Procurement Summary
Country : DR Congo
Summary : Recruitment of a Technical Support Consultant to Strengthen the Routine EPI in the Province of Upper Katanga
Deadline : 21 May 2019
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Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 32974616
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Competition : ICB
Financier : United Nations Secretariat
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Tender Value : Refer Document
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Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND
372, avenue Colonel Mondjiba
Concession Immotex (Ex-Utexafrica)
Kinshasa-Ngaliema
Tel: 815557680 / 996050399
Fax: 871.761.481.320 / 243.880.3006
DR Congo
Email :kinshasa@unicef.org
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Tender Details
Tenders are invited for Recruitment of a Technical Support Consultant to Strengthen the Routine EPI in the Province of Upper Katanga.
I. Summary
Title: Consultant / Consultant
Role: Support for EPI routine reinforcement (Mashako Plan) in the province of Upper Katanga
Office: Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo
Duration: 10 months
Beginning: June 2019
Technical Supervision: Health Specialist of the Lubumbashi UNICEF Office
Administrative Supervision: Head of UNICEF Lubumbashi Office
II. Background and Rationale
The rate of complete immunization coverage in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is low. The latest independent survey (DHS 2013-2014) recorded a full basic coverage rate of 45%, which means that more than 1.6 million children receive no antigen from the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) each year. The low immunization coverage was confirmed by the preliminary results of MICS 2018, which revealed that only 35% of children received all EPI antigens. Referring to administrative data, coverage has remained stagnant in recent years and there is also a persistent gap of 20 points between administrative coverage and annual WHO / UNICEF estimates.
As a result, coverage levels are insufficient to protect populations from vaccine-preventable diseases and consequently lead to an accumulation of susceptible individuals that constitute a fragile group in relation to the emergence of epidemics, as shown by the measles and cDVPV2 epidemics observed. these last three years. In order to control these epidemics, the health system's response focuses on mass vaccination campaigns, slowing down routine immunization activities for several weeks.
Although these additional immunization activities represent an opportunity for scaling up routine immunization, the results from these campaigns show that the '' recovery of children in routine vaccination during the campaign '' approach is not well understood. and the results achieved so far remain mixed. These campaigns remain a short-term solution, the implementation of an effective routine vaccination is the only long-term solution to eradicate these diseases from the country.
The EPI, with the support of its partners, opted to place the routine immunization program at the center of attention by developing an emergency plan aimed at increasing vaccination coverage in the DRC by 15 percentage points. month. This plan, known as the Mashako Plan, targets 9 priority provinces: Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami, Ituri, Kasaï, Kinshasa, Kwilu, Mongala, Tanganyika and Tshuapa taking into account certain selection criteria, namely: (i) Health zones in cVDPV2 epidemic in 2017-2018, (ii) health zones with measles epidemic in 2017-2018, (iii) health zones with low immunization coverage resulting in a large number of unvaccinated children routinely EDS database and (iv) health zones that have been out of stock in vaccines in 2018
This plan covers a period of 18 months, from August 2018 to December 2019, is integrated into the 2018 and 2019 Operational Action Plans (OAPs) and aims to increase vaccination coverage by 15 points through implementation. effective strategy reach each Zone with a focus on: (i) setting up a Mashako plan management framework at all levels, (ii) achieving at least 90% of required immunization sessions planned to arrive reduce the DTC1 / DTP3 drop-out rate to less than 10%; (iii) availability of vaccine and other inputs at all levels and ensure the functionality of 90% of cold chain equipment during the period;(iv) monthly monitoring of plan indicators at all levels; and (v) systematic verification of the quality of implementation of immunization activities.
To achieve this, the following strategies will be used: (i) strengthening coordination and financing, (ii) strengthening service delivery, (iii) increasing the availability of vaccines, (iv) implementing inspections and monitoring; and (v) strengthening monitoring and evaluation.
The operationalization of this plan is based on complementarity and it is retained that the partners support its implementation according to the cartography below:
§ Kinshasa, Tshuapa and Mongala: WHO and GAVI
§ Kwilu: Village Reach and GAVI
§ Kasai and Ituri: UNICEF and GAVI
§ Haut-Katanga: UNICEF and GAVI
§ Upper Lomami and Tanganyika: GAVI, BGMF, Village Reach and PATH
It is in this context that UNICEF is recruiting a national consultant in support of routine EPI strengthening in the Province of Upper Katanga where UNICEF is lead to accompany the implementation of the Mashako Plan. Funding is provided by GAVI funds under the Partnership for Technical Assistance.
III. Objectives of the consultation
Main objective :
The overall objective of this technical assistance is to strengthen the management of the Expanded Program of Immunization in the province of Upper Katanga through the implementation of the ACZ / equity approach in the context of the implementation of the Mashako Plan.
Specific objectives :
Under the supervision of the Health specialist of the Unicef ??Lubumbashi office, the Consultant will have the main mission to support the coordination and monitoring of the implementation of the Mashako Plan in the health zones of the Province of Upper Katanga:
§ Technically support the Health Zones (ZS) in the development and implementation of micro planning at the base according to the village approach;
§ Ensure a rigorous follow-up of the effective implementation of the Mashako Plan's activities for the reinforcement of routine vaccination by the HZ;
§ Support the province in the coordination activities of the Mashako Plan by playing a catalytic role in the functioning of the Mashako Plan Technical and Steering Committees
§ Support the province in the planning, management, supervision, monitoring and evaluation of the Mashako Plan
§ Help identify pockets of low immunity (routine data, campaigns) in the HZ and propose solutions to reach and vaccinate children in these areas
§ Provide technical support for the development of social mapping of immunization workers in both health zones and health areas
§ Provide technical support for programming advanced strategies and mobile vaccination strategies
§ Participate in the development of targeted formative supervision plans based on an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the program.
§ Provide technical support for the analysis of DVDMT and DIHS2 data in quarterly EPI data review sessions and preparation of the EPI quarterly newsletter.
§ Contribute to setting up a monitoring and monitoring framework for interventions geared towards communities that are difficult to access.
§ Support the development of reports and monthly Dashboard for SZs and antennas / provinces including feedback at all levels;
§ Support all aspects of logistics both at the antennas and at the HZ level by ensuring the availability of quality vaccines and inputs at the vaccination points
§ Participate in coordination meetings at the provincial level (CCIA, Steering Committee) and SZs
§ Participate in the monitoring activities, reviews and evaluation of the various vaccination activities at the level of the ZS and antennas / province
§ Quarterly monitoring of the dashboards and bottlenecks of the vaccination system of the Health Zones
§ Support the planning, implementation and evaluation of all immunization campaigns including the measles monitoring campaign.
§ Ensure the integration of high-impact activities with child survival
§ Support integrated surveillance activities including community-based surveillance;
IV. Expected results :
§ 100% of the Health Zones of the Province of Upper Katanga has micro plan according to the village approach in accordance with the guidelines of the Mashako Plan
§ 100% of Health Zone micro-plans indicate hard-to-reach populations and indicate how to reach them.
§ Dashboards and bottlenecks of the Health Zones vaccination system are monitored quarterly
§ Each quarter, each Health Zone receives at least one formative supervision (with a documented return) from the provincial level;
§ 100% of Health Zones conduct at least one meeting per quarter during which immunization and other primary health care services are discussed with leaders of community organizations, local authorities and religious leaders.
§ 100% of Health Zones hold a monthly report review meeting where data, trends and follow-up actions are discussed with comments sent to health facilities
§ The meetings of the technical and steering committees are held regularly at the level of the antennas and at the level of the province and address the possible counter-performances noted
§ The planning, management, supervision, monitoring and evaluation activities of the Mashako Plan are reinforced at the level of the Health Zones, antennas and the province
§ The process of verifying the quality of routine immunization data and campaigns at both the HZ level and the antennas / province level is strengthened;
§ The logistics aspects are reinforced both at the level of the antennas and at the level of the ZS to ensure a good availability of vaccines and quality inputs at the vaccination points
§ monitoring activities, journals and evaluation of different vaccination activities at ZS and antennas / province are strengthened
§ Quality support is provided for the proper planning, preparation, implementation and evaluation of measles, polio and yellow fever SIAs
§ Integration of high-impact activities into child survival is achieved
§ Integrated surveillance activities including community-based surveillance are strengthened
§ Monthly vaccination reports including the Mashako Plan Dashboard are sent monthly at all levels and on time
§ The consultant's monthly report is sent to the technical supervisor
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