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For Volunteers
Field Volunteers in Developing Countries
ICEHA is a non profit organization of healthcare professionals who volunteer to transfer their expertise on HIV care and infectious diseases to clinics in developing countries. ICEHA’s volunteers rapidly build the clinical skills of local healthcare providers, thereby sustainably improving care delivery systems for years to come. Even when ICEHA’s volunteer teams leave, the changes made to the healthcare system remain in effect, and local healthcare providers are capable of providing quality medical care (both treatment and prevention).
Opportunities for Medical Volunteers:
ICEHA is recruiting experienced healthcare professionals willing to spend 6-12 weeks providing HIV bed-side training to local healthcare providers in developing countries.
Selection of volunteer teams:
Members of ICEHA’s volunteer teams are selected based upon the following criteria:
- depth and length of HIV/ID clinical expertise
- clinical care expertise in developing countries
- motivation
- state license and registration
- references
- physical and emotional health
Tasks of the physicians in the volunteer teams:
- Bedside training for physicians on HIV/AIDS care
- Afternoon seminars on topics related to HIV/AIDS care (according to the country-specific HIV curriculum; topics will be chosen based upon knowledge gaps as they surface during day-to-day patient management and bedside teaching sessions)
- Clinical assistance to local physicians during rounds and patient consultants
Tasks of the nurses and physician assistants in the volunteer teams:
- Overall technical assistance with the provision of comprehensive care for HIV-infected patients
- Acting as a clinical mentor to local nurses and physician assistants
- Providing HIV training for nurses with a special emphasis on HIV prevention, counseling, treatment monitoring and adherence
- Assisting with the set-up of any operational procedures as needed
Tasks of the pharmacists in the volunteer teams:
- Provision of operational expertise to the clinics emphasizing stock management and dispensing procedures
Opportunities for Non-Medical Volunteers:
Non-medical professionals (e.g. social workers, health educators) who have significant experience with people living with HIV/AIDS are also needed. Tasks of non-medical professionals in the volunteer teams include:
- Training local professionals on a variety of topics related to HIV/AIDS, including counseling, adherence, case management, improving access to services, and service integration
All volunteers are required to participate in a two day preparatory training course in the United States in order to be qualified to contribute to ICEHA’s overseas endeavors. This course prepares volunteers to apply resource-rich expertise to resource-poor settings and enables the volunteers to be effective from the very beginning once in the field. For information on the next workshop, click here.
For more information about opportunities for volunteering with ICEHA, click here
For information about ICEHA’s Volunteer Application Process, click here.
To apply to be a medical volunteer with ICEHA, click here.
To apply to be a non-medical field volunteer with ICEHA, click here.
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