 died. With more than 70 percent of people in Guinea under the age of 30, opportunities abound to improve health outcomes for the next generation. Unfortunately, the country’s large youth population faces challenges such as low employment, limited educational opportunities for women and girls, and negative social pressures.

Compounding these obstacles are poorly organized health facilities, a lack of resources, and insufficient training and support for providers, especially community health workers. As a Public Health Educator, you will work with health facility staff and other community stakeholders to assess key health priorities, challenges, and facilitators.

You will work with colleagues to design and implement activities to improve community health and build sustainable healthcare systems.