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CONSULTANCY OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT OF WORK TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TOTAL HEALTH COMMODITIES FINANCIAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN ZANZIBAR PROVIDER(S): TBD

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Period of Performance: March – May 2023(23 days)

Place of Performance: Zanzibar

  1. Background
    GHSC-TA-TZ, as a technical assistance implementing partner to the Government of Tanzania on health commodities supply chain strengthening, is committed to the provision of strategic planning and implementation assistance through supply chain costing and financing strategies. GHSC-TA-TZ intends to provide short-term technical assistance to assess the range of funding sources available and compare this to the total health commodity needs to identify gaps at healthcare facilities. This exercise will provide insight into better management of direct funds to health facilities to realize efficiency gains.

The scope of this assessment is for Zanzibar only. It will cover only sampled public health facilities. The assessment will assess all health commodities from medical supplies and equipment to medicines and lab reagents. The assessment is expected to be done in early April 2023. The timeframe for the assessment data that will be collected is Zanzibar’s financial year 2021/2022.

The assessment aims at answering the following questions:
a. What are the total health commodities financial needs for a health facility?
b. What are the available funds (source breakdown)to cover the financial needs estimated in (a)above?
c. Is there any financial gap?

2. Consultant Tasks

3.1. Conduct comprehensive assessment to determine the range of health commodities funding sources available in Zanzibar at sampled health facilities and compare this to the total commodity needs to identify available gaps.

3.2.

a. Conduct desk review to:

  • Develop list of health commodities to be included in the needs
    assessment as per the standard treatment guidelines (STG).
  • Review the existing data collection tools used in the similar assessment conducted in Tanzania Mainland and revise them for use in this assessment, if necessary
  • Identify data sources to be used.
  • Develop and draft the study design and protocol, including determining the sample size of health facilities to be included in the assessment.
  • Pilot (pre-test) the refined data collection tools and make any needed modifications.
  • Conduct training of data collection teams in utilizing the data collection tools.
  • Conduct data collection at the sampled health facilities.
  • Conduct data compilation, cleaning, and analysis.
  • Write draft assessment report based on data analysis.
  • Develop PowerPoint presentation on preliminary findings and present them to and validate them with government stakeholders.
  • Write final assessment report, addressing validation and other feedback from government stakeholders and guidance from GHSC TA-TZ.
  • Develop PowerPoint presentation on final findings and present them to government and other stakeholders.

3.3. Provide a weekly status update by email to Michael John ([email protected]).

4. Deliverables

  • Final Report
  • PowerPoint presentation on final findings

If you are interested in applying for this position please send your resume, cover letter to [email protected] before 10th March, 2023.

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