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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 191 members National Societies. The overall aim of the IFRC is “to inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by National Societies with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.” The IFRC works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises.
The IFRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (the Movement), together with its member National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The work of the IFRC is guided by the following fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality. At Geneva level, the
Health and Care Department’s (HCD) New Strategic Direction 2023 focuses on Health Systems Strengthening and WASH Systems Strengthening through four pillars: Global Health Security, Global Health Protection (UHC), Global WASH Services and Transformative Partnership.
The Global Health Protection (UHC) pillar houses and chairs the Alliance for Malaria Prevention (AMP), a partnership of more than 40 organizations, including government, private sector, faith-based and humanitarian organizations, focused on three main activities: (1) coordination of partners involved in insecticide-treated net (ITN) campaign and continuous distribution activities; (2) development of operational guidance for planning and implementing of ITN distribution based on an iterative process; and (3) providing technical assistance to national malaria programmes and partners based on requests. AMP’s activities support achievement of the WHO Global Technical Strategy (GTS) targets for high coverage and use of ITNs. AMP is a workstream within the RBM Partnership to End Malaria. Harnessing the global leadership and management systems of IFRC, AMP is uniquely positioned to support and advance country-level efforts to optimize ITN distribution and ensure that the right nets reach the right people at the right time through both campaign and continuous distribution channels.
In 2020, IFRC/AMP was awarded a three-year grant by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) to identify ways to improve operational efficiency for ITN campaigns and develop associated operational guidance for national malaria programmes and partners. AMP’s work under this grant provided key lessons learned and practical guidance for improving the implementation of ITN distribution through multiple channels. In 2023, a new grant was awarded to IFRC/AMP by BMGF focused on optimizing ITN access in the face of limited resources for the fight against malaria. In this grant, AMP will focus on implementing activities across five workstreams designed to address identified gaps. The primary objectives are to enhance data utilization for informed decision-making and to leverage digital tools for optimization of ITN campaigns. These workstreams ultimately aim to reduce the malaria burden through effective malaria prevention with ITNs.
Background
In 2024, the Liberia National Malaria Control Program (NMCP), Plan International Liberia (Plan), Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and RBM Partnership to End Malaria (RBM) partners, with support from the Global Fund (GF) and the United States President’s Malaria Initiative (US-PMI), will implement a nationwide insecticide treated net (ITN) mass campaign targeting 5.2 million people with over three million Interceptor G2 dual active ingredient (Dual AI) nets to the general population. The Alliance for Malaria Prevention (AMP) will provide technical guidance for the planning and implementation of the campaign.
The 2024 ITNs mass campaign will be managed by the local RBM structure and coordinated by the Joint Technical Steering Committee (JTSC) which is sub-divided into four sub-committees: Technical & Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Behaviour Change, Digitalization and Logistics. The 2024 campaign will be digitalized and will use a ‘door-to-door’ household registration nationwide and a hybrid distribution strategy (door-to-door in urban Montserrado and fixed site in rural Montserrado and the remaining counties).
The previous campaign was conducted in 2021 and encountered numerous challenges that delayed the implementation beyond the period of the Global Fund grant, which made closeout activities difficult to implement and, as a result, led to a lack of accountability for the nets received.
Planning for the 2024 campaign began early and macroplans and budgets developed to guide the strategy and operations for the campaign have addressed the recommendations from the local fund agent (LFA) spot checks, as well as reports from national and international partners who were involved in the planning and implementation of the 2021 campaign. The 2024 campaign will be digitalized, with distribution of a single ITN type (the same type distributed during the 2021 campaign) in line with insecticide resistance profiles within the country. The NMCP and partners are currently finalizing the microplanning package for the piloting of the digitalization application and platform in Margibi county planned for the first quarter of 2024.
While the preparations for the 2024 campaign are progressing well, the planning process has suffered severe delays that may impact the quality and timeliness of the campaign. To ensure the campaign is completed within the GF grant timeframe (June 30th 2024), a national technical assistance (TA) consultant will be recruited to support the Liberia NMCP with the finalization of planning for implementation of the campaign, including supporting finalization of all documents and tools to be utilized for the remaining phases of the ITN mass campaign in Liberia (microplanning, trainings and implementation), ensuring appropriate integration of digitalization components and timely availability of materials prior to training and implementation. The national TA consultant will be directly integrated into the NMCP to facilitate the coordination of the campaign processes and provide additional human resources for the program, and technical support to the JTSC and the four sub committees in collaboration with the NMCP, CRS and Plan International Liberia. The role of the national TA for the 2024 campaign will focus ensuring the continuity and progress of the campaign planning and implementation according to the activities defined in the overall campaign and pilot digitalization timelines.
Communication and reporting during the TA support period
Duration of work
The duration of the initial assignment is 30 days, with a five-day working week over a six-week period. An extension is possible depending on the needs of the NMCP and the performance of the consultant.
Location
The consultant will be based in the Liberia National Malaria Control Programme, Monrovia, Liberia with limited travel to the field and only if agreed by the NMCP. The focus of the consultant will be on central level coordination and support for preparation for field implementation according to the timeline. Any field activities of the consultant will be focused on Montserrado County, which has specific operational challenges that require additional attention and resources.
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