Tenders Are Invited For HIV Specialist Prevention Mother To Child Transmission PMTCT

Tenders Are Invited For HIV Specialist Prevention Mother To Child Transmission PMTCT BackgroundThe United Nations Development Programme UNDP Is The UN S Global Development Network Advocating For Change And Connecting Countries To Knowledge Experience And Resources To Help People Build A Better Life As Envisaged By 2030 Agenda For Sustainable Development We Are On The Ground In More Than 170 Countries And Territories Working With Governments And People On Their Own Solutions To Global And National Development Challenges As They Develop Local Capacity They Draw On The People Of UNDP And Our Wide Range Of Partners That Can Bring About Results The Bureau For Policy And Programme Support BPPS Has The Responsibility For Developing All Relevant Policy And Guidance To Support The Results Of UNDP S Strategic Plan And Help Countries To Achieve The Sustainable Development Goals BPPS S Staff Provides Technical Advice To Country Offices Advocates For UNDP Corporate Messages Represents UNDP At Multi Stakeholder Fora Including Public Private Dialogues Government And Civil Society Dialogues South South And Triangular Cooperation Initiatives And Engages In UN Inter Agency Coordination In Specific Thematic Areas BPPS Supports UNDP S 2014 2017 Strategic Plan Focusing On 7 Outcomes Including Strengthening Institutions To Progressively Deliver Universal Access To Basic Services Outcome 3 The HIV Health And Development Group HHD Within BPPS Is Helping To Contribute Towards This Outcome UNDP HIV Health And Development Strategy 2016 2021UNDP S Commitment To HIV And Other Major Health Challenges Is Based On The Principles That Health Is Both A Driver And Outcome Of Development And That Actions Across A Wide Range Of Development Sectors Have A Significant Impact On Health Outcomes UNDP S Work In HIV And Health Contributes To The Sustainable Development Goals By Addressing The Social Economic And Environmental Determinants Of Health Health Related Inequalities And Governance For Health UNDP S Work In These Areas Is Outlined In Its HIV Health And Development Strategy 2016 2021 The Strategy Encompasses Three Inter Related Action Areas Each Of Which Includes Three Priorities Action Area 1 Reducing Inequalities And Social Exclusion That Drive HIV And Poor Health Action Area 2 Promoting Effective And Inclusive Governance For Health Action Area 3 Building Resilient And Sustainable Systems For Health HIV Health And Development ApproachUNDP Is A Founding Co Sponsor Of The Joint UN Programme On HIV AIDS UNAIDS A Partner Of The Global Fund To Fight AIDS Tuberculosis And Malaria And A Co Sponsor Of Several Other International Health Partnerships UNDP S Work On HIV Health And Development Leverages The Organisation S Core Strengths And Mandates In Human Development Governance And Capacity Development To Complement The Efforts Of Specialist Health Focused UN Agencies UNDP S Partnership With The Global FundThe Global Fund Achieves Its Goals Through A Broad Range Of Partnerships Including With The United Nations Family UNDP Partners With The Global Fund To Support And Strengthen National Responses To HIV Tuberculosis And Malaria The Objective Is To Ensure Access To Quality Health Services For All And Enable All Those Living Or Affected By The Diseases To Live Healthy Productive Lives The Partnership Leverages UNDP S Mandate To Strengthened Institutions To Deliver Universal Access To Basic Services And Rebuilding Resilient Health Services In Crisis And Post Crisis Settings UNDP Supports The Implementation Of Global Fund Programmes On An Interim Basis In Countries Facing Significant Capacity Constraints Complex Emergencies Donor Sanctions Or Other Difficult Circumstances Develops National Capacity And Strengthens National Systems To Gradually Reduce The Need For UNDP Implementation Support And To Transfer The Role Of Principal Recipient To National Entities When Circumstances Permit Transforms National Responses To The 3 Diseases By Providing Policy And Technical Support In Areas Of UNDP Expertise And Mandate Such As Human Rights Gender Sustainable Financing And Environmental Sustainability And Reaching Key Populations At Higher Risk UNDP Is Requested To Serve As The Global Fund S Interim Principal Recipient PR In Countries Facing A Wide Variety Of Special Challenges Including Serious Capacity Constraints Post Crisis Or Complex Emergencies Weak Governance And Accountability Grant Implementation Difficulties And Financial Irregularities Donor Restrictions Or Other Exceptional Circumstances UNDP Only Serves As An Interim PR When A National Entity Cannot Fulfil This Role As Determined By The Country Coordinating Mechanismand Or The Global Fund Including In Countries Under The Global Fund S Additional Safeguards Policy ASP UNDP ResultsUNDP Has Contributed To 3 1 Million Lives Saved Through The UNDP GF Partnership As Of 2017 UNDP Is Managing 36 Grants In 19 Countries As Well As 3 Regional Grants The Current Total Value Of The Portfolio In Signed Grant Agreements Is 1 7 Billion Total Portfolio Expenditure In 2015 Was US 423 Million UNDP S Global Fund Portfolio Has Saved 3 1 Million Lives In Its Support To Countries Including Children And Young Adults In Their Most Productive Years Who Would Have Otherwise Succumbed To The Three Diseases Sparing Countries The Devastating Socio Economic Impact At Both Community And National Levels Of Such Massive Mortality Beyond This Programme Implementation Role The Past Few Years Have Seen A Further Deepening In UNDP S Engagement With The Global Fund Human Rights Key Populations Gender Capacity Development Of Systems For Health Sustainable Financing And Other Key Strategic Issues Global Fund Angola HIV Grant UNDP Is Currently The Principal Recipient For The HIV Grant In Angola Strengthening The National Response To HIV AIDS In Angola Which Runs From July 2016 June 2018 For A Total Amount Of 29 9M The Program Seeks To Reduce New HIV Infections Among General And Key Populations And To Increase PMTCT And ART Coverage For Children And Adults Increasing Educational Campaigns Targeting Young Women In And Out Of School Is Among The Grant S Prevention Strategies Prevention Of Mother To Child Transmission PMTCT Angola Has A Generalized Heterosexually Driven HIV Epidemic With An Adult Prevalence Of 2 2 Percent According To 2015 Estimates From The Joint United Nations Programme On HIV AIDS UNAIDS UNAIDS 2015 Overall Antiretroviral Therapy ART Coverage Is Estimated At 29Percent Of HIV Positive Adults And 24 Percent Of HIV Positive Children Aged 0 To 14 In 2014 Approximately Two Thirds Of The Estimated 950 122 Pregnant Women Utilized Public Clinics Though Only 59 Percent Of These Women Were Tested For HIV PEPFAR 2016 HIV Prevalence In Pregnant Women Has Changed Little Since 2002 Between 2 And 3 Percent PEPFAR 2015 And The Proportion Of HIV Positive Pregnant Women Receiving ART To Prevent Mother To Child Transmission MTCT Of HIV Has Increased From 23 Percent In 2009 To 39 Percent In 2013 Despite This Increase In Prevention The Proportion Of Pregnant Women Tested Remains Low Moreover A Recent Study Found That Among Pregnant Women Who Test Positive Fewer Than Half Receive Antiretroviral ARV Prophylaxis The Low Rates Of Testing And ARV Prophylaxis Mean That Only 17 Percent Of HIV Positive Pregnant Women In Angola Receive Arvprophylaxis In Addition New Infections Among Adolescents Aged 15 19 Years Have Increased By 29 Percent Since 2009 This Increase Means That It Is Critical To Identify These Adolescent Women And Start Them On Treatment For Their Own Health And To Prevent MTCT Addressing MTCT Is Especially Important In Angola Where Treatment Of Infants And Children Lagsbehind That Of Adults In 2013 Only 14 Percent Of Children Living With HIV Received ART UNAIDS 2014 Since 2013 HIV Interventions In Angola To Address MTCT And HIV In Children Have Centered On Expanding Integrated Services For Antenatal Care ANC And Prevention Of Mother To Child Transmission PMTCT And On Improving The Quality Of HIV Health Services The Government Of Angola Has Sought To Align With International Norms For PMTCT Including The Sustainable Development Goals And In 2013 Began Expansion Of Option B As Recommended By The World Health Organization WHO The National HIV AIDS Programme Is Involved In A Process Of Increasing Access To ART Through Test And Treat The Test Treat Plan Which Is Currently Being Implemented Will Be Assessed By The End Of The First Quarter Of 2018 It Will Then Be Extended To Up To 5 Priority Provinces Over The Rest Of The Year This Would Take Test Treat To Areas Where More Than 70 Of PLHIV In Angola Are Concentrated Therefore An Increase In The Number Of New Inclusions Is Expected As Part Of The Test And Treat Strategy Improvement Plans Were Developed For Each Health Facility Where Test And Treat Will Be Implemented Improved Quality Of Case Management Is A Key Area Under Those Plans As Well As PMTCT This Should Reduce The Number Of Treatment Drop Outs And Sustain The Hereby Proposed Targets Purpose Of The ConsultancyThe Aim Of The Consultancy Is To Support INLS In Its Efforts In Reducing The Current Rate Of Mother To Child Transmission Of HIV From 21 To Below 5 By 2022 Specific Objectives Of The ConsultancyTo Facilitate The Development Of A Detailed PMTCT Scaling Up Plan Which Will Take Into Consideration The HIV Prevalence Provincial And District Size Estimations Of People Living With HIV ANC Attendance And Other Factors To Provide Guidance In PMTCT Response Planning To The National HIV Aids Programme INLS As Well As The National Sexual And Reproductive Health Programme PSR Duties And ResponsibilitiesUnder The Direct Supervision

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