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Consultant: Evidence-based healthcare

( 2409764 )

Contractual Arrangement : External advisor

Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days) : 10 months

Job Posting: Dec 16, 2024, 11:25:00 AM

1. Purpose of consultancy

This consultancy goals to help the Egyptian Health System in improvement and strengthening of the medical governance system inside it and selling its software at numerous ranges of apply. To obtain this, the WHO will rent a advisor with top-level expertise in medical governance to work with groups from Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP), Universal Health Insurance (UHI) authorities and WHO Egypt to hold out this work as outlined beneath. This consultancy may also help implementation of the built-in multi idea strategy within the area for technology and use of proof for policy-making for well being.

2. Background

In December 2017, Egypt handed a Universal Health Insurance (UHI) legislation to speed up progress in the direction of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The new UHI legislation is thought to be a complete “Health Act” that entails main well being sector transformation with basic institutional, purposeful, and regulatory restructuring separating financing from provision of well being companies.

As stipulated within the legislation, a brand new “Universal Health Insurance Agency (UHIA)” has been established to function the “purchaser” of well being companies, a “Egyptian Healthcare Authority (EHA)” established as the general public “provider” of well being companies and, a “General Authority for Healthcare Accreditation and Regulation (GAHAR)” established because the “accreditor and technical regulator”. This has consequently led to substantial change within the mandates, authorities, tasks, and governance framework of the ministry of well being and inhabitants as effectively. According to the brand new aw, insurance coverage protection for all Egyptians might be rolled-out everywhere in the nation in 6 phases over 10-years interval . WHO could be very eager that the bold challenge might be working in the direction of attaining the well being pillar of the sustainable improvement objectives.

Putting Egyptians’ well being and high quality of life the ultimate objective. UHC will be sure that all Egyptians have the entry to early intervention, and prevention protection, with affordable acceptable high quality. Towards creating the system of UHC with its core of upgrading the standard of supplied companies, whereas making certain the provision of correct benchmarking for its features and to construct on them afterwards to undertake a handy technique for the supplied well being care companies in Egypt

WHO Egypt is dedicated to supporting the federal government of Egypt in its pursuit to attain UHC, by addressing present and upcoming challenges by its wealth of technical experience. WHO Egypt labored with the GoE to operationalize this idea and make UHC a actuality. WHO help relies on the priorities wanted for well being programs strengthening and well being safety, starting from Health governance and management improve, Health workforce improvement, well being companies high quality enhancement, implementing equitable well being financing reforms, medical merchandise and units help.

In addition to all this, knowledgeable by finest obtainable proof from verifiable information, analysis and dependable info. The programme’s mission is to strengthen the capability of Member States to enhance availability, high quality and use of proof from dependable info, analysis and different sources of information, and to reinforce efficient improvements towards Universal Health Coverage and well being associated Sustainable Development Goals.

3. Work to be carried out

Strengthen the medical governance and affected person security system on the system stage, by selling good governance and common well being protection, on the institutional stage, by emphasizing the significance of board governance and on the micro stage, and thru adopting nationwide pointers to make sure high quality and secure healthcare. Also, to help implementation of the multi idea strategy for evidence-informed policy-making within the area.

Thus, WHO Egypt might be hiring a advisor to be accountable for the general completion of the work and anticipated deliverables: Output 1 : Building nationwide capability on implementation of a medical governance framework.

Deliverable 1.1 Support institution of a studying platform for the medical governance course, as a sustainable measure for studying and offering precise coaching for key involved suppliers.

Deliverable 1.2 Conduct discipline visits to governorates and hospitals to conduct on-site coaching primarily based on wants of nationals.

Deliverable 1.3 Sustain buy-in of nationwide stakeholders, to construct nationwide capability of the very best ranges of the insurance coverage organizations and to orchestrate the governance framework required for implementation.

Deliverable 1.4 Support establishing a monitoring framework to comply with up on the progress in enrolled well being amenities and supply help when required.

Deliverable 1.5 Participate in targeted discipline coaching actions on key and precedence medical governance pillars in Universal Health Insurance (UHI) governorates

Deliverable 1.6 Participate in launching of a medical governance framework in newly enrolled UHI governorates.

Deliverable 1.7 Document and report on all carried out workshops and discipline visits, together with: Production of a coverage temporary on medical governance framework implementation in Egypt.

Development of a peer-reviewed publication documenting the expertise and particulars of Egypt in medical governance implementation.

Production of data briefs for key stakeholders in healthcare authorities in Egypt.

Output 2 : Support the event of the nationwide medical pointers.

Deliverable 2.1 Coordinate the implementation of coaching workshop for nationwide authorities’ capability constructing.

Deliverable 2.2 Assist in conducting a scenario evaluation, for figuring out gaps and prioritizing guideline improvement and appraisal.

Deliverable 2.3 Conduct discipline visits to the nationwide heart for guideline improvement to evaluate wants and supply acceptable help.

Deliverable 2.4 Participate in conferences for guideline improvement teams for aiding in numerous features of guideline improvement together with prioritization, appraisal, discovering proof to help suggestions and drafting pointers.

Deliverable 2.5 Reports of all carried out workshops and discipline visits.

Output 3: Support improvement and dissemination of a affected person security program in healthcare amenities affiliated with the UHIS.

Deliverable 3.1 Deliver a coaching course for healthcare amenities employees on affected person security.

Deliverable 3.2 Support the dissemination of coaching and training on affected person security in major healthcare facilities, by a transparent framework and motion plan with a transparent timeline for implementation.

Deliverable 3.3 Devise methods for affected person engagement in healthcare in addition to affected person training and empowerment.

Output 4: Support implementation of the built-in idea for evidence-informed policy-making within the EM area

Deliverable 4.1: literature evaluate and knowledgeable session to determine the important thing parts for implementation of the multi idea strategy for institutionalization of EIPM endorsed in 2019

Deliverable 4.2: draft a device/steerage to help nations in implementation the built-in EIPM idea

4. Qualifications, expertise, expertise and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Advanced University Degree (Master’s diploma) in high quality of medical care, affected person security and/or associated fields with a University diploma in Medicine

Experience:

Minimum 7 years’ expertise in well being programs strengthening and well being safety, starting from Health governance and management improve, Health workforce improvement, well being companies high quality enhancement, and associated expertise associated to high quality of medical care and technology and use of proof for policy-making for well being.

Skills/Technical expertise and information:

• Proficient in Infection Control, Quality of medical care and Patient Safety.
• Experience in designing and offering Patient Safety coaching for customers.

Languages and stage required:

Arabic mom tongue

Fluent (Read

Write

Speak) in English

5. Location

The advisor will work below WHO administration, serving as part-time advisor to EHA designated employees and different associated stakeholders.

Duty station: She/he might be stationed in Cairo and may journey to UHI implementation governorates as wanted.

6. Planned timelines (Subject to affirmation)

16 February 2025 to fifteen December 2025

7. Medical clearance

The chosen Consultant might be anticipated to supply a medical certificates of health for work.

8. Travel

No anticipated journey outdoors Egypt

All journey preparations might be made by WHO

WHO is not going to be accountable for tickets bought by the Consultant with out the specific, prior authorization of WHO. While on mission below the phrases of this consultancy, the Consultant will obtain subsistence allowance.

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