Ethiopia has registered substantial progress in reducing maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality over the past decades as a result of strong leadership of the FMOH, coordination of efforts and intensive investment in the health system by the government, development partners and the community at large. The Health Sector Transformation Plan (HSTP) 2016-2020 provides a clear guidance on where the country plans to be by 2020. The Reproductive Health Strategy (2016-2020) and the Adolescent and Youth Health Strategy (2016-2020) both provide strategic guidance on key priority areas in reproductive, maternal and adolescent health throughout the country.
Ethiopia has strong policies and plans to continue implementation at scale of reproductive, maternal and adolescent health interventions as part of five-year health systems plans and movement toward SDGs. As we reach the end of the RH strategy 2016-2020, the FMOH believes that it is now the time to revised this strategy for the coming five years 2021-2025 based on critical review of the current strategy implementation, lessons learned so far, in-depth analysis of relevant national and global documents.
The National Reproductive Health Strategy should also be developed in alignment of currently developed HSTP II and should provide guidance for implementing the HSTP II pertaining reproductive health issues.
Detail scope of this temporary assignment is to actively support the revision of national reproductive health strategy by coordinating with safe motherhood TWG and small group that will be established. A comprehensive review of the country’s RH status, present and past, and propose targets for achievement. The consultants will work closely with the ministry of health and safe motherhood TWG. Thoroughly reviewing of the health sector transformation plan II and the sectorial vision document and SRHR vision document. The consultant will facilitate a series of consultative sessions in the process of developing the vision document. Capture and document consultative meeting minutes and draw conclusion to enrich the strategy.
To review the Ethiopian National Reproductive Health Strategy 2016-2020 for the next five year from 2021- 2025.
Reproductive health strategy development will be done under the leadership of the FMOH and through the technical advice of national SMH –TWG members. A consultant will also be hired to support the development of the RH strategy.
The consultant’s major responsibility will be coordinating the overall process with MOH leadership and Coordinate a series of consultative sessions in the process of developing the guideline. Capture and document consultative meeting minutes and draw conclusion for the enriching the guideline. Liaising with other experts to collect evidence from the HSTP midterm review and other study on RH.
a) Proceedings of consultative meeting and outcomes of discussions
b) First draft RH strategy
c) Final RH strategy after incorporating comments
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Have the first SMH TWG meeting and form the core team | X |
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Finalize the TOR | X |
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Hire a consultants |
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Consultation workshop to present, hold in-depth discussion on the draft RH strategy outline and proposed work plan receive and organize inputs and feedback |
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Review and identify list of key documents (in-country and global) relevant to the RH strategy |
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Review, analyze key learning from Ethiopia’s implementation of RH strategy interventions over the past years and organize and document the information |
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Prepare and share zero draft of the RH strategy |
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Prepare and deliver presentations of the draft RH strategy for the core team |
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Revised the draft RH strategy based on the core team feedback |
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Prepare and deliver presentations of the final draft RH strategy for broader RH experts in validation workshop. |
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Deliver the final RH strategy accommodating inputs from the validation workshop. |
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Number of Position: (01)
Duty Station: Seconded at MOH, Addis Ababa
Employment Type: Seven Months Contract
Salary: As per MSIE Salary Scale