Tenders Are Invited For Consultant Responsible For Formative Research On The Transition Of Vitamin A Supplementation And Deworming Of Children

Tenders Are Invited For Consultant Responsible For Formative Research On The Transition Of Vitamin A Supplementation And Deworming Of ChildrenRepublication Consultant Responsible For Formative Research On The Transition Of Vitamin A Supplementation And Deworming Of Children Antananarivo Madagascar 06 MonthsApply Nowjob Id 519304 Work Type Consultancy Location Madagascar Categories Nutrition ConsultancyUnicef Works In Some Of The Most Difficult Places In The World To Reach The Most Disadvantaged Children To Save Their Life To Defend Their Rights To Help Them Realize Their Potential In 190 Countries And Territories We Work For Every Child Everywhere Every Day To Build A Better World For All And We Never Give Up For Each Child A Hope Madagascar Has Adopted The Bi Annual Mother And Child Health Week Msme Campaign Since 2006 As A Way To Provide Essential Health And Nutrition Services To A Large Number Of Children And Women Joining Nearly 4 Million Children 80 Of Children Aged 6 To 59 Months For Vitamin A And Deworming And Children Aged 0 To 11 Months For Vaccination The Ssme Is An Effective Method For The Health System Allowing Increase Coverage Of Current Child Survival And Nutrition Interventions On The Other Hand Important Efforts Remain To Be Made In Terms Of Equity To Reach The Children Not Joined To Reinforce The Quality Of The Offer Of Service In The Difficult Zones OfSsme Costs More Than Usd 1 Million Ar 3 Billion Per Campaign Or Usd 2 Million Per Year Approximately 21 Of This Budget Is Dedicated To Printing Management Tools Micro Planning Monitoring And Supervision And Evaluation Or More Than Usd 460 000 Per Year For Both Campaigns Taking Into Account The Costs Associated With The Ssme In Campaign Mode And The Difficulties To Maintain This Mode Of Intervention In The Sustainability The Ministry Of Public Health Madagascar With The Support Of Unicef Thus Initiated A Research On The Implementation Integration Of Vitamin A Supplementation And Routine Deworming Through A Pilot Project In 2 Health Districts This Project Which Is A Formative Research Study Aims In The Long Term To Provide Policy Makers And Program Managers With The Information Needed To Integrate Ssme Into The Routine Services Of The Health System Preliminary Work Of Development And Ethical Validation Of The Methodology Of The Formative Research Has Already Been Done And The Implementation Is Initiated Thus It Is Expected That This Consultation Will Document Among Other Things The Process Followed To Facilitate The Integration Of The Activity Into Routine Health Services Practical Recommendations Will Be Proposed From The Results Of The Formative Research In The 2 Districts To Guide The Definition Of A Suitable And Optimal Strategy For The Transition Of Vitamin A Services And Deworming Into The Routine Health System How Can You Make A Difference 1 General Objective Of The Research ToIdentify Relevant Interventions And Actions Related To The Local Context For The Effective Distribution Of Vitamin A And Routine Deworming By Health Workers And Or Community Workers 2 Specific Tasks To Be Accomplished At Coordinate A Quantitative And Qualitative Survey Of Households And Local Officials B Document The Process And Identify Opportunities For Integration Of Vitamin A Supplementation And Deworming Into Routine Health Systems Community Health Platforms And Networks O Conduct A Review Of The Literature On Health Performance In Madagascar Access To Health Centers Staffing Levels Number Of Qualified Staff Utilization Reasons For Non Use And Essential Development The Community Platform To Ensure Equitable Provision Of Essential Health Care Nutrition Services Package O Review The Literature Of Normative Health And Nutrition Documents Containing Or Referring To The Community Level Its Current Scale Of Implementation And Monitoring And Its Development ProspectsO List The Efforts Made By Different Bilateral And Multilateral Donors Initial Non Exhaustive List Proposed Global Funding Mechanism Gavi Global Fund Other World Bank Usaid Etc To Improve The Community Platform And How These Opportunities Funding Will Support The Strengthening Of This Platform And Identifying Key Opportunities To Know When And How Routine Vitamin A Supplementation And Deworming At The Community Level Will Benefit From These Efforts O Conduct Individual Interviews At The National Level With Key Stakeholders To Support And Contextualize The Literature Review The Documents And Capture Their Respective Points Of ViewO In All Tasks Capture Efforts Made Or Planned To Improve The Health And Nutrition Of Girls Boys Women And Men Gender Aspect And Identification Of Gender Roles In Future Efforts To Integrate Vitamin A Supplementation And Deworming Into Community Health Systems And Platforms For Example The Role Of Men In Supporting And Promoting Demand And Use Of Services By Women And Caregivers C Facilitate A Validation Workshop Of The Results Of The Survey Leading To The Final Report Of The Study D Produce The Final Evaluation Report Of The Pilot Study With The Recommendations Of The Validation Workshop And Be Articulated Around The Following Oecd Dac Criteria Relevance Efficiency Sustainability And Considering The Following Specific Points Coverage And Feasibility Also This Report Must Respond To The Following Sub Objectives Of The Research O Documentation Of Knowledge Attitudes And Practices Of Mothers Caregivers Of Children Under 5 On Infant And Young Child Feeding Vitamin A Supplementation And Deworming O Identification Of Barriers And Factors Conducive To The Integration Of Vitamin A Supplementation And Deworming Into Routine Health Services In Fixed Centers O Description Of The Capacity Of Health Workers And Community Workers To Distribute Vitamin A And Deworming To Eligible Children To Accurately Document The Records Of Health Centers And Community Sites In Selected Districts And To Effectively Provide Information Mothers Caregivers On The Semiannual Appointment E Evaluation Of Vitamin A And Deworming Coverage After Integration Into Routine Health Services And Analysis Of The Maintenance Or Not Of Coverage Compared To The Expected Coverage Of 90 In Pilot Districts At The End Of This Research On Implementation 3 Expected Results And Deliverables The Consultant Is Expected To Provide The Following Deliverables For Completion Of The Final Evaluation Report Of The Study All Deliverables Must Be Submitted For Review And Comment By The Supervisor And The Section Head By The Last Day Of The Consultation The Supervisor Will Review And Provide Feedback For The Consultant To Consolidate And Integrate Before The Submission Of The Final Document DeliverablesIndicative DeadlinesDistribution Of Consultation Fees 1 A Report Of Collection And Analysis Of The Qualitative Evaluation Outcome Of Semi Structured Interviews Group Discussions With Community Leaders Fokontany Chiefs Mayors And Local Authorities Drsp Medical Inspectors And Heads Of Health Centers In The 2 Districts Affected By The Research Month 120 2 A Situation Analysis Report Of The Community Platforms Taking Into Account The Aspects Described In The Specific Tasks And Proposing Recommendations On Possible Platforms That Could Ensure The Integration Of Vitamin A Supplementation And Deworming Into The Health System Community An English Version And A French Version This Report Must Also Report On The Process Followed To Complete The Situation Analysis People Met Schedule Ease Of The Process Etc Month 215 3 Summary Of The Situation Analysis Report Of The Community Platforms Maximum 2 Pages To Be Included In The Gac Report4 An Advocacy Paper On Integrating Vitamin A Supplementation And Deworming Into One Or More Community Platforms Up To 1 Page For The Gac To Continue Its Support 5 A Report On The Collection And Analysis Of The Household Survey Among Mothers And Or Caregivers Of Children Under 5 And Coverage Of Children Supplemented With Vitamina A And Deworming Month 3 15 Month 315 6 Facilitation Of A Validation Workshop Of The Three Reports Qualitative Assessment Community Platform And Household Survey Among The Actors Involved In Ssme In Madagascar Month 515 7 A Final Report Of The Formative Research That Will Document The Process Followed In Addition To The Other Deliverables To Be Submitted People Met Schedule Followed Etc This Report Must Meet The Objectives Of The Research And Be Articulated Around The Following Dac Oecd Criteria Relevance Efficiency Sustainability And Considering The Following Specific Points Coverage And Feasibility Month 6 35 Month 635 8 A Powerpoint Presentation That The Ministry Of Health Will Use With The Partners Involved In Ssme To Present The Main Points Of The Research Results The Recommendations Retained And The Next Steps To Be Completed For The Integration Of Vitamin A And Deworming Mode Routine Month 6 Month 6 4 Supervision And Working ConditionsThe Consultant Will Work Under The Supervision Of The Monitoring Specialist Of The Nutrition Section Of Unicef Madagascar In Collaboration With The Head Of Section Who Will Support The Supervision Of The Delivery The Consultant Will Be Based At The Unicef Office In Antananarivo With Trips Of Several Days For Tasks And Meetings With Partners He She Will Have To Provide Their Own Computer Laptop Unicef Will Provide Travel Expenses For Field Missions And Transportation To Meet The Partners Required To Carry Out The Tasks Provided For In This Mandate But The Consultant Will Be Responsible For All Other Travel Travel The Payment Of Consultation Fees Will Be Phased In Accordance With The Deliverables Presented Below And Made At The End Of The Consultation Based On 1 The Satisfaction Of Unicef With Respect To The Submitted Products And 2 The Financial Offer That Has Been Accepted By Unicef 5 Period And Duration Of The Consultation The Consultation Is Planned For An Estimated Period Of Six 06 Calendar Months The Timeframe For The Implementation Of The Situation Analysis Will Be Confirmed By Unicef After Review Adjustment With The Provider Of The Timeline That It Has Proposed In Its Technical Proposal To Qualify As A Defender For Each Child You Need A Masters Degree Bac 5 From An Accredited Institution In One Of The Following Disciplines Social Sciences Socio Anthropology Evaluation Development Economics Monitoring Evaluation With Knowledge In Nutrition Public Health Or A Related Field Have At Least Five Years Of Professional Experience In The Evaluation Of Projects Or Programs With At Least One Completed Evaluation The Submission Of One Or Two Evaluation Reports Completed By The Candidate Is Required For The Evaluation Analysis Of His File Having Experience In Evaluations Using Oecd Dac Criteria Will Be Considered An Asset Added Value In The File Analysis Demonstrated Experience In The Collection Processing And Analysis Of Quantitative As Well As Qualitative Data Focus Groups Interviews Excellent Ability In Synthesis And Report 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