Santé publique France is France’s national public health agency. A public institution under the authority of the Minister of Health, resulting from the merger of several public institutions and established by Ordinance 2016-246 of April 15, 2016, the agency works to promote public health. As a scientific, expert, and public health safety agency, its missions include:

1. Epidemiological observation and surveillance of the population’s health status;
2. Monitoring health risks threatening the population;
3. Promoting health and reducing health risks;
4. Developing prevention and health education;
5. Preparation for and response to health threats, alerts, and crises;
6. Issuing public health alerts.

The agency is organized into 12 departments—some scientific, some cross-functional, and some providing operational support.

The agency’s strategic priorities and work program, established by its Board of Directors, are organized into three areas: Strengthening the capacity for anticipation and rapid response to health threats; Measuring and assessing the scale of diseases and risk factors to guide their prevention and control; Strengthening the health impact of all public policies and the prevention and promotion of health.

Regional Office of the National Public Health Agency - French Guiana Regional Unit

Responsibilities and Activities

In support of the vaccination coordinator, analyze data from the three data sources (CDPS, CRF, and PMI):

• Perform data management tasks: data retrieval, content analysis, data cleansing, and database structuring, etc.
• Program algorithms to measure vaccination coverage for each data source and for each vaccine component studied, based on definitions established in collaboration with the vaccination coordinator
• Conduct statistical analyses to measure vaccination coverage for each vaccine type by data source
• Write a clear and explicit script for all analyses performed so that it can be reused over time
• Produce a detailed and clear report of the results

Contribute to the drafting of the final report in response to the referral:

• Contribute to the drafting of the various sections of the report, particularly the methodology and results sections
• Contribute to the interpretation of the results 

The employee will participate in any activity falling within the Agency’s mission and scope of expertise if necessary, in emergency situations, crises, or when required by operational needs. The employee may be called upon to participate in other projects as needed.