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Job Title:   Local consultant to support the coordination of an Immunization Post-introduction Evaluation 2024  

Organisation: World Health Organisation (WHO)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About WHO:

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations (UN) system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

Background

The Ministry of Health (MoH) in Uganda has taken a significant stride in public health by introducing several new vaccines into the routine immunization schedule to prevent, control and eliminate targeted vaccine preventable diseases.  In October 2022 additional vaccines namely yellow fever vaccine, the second dose of the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV2), the Hepatitis B birth dose (Hep B Birth dose), and the second dose of the measles-rubella vaccine (MR2) were introduced on Uganda’s routine Immunisation schedule through the annual Child health days. The EPI program plans to introduce Malaria Vaccine and 3rd dose of Rotavirus vaccine and switch to a one dose schedule of HPV vaccine. A PIE rapidly identifies problem areas needing correction within the immunization either pre-existing or resulting from the introduction of a new vaccine and provide valuable lessons for future vaccine introduction. Uganda will be conducting an integrated PIE in May/June 2024 that will cover the entire spectrum of the immunization program, from the national level down to the community level.

Overall: The primary objective of this Post-Introduction Evaluation (PIE) is to assess the impact and effectiveness of the newly introduced vaccines within the Uganda National Immunization Programme.

Specific Objectives:

• Highlight planning activities that went well and should be maintained
• Identify and document problems and bottlenecks needing corrective action, so that they can be prevented in future introductions of new vaccine as well as improve further operationalization
• Inform recommendations to improve successful introduction of future vaccines
• Identify ease or complexity of the vaccine introduction
• Identify any best practices to generate knowledge and scale up

It will encompass all relevant stakeholders including health officials, health care workers, community leaders and the general public. Several reviewers will be assembled drawn from the national and international community. The review process will include both a desk review and field work using the WHO guidance document for PIE. There is need to have a national consultant who will coordinate the various levels of the evaluation.

Key Deliverables At the end of the two (2) months assignment, the consultant will be expected to have delivered the following:

Coordinate the review and finalization of data collection tools by May 10, 2024

• Coordinate the desk review process with compilation of inputs from reviewers in a draft report by May 1, 2024
• Lead the organization of the initial day of consultation and field deployments of the reviewers
• Participate in the field data collection activities
• Support preparations of the national stakeholders preparatory and feedback meetings including the flow of information between the various participants
• Coordinate the aggregation the findings and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from the desk review and field to assess the impact and effectiveness of the new vaccines introduced into routine immunization program
• Lead the identification and documentation lessons learned and best practices from the integrated vaccines introduced into the Ugandan immunization program
• Participate in weekly virtual preparatory meetings with all stakeholders and provide updates on preparation for the PIE
• Coordinate the writing of a final evaluation report including findings, analysis, lessons learned, and recommendations
• Submit the final evaluation report within 30 days of completion of the exercise.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• MBCHB with a master’s in public health; added advantage experience in immunization
• Five years of related work experience
• Extensive experience in conducting program evaluations, particularly in the context of public health or development interventions.
• Strong analytical and research skills, with the ability to collect and analyze both quantitative and qualitative data.
• Good organizational and coordination skills
• Excellent communication and report-writing skills.
• Familiar with immunization programs with an added advantage in conducting external surveillance review, FEPI review or PIE activity
• Knowledgeable in post-vaccine introduction evaluations
• Languages and level required: English

How to Apply:

All applicants who wish to join the United Nations should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 27^th March 2024

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