Country: Uganda
Closing date: 23 May 2018
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Under the supervision of the Health Specialist, the consultant will provide Technical Assistance to support strengthening the implementation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses through ICATT- CCD and strengthening and Piloting Early Interventions for Childhood Disability in Uganda
Background:
Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI) is evidence based strategy used globally to support the quality service provision to children at health facility level. In Uganda, to rapidly scale up this initiative, the Ministry of Health (MOH) with support from UNICEF has introduced the WHO-recommended Integrated Management of Childhood Illness - Computer Assisted Training and Adaptation Tool (ICATT) into pre- and in-service training in Uganda.
As of January 2018, UNICEF supported 35 districts and 35 pre-service health institutions in Uganda to introduce the training of IMNCI into their health workers training system by using the ICATT approach. In 2018, UNICEF will support 16 additional districts in Northern Uganda and 10 pre-service training institutions to implement ICATT trainings.
With available funds from H&M Foundation, SIDA and DFID, UNICEF plans to strengthen and scale up the IMNCI implementation through ICATT. In addition, UNICEF will support the pilot of early interventions for child disability in one district (to be selected). The result of pilot will guide national strategies/standards on modality of scale up of care and development for children with disability.
It is therefore against this background that Child Survival & Development Section of UNICEF is seeking to extend the contract of the consultant to continue supporting implementation of ICATT in new fifteen (15) Northern Uganda districts and ten (10) Pre-service health institutions and follow up trained health workers in the 8 SIDA funded districts of west Nile and 14 Eastern and Western districts (refer to detailed lists below). The services of a consultant have proved quite cost-effective and it enables the expeditious implementation of the strategy at the district level having led the review process of the ICATT tool and adaptation at National level and more so, this consultant’s performance has been excellent.
Purpose of the assignment:
To support the National Working Committee on Early Intervention and Care and Development for Children with Disabilities, effectively pilot the “Care and Development for Young Children with Disabilities” project in the selected district (s) of Uganda.
Key Tasks:
Agule School of Nursing – Pallisa.
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Remarks:
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Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
How to apply:
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