Consultant- Implementing UHC Priority Benefit Package

Contract

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Purpose of the Consultancy

The main objective of this consultancy is to provide Technical advice for staying on due course of the implementing UHC Priority Benefit Package while ensuring responding to the pandemic need by the continuity of Essential Health Services.

Background

The 2018 Salalah Declaration on UHC in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) recognises defining 'UHC Priority Benefit Package (UHC-PBP)' under a national health agenda as the basis for formulating a country's vision to advance UHC and devising a roadmap for its realisation. Designing and implementing a UHC-PBP allows governments to focus their financial, technical and managerial support to prioritised programs, services and interventions with maximum impact on health and well-being – the third goal of the sustainable development agenda (SDG3). While UHC-PBP is considered a strategic priority for the countries, COVID-19 resulted in the disruption of the Essential Health Services (EHS) and created an urgent need for actions. Countries were obliged to pay attention to particular needs, which moved to the corner many priority services and caused excess morbidity and mortality. The question became, which services must have priority and kept among all those that have an impact.

There are two simultaneous workstreams on board at the moment. First, the UHC-PBP must be moved by incorporating lessons learned from the pandemic for achieving the UHC. Second, the EMRO should support countries for maintaining EHS as a part of the COVID-19 response that is a part of emergency response. Practically, for the first stream, a collaboration with the Bill Melinda Gates foundation is newly defined for country translation of the Disease Control Priorities 3 (DCP3). This is a unique opportunity for UHC-PBP work in the region for the extensive involvement of different countries in later stages.

For the second, EHS pillar work of the Incident Manager Support Team )IMST( is a priority, including developing the work plan, monitoring and preparing the progress report. In addition to that, the work should have definite country impacts for which a proposal developed and is going to be implemented in four countries of the region. This is an urgent task that needs continuous and systematic interaction with different stakeholders, updating the new evidence and translating them into the country actions.

The purpose of the current consultancy is supporting the service packages in these aspects of 1) the strategic work of the UHC-PBP in EMR to achieve UHC by country translation of the DCP 3 and 2) the response to COVID-19 through EMRO and MS levels work on maintaining Essential Health Services.

Planned timelines (subject to confirmation) total of 12 months

Start date: 1st of August 2021

End date: 1st of August 2022

Work to be performed

1. Coordinate with various stakeholders (national authorities and WCOs from one side and the DCP3 team on the other side) to build consensus for country to develop country UHC-PBP (potentially Sudan).
2. Technically contribute to the work of the EHS pillar 9, including monitoring the progress of the pillar's regional COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) and pillar's work plan.
3. Manage to access integrated quality essential health services and systems in EMR amid COVID-19 implementing and beyond in four countries.
4. Analyse the pulse survey on continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic in EMR.

Deliverables

1. Develop A work plan and protocol of the country translation of the DCP3 in one of the MS.
2. Submit a Progress report of the EHS pillar and its achievement of the SPRP.
3. Submir A report on the situation analysis if maintaining EHS in four countries of the region.
4. Develop A regional report on the pulse survey on continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Required Qualifications

Education:

• • University degree in public health

Experience****:

• • At least 5 years' experience in public health and service delivery innovations.

Skills/ Technical knowledge

Excellent knowledge of health systems, stakeholder analysis, and service delivery. Familiarity with the WHO system

Language

• Fluent (Read - Write - Speak) in English, Arabic and French are assets

Location:

The consultant will work at WHO EMRO, with travel in the EMR, as needed.

Medical clearance : The selected Consultant will be expected to provide a medical certificate of fitness for work.

Travel (If travel is involved, a medical certificate of fitness for work will be required.) All travel arrangements will be made by WHO – WHO will not be responsible for tickets purchased by the Consultant without the express, prior authorization of WHO. While on mission under the terms of this consultancy, the Consultant will receive subsistence allowance. Visas requirements: it is the consultant’s responsibility to fulfil visa requirements and ask for visa support letter(s) if needed.

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