Senior Childhood TB Advisor, DOS LEAP Global - Zimbabwe

Who We Are

Zemi Tek, LLC is a Woman-Owned, SBA-certified 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) based in the Washington, DC metro area. We have a strong record delivering innovative and high-quality solutions. Since 2007, Zemi Tek has provided technical assistance, project management, information technology (IT), knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation, training and learning development, and institutional support services.

Global Solutions Ventures (GSV) – a joint-venture partnership between Zemi Tek, LLC and Dexis Consulting Group – is implementing the Long-term Exceptional Technical Assistance Project (LEAP Global), a mechanism originally used by USAID to battle against infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, neglected tropical diseases, and pandemic influenza. As of July 1, 2025, LEAP Global transitioned to the U.S. Department of State (DOS).

This initiative aims to address the complex human resource challenges faced by national infectious disease programs in the USA-supported countries.

The intervention of this project is to hire and embed technical expert advisors and subject matter experts within government entities. By directly embedding the technical expertise within the national programs, LEAP provides long‑term, sustainable lifesaving support to empower host governments to lead and manage key aspects of their infectious disease portfolios and improve coordination between the U.S. Government and the host country.

Childhood and adolescent tuberculosis remain under‑diagnosed in Zimbabwe, with additional vulnerabilities among key and vulnerable populations (KVPs) including people living with HIV (PLHIV), the malnourished, migrants, urban poor populations, and those in congregate or hard‑to‑reach settings. Zimbabwe is implementing WHO‑recommended approaches for childhood and adolescent TB, including contact investigation, TB preventive treatment (TPT), child‑friendly formulations, stool for diagnosis’ and integration with HIV, nutrition, and MNCAH services.

The Department of State will second a Senior Childhood TB Advisor to provide specialized technical assistance to the NTP to strengthen prevention, detection, treatment, and care of TB among children, adolescents, and KVPs, while supporting grant implementation, partner coordination, and data‑driven program improvement. The Advisor will support the NTP in carrying out life‑saving humanitarian assistance (LHA) service delivery in full alignment with the new Presidential Executive Order (EO) directives.

The Senior Childhood TB Advisor will provide strategic and operational technical leadership to strengthen standardized, high‑quality, and equitable TB services for children, adolescents, and key and vulnerable populations. The Advisor will support capacity building, community and partner engagement, operationalization of WHO and national guidance, and effective monitoring and reporting to improve childhood TB case detection, prevention coverage, and treatment outcomes.

Childhood and Adolescent TB Prevention, Diagnosis, and Care

• Support implementation of national and WHO guidance on childhood and adolescent TB prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and follow‑up.
• Strengthen standardized management of childhood and adolescent TB, including use of child‑friendly formulations and age‑appropriate dosing.
• Support scale‑up of TB Preventive Treatment (TPT) among eligible child and adolescent contacts and children living with HIV.
• Promote integration of childhood TB services within HIV, nutrition, MNCAH, and adolescent health platforms.
• Support identification of service delivery gaps and development of innovative solutions to improve childhood TB outcomes.
• Support the scale up of use of stool for children below 10 years of age.

Key and Vulnerable Populations (KVPs)

• Provide technical assistance to strengthen TB prevention, screening, case detection, and care among key and vulnerable populations, including:
  • PLHIV
  • Prisoners
  • Healthcare workers
  • Migrants and mobile populations
  • Urban poor and informal settlements
  • Congregate and hard‑to‑reach populations
  • Miners and ex‑miners
• Support…