DEADLINE: 10TH DECEMBER, 2021
NATIONAL MALARIA ELIMINATION PROGRAMME (NMEP)
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH, ABUJA
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)-ENGAGEMENT OF CONSULTANT TO MONITOR POST LLIN JINGLES AIRING IN 7 STATES
BACKGROUND
Nigeria is reported to account for 23% of the global malaria burden of 216 million and 19% of global malaria mortality (WMR, 2018). Although these figures show that malaria remains highly endemic in Nigeria, the country has made significant progress in disease prevention and reduction of mortality in the past one and half decades. The strategic vision of the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) that is responsible for ensuring a coordinated response to malaria control efforts in country is a “Malaria Free Nigeria”. The NMEP strategies and approaches to achieving her goals are articulated in the current National Malaria Control Strategic Plan (NMSP) 2021 – 2025). In attaining the vision, the NMEP has set an operational goal of achieving a malaria prevalence of less than 10% and reduce mortality attributable to malaria to less than 50 deaths per 1,000 live births by 2025. This imposes an obligation on the programme to track continuously malaria prevalence across all states and as a nation.
ITN mass campaigns constitute an effective way of ensuring accessibility to nets by all household members as it has been found to be the most important determinant of net use. NMEP and its Partners conduct cyclic net campaigns as part of its strategies for the elimination of malaria in the country. To this effect they have conducted several mass ITN replacement campaigns with support from various donor agencies. Consequently, the use of ITNs among children under age 5 has increased over the past 7 years, from 16% in 2013 to 52% in 2018. Similarly, use of ITNs by pregnant women has increased from 17% in 2013 to 58% in 2018. However, the target of 80% set for both indicators in the NMSP, 2014 – 2020 was not met. However, evidence has shown that despite increasing coverage and ownership of ITN, net utilization has been sub-optimal in various geographical settings. Hence the need to increase awareness on net use, one of the ways of doing this airing and monitoring of aired jingles
Rationale
As part of efforts to improve net use mass distribution campaigns of insecticide-treated nets for malaria prevention are usually accompanied by some social behaviour change (SBC) activities to encourage hanging of nets. Airing of Radio and TV jingles and monitoring of aired jingles are one of such interventions.
Part of the mandate of ACSM branch is to ensure high quality mass media communications to disseminate messages about malaria and enhance efforts against malaria. It is therefore vital that developed jingles be aired after net campaigns conducted late 2020 and 2021 in targeted states to sustain and increase net use. Also this aired jingle is monitored in all the states. The NMEP, with its Partners is seeking experienced consultants that will ensure that the aired jingles are monitored. This will definitely improve the quality of airing; create a comprehensive report for the programme.
The Terms of Reference are:
(1) Using a standardised radio monitoring system, monitor the aired post campaign jingles for 7 states
The Scope of Work will include the following;
(a) Develop and submit a monitoring plan to the programme as part of the contract agreement
(b) Monitor the aired post campaign jingles for 7 states for three months in each states
(c) Come up with a comprehensive report
Methodology
The airing of the jingles will be monitored by a different agency from the agency that is airing the jingles. The selected Media Agency will also develop and submit a monitoring plan to the programme as part of the contract agreement.
Deliverables
(1) Written report of the monitoring of aired jingles
(2) Developed monitoring plan
(3) Evidence of monitored jingles.
Qualifications and experience
(1) The consultant should have vast experience in the conduct of radio jingles monitoring and familiarity with the high-end wideband radio Frequency applications for monitoring spots and jingles using radio weaves
(2) Familiar with system analyses for Radio channels for advertisements that automatically recognize and track and provides valuable detection information such as channel name and detection time within minutes of airing..
(3) She/he should have a public health background with at least 5 years’ expertise in public health with experience mass media communication.
(4) Evidence of previous conduct of a similar exercise in the healthcare or another sector, preferably within Nigeria.
(5) Be a team player and able to work under pressure.
Location
Study to be conducted in 7 States namely: Osun, Kwara, Adamawa, Katsina, Gombe, Jigawa and Ogun in Nigeria
Timeframe
Short-term consultancy of 30 days per month within a 3-month period
EVALUATION AND SELECTION
- NMEP will review the EoI and shortlist Applicants to proceed to the next stage based on the criteria listed above.
- At this stage, a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ qualifier will be used to rate all the points above. Only shortlisted bidders will proceed to the next stage
- All costs incurred by bidders as a result of this process and any subsequent requests for information shall be borne by the bidder.
- Only consultants that satisfy the Eol requirements will be contacted.
- This advertisement shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of NMEP to appoint any person or organization nor shall it entitle any person or organization to claim any indemnity from NMEP.
- Interested bidders may obtain further information from the physical address (Human Resource, National Malaria Elimination Programme, Abia House. CBD Abuja) between 9:00hrs and 15:00hrs or via e-mail address given below. Such information should be requested not later than 5 days after publication.
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS/CLOSING DATE
Copies of the Expression of Interest (EoI) with a detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) should be sent to the email: nmeprecruits@nmep.gov.ng with the Subject Code: NMEP/-ACSM- MAL-21 boldly written on the application and addressed to:
The National Coordinator
National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP)
Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH)
1st Floor Abia House, Central Business District, Abuja, FCT
Note: The closing date for receiving the application is ten (10) working days (Friday, 10 December, 2021) from the day of publication. Any application received after the stipulated ten working (10) days will not be accepted. Interested bidders may obtain detailed Terms of Reference from the NMEP website: http://www.nmep.gov.ng
Signed:
NMEP
