Request For Proposals Are Invited For Development Of A Systematic Quality Audit Tool For Performance Improvement Of Community Health Care Delivery And Conduct An Independent External Quality Audit Of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Smc Delivery In Two To Three Countries Malaria Consortium Implementing Smc

Request For Proposals Are Invited For Development Of A Systematic Quality Audit Tool For Performance Improvement Of Community Health Care Delivery And Conduct An Independent External Quality Audit Of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Smc Delivery In Two To Three Countries Malaria Consortium Implementing Smc Across The Sahel Most Malaria Illness And Deaths Occur During The Rainy Season Typically Between June And October Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Smc Is A Highly Effective Intervention To Prevent Malaria Infection During This Peak Transmission Period Among Those Most At Risk Children Under Five Smc Involves Administering Monthly Courses Of Two Antimalarial Drugs To Children 359 Months Sulfadoxine Pyrimethamine Sp And Amodiaquine Aq Or Spaq For Up To Five Months It Is Typically Delivered Door To Door By Volunteer Community Distributors Cds This World Health Organization Who Recommended Intervention Is Safe Cost Effective And Feasible And Can Prevent Up To 75 Percent Of Malaria Cases In Under Fives When Used Alongside Other Malaria Control Interventions Malaria Consortium Has Been A Leading Implementer Of Smc Since Who Issued Its Recommendation In 2012 In 2021 Our Smc Programme Plans To Reach Around 20 Million Children In Burkina Faso Chad Nigeria Togo Mozambique And Uganda In 2020 Malaria Consortium Developed A Framework For Smc Quality Delivery With The Aim Of Providing A Benchmark For Consistent And Appropriate Implementation Of Smc To Measure The Quality Of Our Smc Programme Delivery Against A Set Of Agreed Quality Standards And Ultimately To Improve Programme Outcomes A Set Of Ten Quality Standards Were Developed Across The Key Smc Delivery Components 1 Planning And Enumeration 2 Procurement 3 Supply Chain Management 4 Community Engagement 5 Training 6 Spaq Administration Chemoprevention Medicines 7 Case Management And Pharmacovigilance Of Illness And Adverse Events 8 Supervision 9 Monitoring And Evaluation M E And 10 Safeguarding Of Children These Quality Standards Are Regularly Assessed And Reinforced Internally By Representatives From Each Country Who Are Members Of The Malaria Consortium Smc Quality Working Group And Who Meet Monthly To Discuss Areas Of High Performance And Where The Programme Can Be Improved Malaria Consortium Plans To Advocate With National Malaria Programmes Along With Regional And Global Smc Stakeholders For Wider Adoption Of These Standards To Ensure Consistency Of Smc Delivery Across Countries In 2021 Malaria Consortium Developed And Tested A Participatory Quality Self Assessment Tool In Nigeria And Burkina Faso As A Process To Foster And Adopt A Culture Of Quality The Quality Self Assessment Allowed Smc Team Members To Subjectively Self Reflect And Discuss With Each Other Their Perception Of The Level Of Their Performance And Quality Of Smc In Their Respective Countries And To Identify Areas Where Quality Standards Could Be Improved Over Time

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