Country: Kyrgyzstan
Closing date: 29 Oct 2017
Assessment of the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV services and documentation of Early Infant Diagnosis on HIV interventions 2013-2016 in the Kyrgyz Republic
Objective/purpose of the consultancy/services
These activities will be implemented in the frame of UNICEF’s Health and Nutrition Section’s RWP for 2016-2017, under the Output 1.1.11 and contract between UNICEF and UNAIDS (August 2016 - December 2017), under the project “Strengthening the system of HIV prevention among women and children to eliminate further mother to child HIV transmission and strengthening infection control in medical facilities of KR”.
Scope of work, deliverables and key tasks
1.Provide inception report with the content.
2. Analysis of existing documentation on PMTCT, including current policy, strategies and programs; standards/protocols, reports and statistics (will be provided). To revise reports on assessment of PMTCT from other countries (will be provided) and propose additional instruments if it is needed for conduction of current assessment and preparation of final report.
3. Preparation of protocol of survey, adaptation of questionnaires (senior management of medical facilities, medical workers, women). This questionnaires are available.
4. Perform preliminary data analysis and draft report to facilitate round-table discussion to present preliminary evaluation results and recommendations to key stakeholders and counterparts
5.Analysis and preparation of report on assessment of PMTCT situation (all information collected by survey team will be provided) with elaboration of recommendations addressing identified gaps in respect to regulatory framework, standards, access, quality and coverage to ensure a good quality comprehensive and sustainable provision of PMTCT services.
6.Review and prepare documentation report on EID implementation in the Kyrgyz Republic based on existing documentation in the area of Early Infant Diagnosis on HIV, data showing the impact of interventions of main stakeholders to widen the coverage with testing.
Reporting and supervision
The Consultant will work under supervision of Cholpon Imanalieva, Health and Nutrition Specialist, and closely with Edil, Tilekov, HIV officer/
Qualification/level requirements
I. Academic Qualifications:
This assignment will require a senior International expert with extensive experience of working in the Public Health, HIV/PMTCT,
II. Professional Experience in the area of HIV/PMTCTPublic Health
Duration
This consultancy is envisaged for 8 working days in country and 7 working days out of the country within the period of September 2017
Duty station and official travel involved
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan including travel to the fields in Osh province) (1 two-day trip to Osh).
The consultant shall propose service fee including the travel costs based on above estimated schedule.
Reimbursement of travel related costs shall only be processed if travel was duly authorized by an authorized supervisor or Head of Office, in writing and prior to the travel.
Consultants are responsible for assuming costs for obtaining visas and travel insurance.
Travel paid for by UNICEF in advance, and travel costs reimbursed after travel, shall be based on economy class travel, regardless of the length of travel, subject to exceptional approval of business class travel by the Head of Office/ Division Director, for example for medicals reasons when certified by UN Medical Services in New York. Daily subsistence allowance (DSA) for official in-country field travels shall not exceed the daily rates established for specific country regions as promulgated by the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC).
Terms of Payment:
The Consultant will be expected to complete following deliverables with local experts:
Upon finalization of deliverables – 1 and 2 consultant will be entitled for 30% of the fee, the rest of the fee 70%, will be paid after Final completion of the consultancy, deliverables 3, 4 and 5.
Performance indicators
Consultant’s performance of work will be evaluated primarily based on the following indicators:
How to apply:
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