DEADLINE: 8TH JULY, 2021
PALLADIUM; USAID INTEGRATE HEALTH PROGRAM (UIHP)
ABUJA CONSULTANCY ADVERTISEMENT
TO3/TO4/TO5/217727/CONSULTANCY/FIXED PRICE CONTRACT:2021-0005
TITLE: THREE (3) CONSULTANTS TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE 2018 WHO GUIDELINES FOR POSITIVE INTRAPARTUM EXPERIENCE, AND ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE REVIEW OF ELSS, MLSS AND LSS TRAINING MANUALS.
Palladium invites applications from suitably qualified individual consultants to provide technical support for the 2018 WHO guidelines for positive intrapartum experience, and also provide support for the review of ELSS mL.SS and LSS training manuals. Three consultants will be hired to support different aspects of the consultancy SOW and this will be agreed with the successful potential consultants before the contract terms are agreed upon In this Request for Proposal, Palladium expects offerors to develop a custom solution and proposal to Palladium for consideration. Bidders are required to provide justification for the work proposed or
methodology to be adopted. This will be a Best Value procurement.
The consultants will provide technical support for the 2018 WHO guidelines for positive intrapartum experience, and also provide support for the review of ELSS, mLSS and LSS training manuals.
The World Health Organization (WHO) in 2018 published a consolidated set of recommendations on intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience. The recommendations include new definitions of the duration of the first and second stages of labour and provide guidance on the timing and use of labour interventions to improve the health and well-being of women and their babies. The recommendations are based on the principle that, through the use of effective labour and childbirth practices and avoidance of
ineffective (and potentially harmful) practices, health personnel can support women to achieve their desired physical, emotional and psychological outcomes for themselves, their babies and their families. To facilitate effective implementation of the above recommendations, WHO reviewed and revised the design of the previous partograph and developed the Labour Care Guide (LCG). The LCG was designed for health personnel to monitor the well-being of women and babies during labour through regular assessments to identify any deviation from normality. The tool aims to stimulate shared decision-making by health-care providers and women, and to promote women-centred care. The LCG is intended as a resource to ensure quality evidence-based care, with a special emphasis on ensuring safety, avoiding unnecessary interventions and providing supportive care. USAID Integrated Health Program ( HP) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) intends to adapt the WHO 2018 recommendations on intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience and the 2020 LCG to the Nigeria context.
In addition, IHP in collaboration with FMoH intends to review the national life saving skills training manual series and incorporate the adapted WHO 2018 recommendations on intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience and the 2020 LCG. These training manuals are designed and structured around the leading causes of maternal mortality and the delivery of basic and comprehensive emergency obstetric care. It is intended for use by all healthcare providers with different iterations for the different cadres of Healthcare Workers trying to save lives in sometimes very difficult situations, including community healthcare workers, nurses/midwives and clinicians. There are three iterations of the LSS manuals for the various levels of healthcare workers in the country
- Life Saving Skills manual (LSS): For Nurses and Midwives
- Modified Life Saving Skills (mLSS): For community health extension workers and CHOs
- Expanded Life Saving Skills (ELSS): For Medical doctors
Roles and Responsibilities
The specific responsibilities of the Consultant will be to provide technical support for the 2018 WHO guidelines for positive intrapartum experience, and also provide support for the review of ELSS, mLSS and LsS training manuals
Services description
The specific responsibilities of the consultants include:
1. The conduct of a desk review of the 2018 WHO guidelines for intrapartum care and 2020 labour guide and make recommendations for adoption/adaptation for implementation in Nigeria.
2. Conduct of a desk review of available ELSS/mLSS/LSS training manuals to identify gaps based on recent evidence-based priority RMNH interventions.
3. Facilitate a 3-day stakeholders’ meeting to review and adapt the WHO 2018 recommendations on intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience and the 2020 LCG.
4. The facilitation of a 5-day Hybrid (in-person and virtual) stakeholders’ meeting to present the identified gaps and capture the input of stakeholders for the development of first draft ELSS/LSS/mLSS Training Manual by stakeholders.
5. The collation of inputs of stakeholders and production the 1″ draft of the reviewed documents
6. The co-facilitation of a second 5-day Hybrid stakeholders’ meeting to further review additional gaps and questions identified in the first draft
7. Under the guidance of RHD, FMoH, collate inputs of stakeholders, produce the final draft of the reviewed ELSS/LSS, adapted recommendations for positive intrapartum experience, LCG and submit the same to FMOH.
8. The co-facilitation of a 3-day stakeholders’ meeting to validate the final draft of the reviewed training manuals,adapted recommendations for positive intrapartum experience, LCG and under the leadership of FMOH.
Expected Outputs
By the end of the consultancy, the following outputs are to be submitted to IHP through the Director/Head Reproductive Division, FMOH.
- Final drafts of the revised ELSS/mLSS/LSS manuals
- Power Point Presentation Slide Decks
- Final copy of the adapted 2018 WHO recommendations for intrapartum care and positive childbirth experience and the adapted LCG.
- Consultancy final report
Type of Contract
Ihis is a firm fixed price deliverable-based contract. The consultant is expected to satisfactorily accomplish the deliverables before he/she gets paid for that deliverable. The lHP Chief of Party reserves the right to confirm if a deliverable is delivered adequately or otherwise. No price change is expected after the contract is signed. IHP will not pay for the cost of any deliverable that is not complete, of quality or on time.
For more details concerning this consultancy and other associated application tools, píease visit the link below: https://bit.ly/3d8Oa2R
Submission information: Please follow the instructions as contained in the Request for Proposal (RFP) an0 submit to: consultancy@ihp-nigeria.com
This consultancy advert closes on July 08, 2021. No late application will be received after the deadline.
