International Health Consultant - Essential Health Service Package (ESP)

Contract

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Background and purpose of the assignment:

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh developed an Essential Service Package in 1998 in the First Health Sector Program and upgraded it periodically for delivering through public facilities aiming to guarantee essential health services to the country's citizens.

For the last time, it updated the Essential Service Package in 2016 as part of its 4th Health Population Nutrition Sector Program (2017-2023) and adopted the task of delivering ESP as the core approach to move towards achieving UHC by 2030. The ESP was upgraded through a general consultation process rather than following a robust analysis and assessment of economic, social, and health systems issues. However, financial, and operational gaps were not addressed adequately before rolling out the upgraded ESP.

The ESP will be upgraded according to the country’s current needs and shifting priorities in the context of political economy, fiscal space, and health systems arrangement. The ESP implementation plan and a monitoring framework will be developed and will be integrated with the 5th health sector program plan.

Work Assignments Overview:

Tasks/Milestones:Deliverables/Output:Timeframe:Review and validate the ESP by updating interventions with adjusting the requirements of the health workforce, equipment, and medicine at each delivery channel through KII and stakeholder consultations;An upgraded and validated ESP document identifying the list of interventions with adjusting the requirements of the health workforce, equipment, and medicine.

Within two months of the signing contract

Develop and validate the implementation plan and a monitoring framework through stakeholder consultations.- A validated implementation plan with specific roles and responsibilities of government agencies and operation plans under the 5th Health Sector program. - The plan will be complemented by a monitoring framework with target delegated to government agencies and operational plans.

Within four months of the signing contract

Finalize an ESP document with an integrated implementation plan a monitoring framework and technical support to conduct policy advocacy sessions to secure the political commitment for effective ESP implementationFinal ESP document integrating an implementation plan and a monitoring framework and technical support provided to organize two policy advocacy sessions.

Within six months of signing the contract

Minimum Qualifications/****K****n****o****wl****e****d****ge****/****E****x****p****e****r****t****i****s****e****/****S****k****i****l****l****s required:

• Experience in similar work with UN or UNICEF/International agencies is an advantage
• Master’s degree in Social health policy, health management, public health, or other relevant disciplines is required.
• Technical expertise and proven substantial experience of at least 10 years in public health, health service delivery, or health system development.
• Demonstrated experience in developing or reviewing health benefit package
• Working experience in Bangladesh or a similar country context
• Published peer-reviewed articles on priority settings, benefits package development, service delivery standardization, health planning, and strategy development
• Able to show evidence of experience in developing quality high-level strategic policy briefs, journal articles, and research reports for tailored audiences.
• Excellent report writing, and verbal communication skills in English.
• Excellence in capacity building of national stakeholders from LMIC and MIC in environmental health

Administrative Details:

Assignment duration: Six months

Work modality: Remote working with on-sight visits, if applicable