Overview
Support the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in setting up monitoring and surveillance systems, and assist in evaluating laboratories for biological and environmental testing of chemical toxicants.
Key Responsibilities
- Support NCDC in setting up monitoring/surveillance systems including HHP with timelines and elaborately stating roles of each stakeholder and the infrastructural requirements.
- Identify and evaluate laboratories capable of conducting biological and environmental testing for chemical toxicants.
- Provide recommendations and assist in onboarding laboratories into the National Biomonitoring Programme for Chemical Toxicants.
- Assess healthcare system touchpoints for priority chemicals including lead.
- Evaluate capacity of health workers to identify and treat for priority chemicals including lead.
- Assist in reviewing preparedness and response systems to exposure to highly toxic chemicals.
- Support the MOHFW and relevant institutions in developing a national guideline for management of priority chemicals including lead.
- Provide other technical and administrative support to the NCDC, as needed.
Required Experience
- 1 year of working on environmental determinants of health such as chemical safety, climate change, air pollution especially with national and state government counterparts.
- Experience of working with research institutes/ government institutions/reputed organisations/ WHO/UN agencies/ NGOs
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in science, biotechnology or related discipline
- Post graduate degree Sciences/Environmental Sciences/ or allied fields
