INTERN WORKSITE LOCATION: based in Jakarta, with possible travel to Central Java, Maluku, and Aceh.
DATES OF INTERNSHIP: May to August 2013
LENGTH OF INTERNSHIP: 3 - 4 months
FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THE INTERNSHIP: This is an unpaid internship
Mercy Corps responsibilities
For the duration of this internship assignment the intern will receive:
ISOS emergency medical evacuation coverage
Local transport and accommodations for work-related travel
Office space and use of office equipment, such as printer, scanner etc.
Intern responsibilities
Intern will remain responsible for all costs associated with:
Visa fees
Accommodation
Living costs
Flights and Transport
Medical Insurance
All other costs associated with this internship
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Background
Early initiation of breastfeeding has benefits for newborn survival and beyond. Breastfeeding promotes child survival, health, brain and motor development. While breastfeeding has lifelong benefits for both the mother and child, the risks of not breastfeeding are particularly pronounced early in life. Early initiation of breastfeeding, and exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life, prevents neonatal and infant deaths largely by reducing the risk of infectious diseases. Lessons learned from the Aceh Tsunami and Jogjakarta earthquake in 2006 brought to light the need for awareness campaigns supporting 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding in Indonesia. Those lessons shape many breastfeeding programs in the country today.
Significance
Mercy Corps in Indonesia has been implementing programs to promote and support newborn survival through breastfeeding since 2007. One of several key healthy behavior change messages, breastfeeding has been integrated as a foundation and one of the lifesaving interventions in community-based integrated management of childhood illnesses (C-IMCI) model in at least two Mercy Corps program sites in Java and Maluku. Mercy Corps Indonesia, with two consecutive support grants from USAID Child Survival and Health Grants Program and UNICEF have further expand community-based breastfeeding promotion to cover maternal nutrition, pneumonia, diarrhea and low birth weight. Recent reports from a Mercy Corps survey and secondary surveillance from partner districts have suggested that more women have yet to be covered with systematic support and protection to exclusive breastfeeding.
Objective
To assess and describe the bottlenecks to systematic coverage for breastfeeding support, promotion and protection as part of Mercy Corps ongoing Health & Nutrition Program in Indonesia.
Specific Aims
1. Mapping of the functioning breastfeeding support, promotion, and protection activities in Jakarta, Central Java and other eligible Mercy Corps working area.
2. Assessing the coverage of the activities with the Tanahashi (1978) health service delivery framework or other relevant logical framework for coverage evaluation, including financial constraints to systematic programming.
3. Document unforeseen potential benefits that can be capitalized to improve newborn survival equity intervention from multiple context of Mercy Corps working area.
Methods
- Mapping will be done based on community mapping techniques.
- Coverage and bottlenecks will be assessed based on Tanahashi framework, observations, discussion, key informant interviews and focus group discussions.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Firsthand experience in intensified discussion for child survival and stunting reduction with Indonesia’s national stakeholder.
- Equity is a big theme in the public health globally that the candidate will interact with various development international agencies active in Indonesia.
- This posting would be well suited to field work for public health graduate study or thesis
DELIVERABLES:
- Mapping matrix
- Descriptive report of coverage analysis.
- Debrief and Exit presentation(s) to Mercy Corps Indonesia Senior Management
IDEAL CANDIDATE SHOULD POSSESS THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS:
- MPH, or MPA candidate interested in Public Health, Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF), and/or Stunting Reduction.
- Low maintenance and able to adapt well in multicultural context.
- English language proficiency
- Basic Bahasa Indonesia skill in an advantage, but not required
LIVING CONDITIONS:
The intern will be based in Jakarta with some tentative travel to Central Java, Maluku, and Aceh.
Safe and reasonably priced accommodations are available near to the Mercy Corps office. The head office is located in Jakarta – the capital and largest city in Indonesia. The population of greater Jakarta is estimated at 23 million, making it the second largest urban area in the world. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural, and political center - a metropolitan area with convenient access to transportation, meals, health services, sports centers, etc.
Mercy Corps interns and volunteers represent the agency both during and outside of work hours and are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and MC's policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all in-country venues.
Mercy Corps interns and volunteers represent the agency both during and outside of work hours and are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and MC's policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all in-country venues.
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