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Maisha Meds is hiring!

We’re looking for an experienced Epidemiologist to lead malaria surveillance, data analysis, and outbreak response efforts, ensuring that malaria control strategies are informed by real-time epidemiological data.

About Maisha Meds

Maisha Meds is an organization dedicated to improving health care in Africa through best-in-class technology.

Founded in 2017, Maisha Meds has created the largest digital network of private pharmacies and clinics across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Nigeria through our mobile software. Our platform not only helps these providers improve business by making sales, managing inventory, and tracking patients. It also reimburses them for providing high-quality care for malaria, family planning, and HIV prevention at discounted costs.

Maisha Meds logs millions of patient visits annually and has provided hundreds of thousands of reimbursements. We harness data from our network of pharmacies and clinics to reveal health and market trends, allowing us to design better solutions that work for the people we serve. We have worked with leading academic institutions such as UC Berkeley, Emory University, and KEMRI to evaluate the effectiveness of our programs. Research shows that our system can significantly increase the uptake of long-acting contraceptives and appropriate malaria case management.

Our work is funded by various partners, including scale-up funding from Innovation Ventures and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This will help Maisha Meds greatly expand its mobile software to 7,500 total pharmacies and clinics by late 2026, delivering subsidized care to nearly a million new patients in the process.

About the role

The Epidemiologist will provide critical expertise in tracking malaria trends and designing interventions to reduce transmission rates.

All works will be seconded to the Lagos State, Ministry of Health.

This role is based in Lagos, Nigeria, and is eligible to Nigerian country nationals only.

The successful candidate will report to Maisha Meds' Senior Director of Scale Programs and work closely with other project teams to ensure project sustainability.

This is a fixed-term contract that starts in March 2025 and ends on Dec 31, 2025. Compensation commensurate with experience.

Responsibilities

• Conduct Epidemiological Studies to assess malaria incidence, prevalence, and risk factors.
• Analyze Surveillance Data to identify hotspots and emerging trends.
• Develop Public Health Strategies to strengthen malaria control measures.
• Train Healthcare Workers on disease surveillance methodologies and best practices.
• Collaborate with Public and Private Sector Stakeholders to enhance malaria tracking and reporting mechanisms.

Qualifications

• Master’s in Epidemiology or Public Health (PhD preferred).
• 5+ years of experience in infectious disease epidemiology.
• Proficient in epidemiological data analysis tools (SAS, R, Stata, or SPSS).
• Demonstrated expertise in malaria transmission patterns and surveillance frameworks.

Mindsets:

1. A team player who loves working collaboratively
2. A sense of optimism, flexibility, and adaptability to any situation
3. An ability to thrive in ambiguous situations due to your resilience and tenacity
4. A growth mindset and a deep enthusiasm for learning, feedback, and continuous improvement
5. A blend of passion, humility, patience, and a good sense of humor
6. A tendency to roll up your sleeves to move projects forward

Why You Should Join Us

• On a roll: We are doubling year-over-year with new funding partnerships that are boosting expansion in multiple countries
• Great team: We are founded, managed, and backed by successful veterans of Stanford School of Medicine, Google, mPharma, M-Kopa, BCG, and Safe Boda. We have technologists, doctors, and economists working side by side to solve difficult problems.
• Great funders: We’re supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Innovation Ventures, CIFF, WHO FIND, and Pfizer to pay for healthcare on behalf of patients, with others to be announced soon.
• Huge market: We are disrupting a massive, growing $50+ billion market for healthcare payments for low-income patients, focusing on paying for health outcomes to ensure patients get the best quality care.
• Great customers: We create financial incentives that ensure our healthcare providers deliver excellent care.

Impact: We have cultivated a fun and exciting start-up culture that empowers its talented staff to make a huge impact.