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Earlier this year, Living Goods through Africa Frontline First (AFF) received funding from the Global Fund (GF) to support the Ministry of Health (MoH) to address key gaps and bottlenecks, lay strong foundations, and build the readiness of community health systems towards scale, institutionalization, and sustainability through Project BIRCH (Building Integrated Readiness for Community Health). The proposed technical assistance (TA) approach is designed to provide comprehensive support tailored to meet the specific needs and objectives of the project, including the MoH priority needs to be addressed. Through a collaborative partnership with the Department of Health promotion and various key stakeholders (including donors and implementing partners), Overall, LG will employ a multi-faceted methodology aimed at enhancing capacity, fostering innovation, and facilitating sustainable solutions.
These will involve: thorough assessments to identify gaps, challenges, and opportunities within the project scope; wide key stakeholder engagement at all levels to ensure alignment of objectives, promote ownership, and foster collaboration; capacity building; provide dedicated technical support through ongoing guidance to address challenges and facilitate effective implementation; enhance capacity at MoH to provide dedicated leadership of the project and timely, effective coordination with other MoH departments and strengthening the skills and competencies of these personnel; establish robust monitoring and evaluation frameworks to track progress, identify areas for improvement, and ensure accountability; documentation and facilitate knowledge sharing sessions and workshops to promote learning, exchange best practices, and foster innovation; assist in the development of sustainability plans to ensure project outcomes are maintained beyond the TA period and employ adaptive management strategies to respond to emerging challenges and adapt interventions as needed.
After BIRCH support, the goal is for Uganda to have achieved strong policies, strategies, and operational plans to advance the community health agenda within wider primary health care, human resources for health, health sector and the country; monitoring and regular assessments of systems that support community health to identify areas of improvement; functional coordination platforms to turn data into evidence-based decisions and performance; increased resource mobilization for community health; integrated financial planning with broader HRH and efficient resource allocation in community health; and long term financing and sustainability plans to ensure lasting impact.
Purpose of the consultancy
The consultant will lead the process of revising the outdated CHEW strategy. The goal of this consultancy is to update the strategy and involve key stakeholders and the Ministry of Health in a collaborative process to ensure their ownership of the plan. The substantive outcome is a costed five-year CHEW strategy for the period 2024–2029.
Scope of Work
The strategy must encompass a range of issues, including the roles and responsibilities of CHEWs and other stakeholders, selection criteria such as education levels, compensation and remuneration, tooling and training, implementation arrangements, monitoring and evaluation, a detailed cost strategy for CHEWs, and an implementation framework, among others. The consultant can draw from any best practices within similar strategies for other non-governmental organizations and stakeholders with similar modus operandi.