About The Job

Apply by :

October 1, 2025

Know By

December 1, 2025

Depart On

June 6, 2026

Duration

1 year, plus 3 months training

ELIGIBILITY: Must be at least 18 years of age. Must be a U.S. citizen.

Project description

Cameroon is often referred to as “Africa in miniature” due to its great cultural, linguistic and geographic variance. About 250 ethnic groups speak 200+ local languages. Peace Corps is seeking applicants who have the passion to join the ranks of nearly 4,000 volunteers who have served in Cameroon since 1962.

The Goal Of The Community Health Program Is To End Preventable Maternal And Child Deaths And Attain An AIDS-free Generation. Community Health Outreach Volunteers Provide Information On Preventing Mother-to-child Transmission Of HIV And Related Topics And Also Support People Living With HIV, Including Adolescents And Children. Volunteers Work Alongside Their Cameroonian Counterparts To Support The Following Program Objectives

• Increase the knowledge and skills of women to adopt practices that contribute to a healthy pregnancy, safe delivery, and a healthy newborn;
• Increase the knowledge and skills of caregivers to keep children under five healthy;
• Improve health outcomes for people living with HIV/AIDS.
  
  

Health Volunteers Work With Their Counterparts To

• Educate individuals and groups on maternal and child health (MCH) and improved nutritional practices;
• Establish and strengthen support groups that address maternal and child health, nutrition, malaria, and/or HIV/AIDS;
• Design and implement behavior change communication activities such as HIV programming for adolescent girls and young women;
• Support interventions that seek to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and improve the quality of life of those infected with HIV and their care givers;
• Co-facilitate activities that achieve these objectives, such as:
• Small group sessions, home visits
• Mentorship to individuals and small groups
• Educational materials to enhance interactive
  
  

discussions during educational sessions

• Community mobilization activities to increase access
  
  

to related services

• Health Specialists may also: assist their health facilities to assess, plan, implement, monitor and/or evaluate public health interventions, including data management; build staff capacity or assist with proposal development in partnership with NGOs; train health professionals prenatal, infant, childhood health, and HIV-related topics.
  
  

Health Volunteers also collaborate with education and agriculture Volunteers and their counterparts to implement activities such as nutrition education and school gardens.

Peace Corps has developed tools to help you and your Cameroonian counterpart perform an initial needs assessment in a culturally appropriate way that will provide information about the needs of the community in relation to your program goal and objectives. Among the keys to success are integration into your community, which helps you develop and maintain meaningful relationships with community members, and your ability to communicate in the local language.

Required Skills

Competitive candidates will have one or more of the following criteria:

• Master of Public Health degree or Master of Arts/Master of Science degree in Public Health
  
  

OR

• Certified Physician Assistant or Public Health Nurse with expressed interest in public/community health
  
  

OR

• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition, Health, or Nursing