Terms of Reference (TOR) for consultancy service to conduct training on Systematic review and meta-analysis in Ethiopia.
KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the fight against tuberculosis (TB), the first deadliest infectious disease in the world. KNCV is an international center of expertise for TB control that promotes effective, efficient, innovative and sustainable tuberculosis control strategies in a national and international context.
We are an organization of passionate TB professionals, including doctors, researchers, training experts, nurses and epidemiologists. We aim to stop the spread of the worldwide epidemic of TB and to prevent the further spread of drug-resistant TB. We operate from a central office in The Hague in the Netherlands, a regional office in Central Asia and country offices worldwide.
KNCV is the lead partner in Challenge TB (CTB), the new USAID-funded 5-year global program to decrease TB mortality and morbidity in high burdened countries. The overarching strategic objectives of Challenge TB are to improve access to quality patient centered care for TB, B/HIV, and MDR-TB services; to prevent transmission and disease progression; and to strengthen TB platforms. The KNCV office in Addis Ababa is responsible for the overall implementation of CTB project (to be significantly expanded in 2016). As lead partner, KNCV implements the project together with MSH and WHO and operates in close communication with the National TB program (NTP), the USAID Mission and other stakeholders.
The project focuses specifically on four major areas: 1) technical support (TA) to the national level of the National TB Program (NTP); 2) TA to two Regions; 3) TA to three urban areas, and 4) tailored support to key populations. In 2016 the CTB Project will be expanded to four other regions, with significant collaboration of MSH. It is expected that at the main office in Addis Ababa, a mix of KNCV and MSH senior technical staff will provide both national TA and policy support and regional/zonal TA.
Purpose of the position:
Based on the national and global drive on research and innovations to achieve the End TB targets and in-country lessons over the past decade; the TB Research Advisory Committee (TRAC) of the Federal Ministry of Health in collaboration with USAID/Challenge TB project planned to conduct training on Systematic review and meta-analysis concepts, methods and applications for participants with public health experience and demonstrated capacity of conducting research preferably in the field of TB, TB/HIV and MDR-TB.
The objective of the training is that there are already large quantities of information that must be refined and summarized to palatable piece of information for rational decision making by program and policy makers. Therefore, with this understanding, USAID/Challenge TB in collaboration with TRAC would like to build the national capacity in producing high quality peer-reviewed systematic reviews for evidence based health policies and practices in general and for the TB control program in particular in Ethiopia.
Scope of work/ assignment:
CTB/KNCV is seeking to hire a consultant:
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