Tenders Are Invited For Consultancy - Strengthening The Capacity Of Vulnerable Communities To Respond To Climate-Sensitive Health Risks

Consultancy - Strengthening The Capacity Of Vulnerable Communities To Respond To Climate-Sensitive Health Risks In Eastern Division, Fiji. Deadline: 04-Jan-2023 23:59 (Gmt 8.00) Beijing, Perth, Singapore, Hong Kong A New Who Global Strategy On Health, Environment And Climate Change Was Approved By Member States In 2019 At The 72Nd Annual World Health Assembly For 20192023, Outlining The Transformation Needed To Improve Lives And Well-Being Sustainably Through Healthy Environments. With Small Island Developing States (Sids) Being Extremely Vulnerable To Climate Change And Its Potential Health Impacts, Who Member States Approved A Who Global Plan Of Action On Climate Change And Health In Sids In 2019 For 20192023. Fiji Is Prone To The Impacts Of Climate Change, E.G., Sea-Level Rise, Cyclones, And Floods, And Prediction Models Suggest That There Would Be An Increase In Both The Dry Season And Wet Season Rainfall With An Increased Likelihood Of Extreme Rainfall Days. Given That Scientific Evidence Indicates Sids, Including Fiji, Are Likely To Experience More Extreme Weather Events Such As Floods And Droughts Consequent From Climate Change, These Changes Are Expected To Influence Disease Patterns, Community Vulnerability And Resilience Including Health Systems In General. Initial Work Under The Piloting Climate Change Adaptation To Protect Human Health (Pccaphh) Project And The Climate-Informed Early Warning System (Ews) In Fiji Provided Evidence That The Distribution Of The Four Climate-Sensitive Diseases (Csds), Typhoid, Dengue, Leptospirosis And Diarrhoeal Diseases Are Sensitive To Climate Patterns. Some Correlations Were Observed Between Monthly Temperature, Rainfall, Humidity And Extreme Weather Events And Monthly Cases Of Csds In Several Regions Of Fiji. Fiji Is Already Experiencing A Rapidly Growing Health Burden Due To The Increased Incidence And Prevalence Of Non-Communicable And Communicable Diseases And The Various Health Impacts Of Climate Change. In Accelerating Efforts To Mitigate Climate Change And Its Adaptation To The Impacts Of Climate Change, Fiji Ministry Of Health & Medical Services (Mohms) Published The Climate Change And Health Strategic Action Plan (Cchsap) 2016-2020 (Extended To 2022) Focusing On Building A Climate-Resilient Health System. The Plan, To Be Reviewed In 2022, Specifies Activities To Identify Communities Most Vulnerable To Climate Variability And Change And Exposed To Greater Health Risks; And Build Capacity Through Interventions With Adaptive Measures In These Identified Vulnerable Communities With The Goal Of Reducing The Risks Of Climate-Sensitive Diseases And Building Resilience Of Vulnerable Communities. This Project Is Funded By The Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica) Under The Project Strengthening Health Adaptation Project (Shape): Responding To Climate Change In Fiji. The Consultant Will Be Responsible For Assisting The Mohms In The Implementation And Monitoring Of The Shape Work Plan Output 3.2 Through Strengthened CommunityS Response And Capacities For Climate Resilience And Environmental Health. Mohms Will Provide Guidance On The Selection Of Communities And Training Materials Will Be Provided To Standardize The Delivery To Communities. A TrainerS Workshop Will Be Organized For The Selected Contractor. Tender Link : Https://Www.Ungm.Org/Public/Notice/189090