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Qualifications

1.1 Purpose

Zimbabwe has a fragile health system and experiences both natural and man-made disasters including disease outbreaks and extreme weather phenomena that severely disrupt the delivery of essential health services. The National Health Strategy also identifies key issues affecting adolescents and youth’s health and well-being which include a high Adolescent Birth Rate (ABR) of 108 live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 years against a national target of 100 by 2022, and a regional average of 101 live births per 1000 women aged 15-19, high rates of adolescent pregnancies, maternal morbidity and mortality, early marriage, sexual and gender-based violence, new STIs/ HIV infections, high unmet need for family planning, drug, and substance use, and poor mental health. For adolescents, especially girls, these negative outcomes also result in school dropouts, thus preventing them from realizing their potential in life and productively contributing to national development.

1.2 Background and Justification

The World Health Organization (WHO) released SRH self-care guidelines in 2019 and Zimbabwe has not yet adapted and contextualised these. The concept of SRH self-care focuses on self-awareness, self-testing, and self-management. Evidence has shown that in resource-constrained settings with limited or disrupted adolescent and youth service coverage and access, SRH self-care plays a critical role in improving access to critical SRHR services. In a policy-restrictive environment, Self-care is a game changer in terms of adolescents’ and young people’s access to and utilization of friendly services and can be a means to reduce health system costs by shifting tasks to users and caregivers and by shifting care outside of formal healthcare facilities.   In Zimbabwe, Self-care will also build upon existing movements and paradigm shifts, such as community-led response initiatives, which are powerful strategies currently supporting health systems. Against this background, we plan to develop the self-care guidelines in Zimbabwe in line with the latest WHO recommendations.

1.3 Purpose

•To develop guidelines on Self -Care interventions for SRHR in Zimbabwe in line with the latest WHO recommendations

1.1. Tasks

The consultant under the guidance of WHO technical staff will support and/or undertake the following tasks:

1.Conduct an inception meeting with the TWG for adolescents

2.Develop national guidelines for self-care interventions for SRHR.

3. Conduct a stakeholders’ meeting involving representatives of professional associations, NGOs, Adolescents and other partners working in SRHR to present the draft national guidelines on Self-care.

4.Incorporate comments for finalization

5.Conduct a validation meeting

 

1.2.Key Deliverables

Deliverable will be in line with the task/TOR and will include.

1.    Output 1: Inception meeting report

2.    Output 2: Draft national guidelines for self-care interventions for SRHR

3.    Output 3: Stakeholder dissemination meeting report.

4.    Output 4: Validation meeting with key technical persons

5.    Output 5:  Final draft report

 

1.3.Contract Duration

•6 weeks

1.4. Desired Experience

 

Education:

Degree in Medicine

Masters in Obstetrics and Gynecology/ Public Health with specialized training in maternal and child health from a WHO recognized university.

·Experience: Minimum of 5 years’ working experience at the national or international level in SRH, maternal and child health, epidemiology or health policy and systems.

·Skills and Knowledge:

o   Proven exposure/experience in guideline development including the design/development/implementation of national policies.

o   Proven experience in leading and facilitating workshops

o   Ability to effectively utilize computer software (i.e., MS Excel, word etc.)

o   Excellent facilitation and training skills

o   Candidate should have excellent team building and facilitation skills.

·Language: Excellent knowledge the English language and proficient in at least one Zimbabwean local language.

 

1.5. Supervision

· Overall supervision:  WHO Representative (WR) for Zimbabwe

Technical supervision:  The WHO Country Office ULC -Family and Reproductive Health Unit will provide technical support and supervision.

1.6. Location

Harare, Zimbabwe.

1.7. Remuneration

The expert will be recruited at the level of NOC

Location               Zimbabwe

Duration              Six Weeks

Start Date            Immediate

End Date              After Six Weeks