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Consultant for Development of nationwide plan to speed up progress on Child Survival Action, Maputo,

Job no: 577977

Position kind: Consultant

Location: Mozambique

Division/Equivalent: Nairobi Regn’l(ESARO)

School/Unit: Republic of Mozambique

Department/Office: Maputo, Republic of Mozambique

Categories: Health, Health and Nutrition

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BACKGROUND / RATIONALE

Mozambique has made nice progress in our final years with a discount in childhood and no enhance in entry to fundamental companies, and in consequence we famous a discount within the development of toddler mortality since 1990. Mortality of kids underneath 5 years is estimated at 201 in 1997, 178 in 2003 (IDS) and 138 in 1000 lives in 2008 (MICS). Recent IDS 2022/23 births for five-year-olds, the loss of life fee is at present estimated at 60 per 1,000 births, toddler mortality at 39 per 1,000 LB and neonatal mortality estimated at 24 per 1,000 LB. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in 2015 by the nation, signify a dedication to obtain goal 3 SDG – attaining good well being and well-being for all and ending preventable deaths of newborns and kids underneath 5. This compromise is translated into decreasing the neonatal mortality tax to 12 per 1,000 and to 60 per 1,000 for underneath 5 mortality charges, for kids dwelling in 2030.

Despite the novel discount in toddler mortality achieved in recent times, out there information point out that progress in protection with an important package deal of cost-effective maternal, new child and child well being (MNCH) interventions has been restricted over the previous few years.

Given the above targets, the nation wants to enhance its tempo and speed up its interventions so as to obtain the SDG targets by 2030.

At the second Global Pneumonia Forum in Madrid and the World Health Assembly roundtable in Geneva on accelerating motion for child survival in the direction of the SDGs by 2030, Mozambique was amongst nationwide governments who dedicated to creating a harmonized framework and roadmap on child survival motion plans as effectively strengthen major well being care to obtain common well being protection (UHC). Based on the above background the Ministry of Health in collaboration with UNICEF is searching for the companies of a resident (nationwide or worldwide) advisor with confirmed expertise and experience to help the event of a nationwide roadmap and operational plan to speed up progress on Child Survival Action for Mozambique. The proposed nationwide roadmap and motion plan are anticipated to be costed and with an addendum to carry all current paperwork collectively to handle mortality and morbidity fairly than a stand-alone doc, it can align and construct on the exiting methods and insurance policies. While analyzing numerous data sources to establish strategic priorities to enhance childhood survival charges. The nationwide roadmap and motion plan can have annual priorities and targets that embody clear protection goals for the Ministry of Health throughout prevention, analysis, and therapy companies, delivered at family, group, and well being facility ranges, as effectively a nationwide and sub-national advocacy child survival framework.

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

The function of this project is to develop a nationwide roadmap and costed motion plan, to speed up progress on Child Survival motion in Mozambique (2025-2030), in step with the Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG3) “Good health and well-being” and the Mozambican authorities’s dedication to ending preventable deaths of newborns and kids underneath 5 years.

PROGRAMME AREA AND SPECIFIC PROJECT AREA:

The goal of the Child Survival Action Plan is to help Mozambique’s targets for decreasing under-five mortality, enhance core indicators, broaden protection, and improve the standard of high-impact MNCH interventions to handle morbidity and mortality, whereas strengthening major healthcare platforms. The focus will probably be on operationalizing and scaling up high quality MNCH interventions at present restricted throughout the service supply spectrum.

The project requires a senior advisor to:

1. Develop a workplan and session supplies for workshop(s) or interviews with nationwide and sub-national line ministries, UN companies, nationwide and worldwide NGOs, CSOs and the donor group in Mozambique in relation to recognized child survival priorities.

2. Conduct a desk evaluate of current methods, related normative and steering paperwork, key information sources together with with respect to WASH, Nutrition, and social habits change. Additionally, conduct a threat evaluation for childhood sicknesses and associated morbidity and mortality and establish priorities rising from the present proof base.

3. Conduct a risk-analysis for Mozambique, describing environmental and societal threat components associated to the well being and survival of pregnant ladies, new child and under-5 kids , by kind (e.g., violence, pure disasters, migration flows), geographic location, seasonality , city/rural settings, socioeconomic standing, and others; their affect on the availability of maternal, new child, child well being, and vitamin companies, together with provide and demand bottlenecks; and what finest practices exist to make sure the continuation of these companies throughout shocks and stresses

4. Conduct digital and in-person session workshop(s) and/or key informant interviews with recognized stakeholders, documenting findings, and triangulating data to establish bottlenecks and priorities for the child survival motion plans.

5. Develop a draft of the nationwide child survival motion plan (that can inform province degree child survival motion plans) and a Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation framework based mostly on the desk evaluate, session workshops and key informant interviews.

6. Draft a nationwide child survival motion plan with Monitoring, studying and analysis framework with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and their Child Health Technical Working Group, UNICEF, WHO, USAID for evaluate and feedback. Address feedback acquired and shared ultimate drafts with Ministry of Health for validation and finalization.

7. Support the in-person/digital dissemination of nationwide child survival motion plan to key stakeholders in Mozambique.

METHODOLOGY

The advisor will work underneath the direct supervision of the Health Specialist (Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health) guided by Health Manager (UNICEF) in shut collaboration with different UNICEF sections and Field workplaces employees.

The advisor will work with the Child Health Technical Working Group to interact stakeholders in consultations for creating the Child Survival Roadmap/Action Plan. This project requires presence in Mozambique to conduct consultations and evaluate the motion plan’s improvement with related stakeholders, together with authorities establishments, NGOs, group organizations, skilled associations, UN companies, the World Bank, and donors. For stakeholders unable to attend in particular person, the advisor will attain out just about. Feedback classes will probably be organized with numerous stakeholders, with updates offered in Mozambique session boards at key phases to construct consensus and validate findings. Most in-country journey to interact the states will probably be managed by the nationwide advisor alongside UNICEF and companions.

Methodology consists of:

I. Consultation with the Child Health Technical Working Group (TWG)

 Engage with the prevailing TWG/job forces led by the Ministry of Health (MoH), involving USAID, UN companies, NGOs, and different stakeholders.

 Conduct key informant interviews with MoH employees, associated ministries, UN companies, NGOs, and group leaders to establish gaps and expectations inside current methods and areas needing improvement.

 Meet with consultants in social habits change, vitamin, social coverage, gender, training, and WASH to incorporate their insights into the child survival operational plan.

 Gather suggestions from communities by focus group discussions to perceive their wants.

 Provide common updates in session boards on precedence areas from area information, making certain alignment with the plan and fostering a shared imaginative and prescient.

II. Desk Review to Identify Gaps for the Child Survival Action Plan (CSA)

 Collect baseline data and evaluate child well being literature, together with threat analyses and mapping of present initiatives, to doc finest practices for evidence-based choices.

 Analyze present child well being challenges and strategic priorities in nationwide paperwork and reviews by native and worldwide organizations.

 Review the nationwide strategic well being plan and related insurance policies in vitamin, WASH, and social habits change, particularly the RMNCAH provisions impacting child well being.

 Study key nationwide plans (e.g., Mozambique, Case Study of Child Health – WHO, Mozambique Essential Package of Health Services, Malaria Action Plan, HIV/Syphilis/Hepatitis B elimination, immunization restoration, new child motion plan) to establish gaps and strategic priorities for bettering child survival.

III. Reporting and Finalization of the National Child Survival Action Plan

 Draft the nationwide child survival Action plan to information the 11 provincial-level motion plans, with enter from authorities counterparts and TWG/stakeholders, together with a abstract report of the method.

 Disseminate findings for stakeholder suggestions.

 Consolidate and share the ultimate motion plan, together with the Monitoring, Learning, and Evaluation framework, for validation by the Ministry of Health.

 Provide a costed motion plan.

Work Assignment Overview

Tasks/Milestone:

Develop a workplan and supplies for session assembly(s)/targeted group dialogue and submit to UNICEF and Ministry of Health for approval

Deliverables/Outputs:

Draft of Inception report and detailed workplan with timeframes developed. M&E instruments as effectively that will probably be used, information assortment course of, it’s evaluation and validation shared with UNICEF, companions, and the Ministry of Health for evaluate and feedback

Timeline

3 days

Tasks/Milestone:

Address the feedback on the inception report.

Deliverables/Outputs:

Final inception report submitted.

Timeline

3 days

Tasks/Milestone:

Conduct a desk evaluate of current methods, and different related paperwork pertaining to child well being in Health and establish bottlenecks, gaps and priorities rising from the present proof base

Deliverables/Outputs:

Desk Review of digital copy shared with UNICEF, companions and MoH to analyze and doc key finds to information the subsequent step

Timeline

5 days

Tasks/Milestone:

Conduct in nation session workshop(s) and/or key informant interviews with key stakeholders, documenting findings, and triangulating data to establish bottlenecks and priorities for the child survival motion plans

Deliverables/Outputs:

Meeting minutes, Interview notes and recordings shared with UNICEF and MoH

Timeline

10 days

Tasks/Milestone:

Draft a nationwide child survival roadmap and steering for 11 Provincial degree child survival motion plans with Monitoring and analysis framework based mostly on the desk evaluate and session workshops and interviews with key stakeholders.

Deliverables/Outputs:

The draft of nationwide child survival roadmap and motion plans with Monitoring and analysis framework

Timeline

8 days

Tasks/Milestone:

Address feedback acquired from stakeholders and share ultimate draft with UNICEF, companions and the Ministry of Health

Deliverables/Outputs:

Final nationwide child survival roadmap and nationwide motion/operational plan for validation and finalization

Timeline

3 days

Tasks/Milestone:

Costing the nationwide motion plan

Deliverables/Outputs:

Costing the ultimate nationwide child survival Action Plan

Timeline

15 days

Tasks/Milestone:

Conduct in-country Dissemination assembly and conduct coverage dialogue with coverage makers and donor group.

Deliverables/Outputs:

Final nationwide child survival Roadmap and Action Plan

Timeline

7 days

Tasks/Milestone:

Support the evaluate and improvement of provincial degree Child Survival Operational plans with all companions.

Deliverables/Outputs:

Provincial operational plans reviewed

Timeline

3 days

Applicants are requested to stipulate all-inclusive charges, together with lump sum journey and subsistence prices, as relevant

To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have…

Degree in Medicine, Master’s or PhD in Public Health or associated areas

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required: Experience in creating strategic plans and pointers for the well being sector at nationwide or worldwide degree, together with strategic plans for child age teams;

 Experience in costing

 Excellent expertise in crucial evaluation, figuring out options and writing reviews in Portuguese and English.

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Remarks:

Applicants are requested to stipulate all-inclusive charges, together with lump sum journey and subsistence prices, as relevant

Only shortlisted candidates will probably be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of.

Individuals engaged underneath a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought of “staff members” underneath the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages offered therein (akin to depart entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service will probably be ruled by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are accountable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the fee of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines.

The chosen candidate is solely accountable to be sure that the visa (relevant) and medical insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for the whole interval of the contract. Selected candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which should be met prior to taking on the project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and should not anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply areas or immediately work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF for the length of their consultancy contracts.

Advertised: Dec 19 2024 South Africa Standard Time

Application shut: Dec 26 2024 South Africa Standard Time