Consultant – Climate-Sensitive Disease Early Warning Systems

The consultant will connect Tanzania’s electronic disease-surveillance platform with meteorological and environmental data, design and test interoperable workflows and a prototype early-warning system, train users, and prepare a practical roadmap for national scale-up.

• Assess existing disease-surveillance, meteorological and environmental data systems
• Define interoperability architecture, data workflows and exchange requirements
• Develop and test a prototype climate-sensitive disease early-warning solution
• Consult health, meteorological and technical stakeholders through interviews and workshops
• Train national users and document operational procedures for the integrated system
• Prepare a costed roadmap for sustainable national scale-up

• Master’s degree in health informatics, information systems, public health, epidemiology, environmental health, climate science, computer science or a related field
• At least seven years of relevant professional experience
• Demonstrated experience with IDSR, DHIS2 or comparable health-information platforms
• Demonstrated experience integrating climate and health data
• Fluency in English

• National or international consultancy
• Remote assignment based in Dar es Salaam with travel to Dar es Salaam and Dodoma