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JOB PROFILE: Medical advisor for the CUTTS HepC projet South Caucasus mission - Georgia CONTEXT: MdM France has been working in Georgia since 2004 mainly on Harm Reduction projects related to HIV and HCV. In 2023 Médecins du Monde has developed the CUTTS HepC (Catalyse uptake of Under-utilised Tools & Treatment Simplification for HepC) project, funded by Unitaid (January 2023 - March 2027; $9.3M). MdM is the leader of a consortium formed with three other partners (INPUD, Burnet Institute, University of Bristol). This pilot program focuses on the prevention, screening, and treatment of hepatitis C among people who use drugs (PWUD), with a strong research and demonstration component. It aims to improve access to new or under-used prevention tools such as (low dead space syringes), to implement simplified screening protocols and integrated management models (treatment as prevention). It is being implemented in Armenia, Georgia, and Tanzania, and will be developed in coordination with the two other consortia selected by Unitaid under the same call for projects (the "Hepatitis C portfolio"). In Georgia, a number of actions have been initiated over the past year to prepare for the launch of interventions in summer 2024: development of research protocols with the country-specific investigator, identification of procurement processes, development of partnerships at operational level with a number of civil society organizations and institutional stakeholders working on the HCV national elimination program and the needle & syringe program, etc. As we approach the launch of activities, including the training of all those involved, at the beginning of 2025, the CUTTS HepC team in Georgia would like to strengthen its technical capacity by recruiting a medical advisor to support the project, in addition to the guidance provided by the country-specific investigator. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES: The Medical Advisor is supervising and facilitating the implementation of CUTTS HepC medical activities and guaranteeing their technical quality.
