Chemonics International seeks experienced professionals for the USAID-funded Global Health Supply Chain - Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project. GHSC-PSM Ethiopia will serve as the primary vehicle through which USAID will procure and furnish health commodities, provide technical assistance to improve the country’s management of the supply chain, and collaborate with key international stakeholders to support global and local health initiatives.
The project is currently seeking qualified Short Term LLINs Distribution Support Consultants to be based at Woredas in Somali regional state where actual Long- Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (LLINs) will be distributed with frequent travels to health posts and households. The consultants will be responsible for supporting the LLLINs distribution from WoHOs to households in their respective cluster of woredas. S/he will participate in the planning and implementation of woreda based LLINs distribution activities, compiling daily and weekly Woreda level LLINs distribution reports and tracking the data for LLINs distribution. Please see the criteria below and the SOW for details information.:
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The Global Health Supply Chain – Procurement and Supply Management Ethiopia Background
The purpose of the Global Health Supply Chain– Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC- PSM) Program is to ensure uninterrupted supplies of health commodities in support of United States Government (USG)-funded public health initiatives around the world. The project provides direct procurement and supply chain management support to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and Population and Reproductive Health. In supporting USG-funded global health activities, GHSC-PSM will develop and manage a wide array of services for health commodity procurement and related systems strengthening technical assistance encompassing different elements of a comprehensive supply chain.
At the country level, GHSC-PSM supports country strategies and priorities that fall under the following three project objectives:
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GHSC-PSM is working with Ministry of Health (FMoH), Regional Health Bureaus (RHBs), Zonal Health Departments (ZHDs), Woreda Health Offices (WoHOs) and Health Posts (HPs) to distribute Long- Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) from WoHOs to beneficiaries at community level. The distribution will be made in targeted woredas in Somali regional states. Thus, the short term LLINs distribution support consultants will be responsible for supporting the LLLINs distribution from WoHOs to households in their respective assigned cluster of woredas. S/he will participate in the planning and implementation of woreda based LLINs distribution activities and tracking the data for LLINs distribution.
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