81297043 VB-Capacity Development for EmONC, Newborn Health and Family Planning in Tanzania

IHC2 requires the services of a contractor who can support the capacity development activities in comprehensive emergency obstetric and neonatal care (CEmONC), newborn care and family planning through deployment of long term and short-term experts. The support provided by the experts will contribute to the implementation of IHC2 project activities The contractor is responsible for implementing interventions that will contribute to achieving the module objective and to reaching the targets set for the four indicators measuring progress against the objective, as well contribute to achieving the objectives of Outputs 1 and 2 of the project and to reaching the targets for related Output indicators. Activities will be divided into three work packages. Across the work packages, the contractor shall support indicated partner Hospitals and HCs. through the following types of capacity development measures: (1) Formal training: focused on transmitting knowledge of theory, techniques and practicing competences and skills in a setting away from the place of work; formal trainings should take place in the first year of implementation as far as possible. The contractor may complement own staff with experts from the partner system in the delivery of trainings where possible. (2) On-the-job training and mentorship: focused on refreshing knowledge, practicing competences and skills in a setting in the place of work (incl. simulations and real service provision). Around 25 trained mentors are available in the partner system. These will be available to be part of the mentorship teams. At least one contractor staff should always be part of a mentorship team to further develop capacities of the mentors from the partner system. More mentors are to be trained. Facilities that had been supported in IHC1 are to receive quarterly mentoring visits. For new facilities the same frequency is planned for the first 12 months, with formal trainings to take place between the visits. Once the training programme has been completed, new facilities are to be visited every six weeks. (3) Clinical attachments: attaching a staff from a lower level to a higher-level facility for a certain time period for learning advanced skills from more experienced colleagues (4) Registered courses: Enrolment of selected staff in training programmes finishing with a recognized certificate. (5) Other measures: any other measure, including e.g., peer support networks, advisory services to health centre management and boards. Work Package 1 is on CEmONC. This work package aims at improving the capacity of the supported hospitals and health centres to provide high quality, functional and empathic emergency obstetric care services to pregnant women, their newborns, and families. The services to be provided under this work package contribute to Output 1. Work Package 2 is on Newborn Care. The aim of this work package is to improve the capacity of the selected hospitals and health centres to provide high quality, functional and empathic care for small and sick newborns and to stabilize critically ill neonates before referral. It is anticipated that this will ultimately contribute to reduction of health facility-based newborn deaths from preventable causes. The services to be provided under this work package contribute to Output 1. The same 16 health facilities as in work package 1 will be supported in this work package. Work Package 3 is on Family Planning. The aim of this package is to improve access to youth-friendly family planning services for young people. This includes increasing demand through education and improving the youth-friendliness of health services. The services to be provided under this work package contribute to output 2 (see above). The aim of this package is to improve access to youth-friendly family planning services for young people. This includes increasing demand through education and improving the youth-friendliness of health services. The services to be provided under this work package contribute to output 2 (see above). 16 HFs are to be supported in this Work Package, with a partial overlap with the Work Packages 1 and 2. The contractor is required to take measures to avoid or reduce possible unintended negative results on the environment and climate change, on conflict and human rights, and to support gender equality in its area of responsibility.