Cambodia has made significant strides in improving health outcomes and expanding access to healthcare. However, challenges such as high out-of-pocket expenditures, limited population coverage, and disparities in service access persist. In response, the Royal Government of Cambodia adopted the UHC Roadmap 2024–2035, committing to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2035. The purpose of this consultancy is to develop a standard social health protection benefit package and an accompanying costing model that enables scenario-based planning for UHC implementation in Cambodia. The consultancy will support the government with the following two main objectives: • Develop a standard social health protection benefit package that harmonizes and builds upon existing schemes, such as the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and the Health Equity Fund (HEF), including the design of provider payment mechanisms and distinction between basic and extended benefit packages • Develop a costing model for the standard social health protection benefit package, including models for payment rates with and without medicines, to inform resource allocation and financing planning for UHC implementation.
Contract Duration – 3.8 months
Working arrangement: Remote with trip
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TERMS OF REFERENCE
Cambodia has made significant strides in improving health outcomes and expanding access to healthcare. However, challenges such as high out-of-pocket expenditures, limited population coverage, and disparities in service access persist. In response, the Royal Government of Cambodia adopted the UHC Roadmap 2024–2035, committing to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2035.
The purpose of this consultancy is to develop a standard social health protection benefit package and an accompanying costing model that enables scenario-based planning for UHC implementation in Cambodia. The consultancy will support the government with the following two main objectives:
• Develop a standard social health protection benefit package that harmonizes and builds upon existing schemes, such as the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and the Health Equity Fund (HEF), including the design of provider payment mechanisms and distinction between basic and extended benefit packages
• Develop a costing model for the standard social health protection benefit package, including models for payment rates with and without medicines, to inform resource allocation and financing planning for UHC implementation.
If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here:
ToR x TMC0005100.pdf
- Minimum requirements:
- Education: Master`s university degree in the field of public health, health economics, development studies, public policy and related fields.
- Work Experience:
- Possess at least 8 years of experiences in working on health financing/costing
- Present a strong reference from at least one government agency preferably ministry of health
- Skills (optional):
- Possess good inter-personal skills and facilitation skills
- Knowledge of UHC roadmap, framework and model including system assessment and design and research is an asset
- Familiar with UHC framework and models in different countries including experience with tools like OneHealth, WHO-CHOICE
- Previous experience of costing health service packages with tools like OneHealth, WHO CHOICE
- Language Requirements: Having high proficiency in English
- Desirables: Good communication skills and flexibility in working with government ministries
- Technical requirements: Technical proposal required. The proposal shall elaborate on understanding of the field of work and scope of ToR, methodology, approach and plan to produce deliverables with references of similar assignments provided.
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Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):
- An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
- Cover letter
- A separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template) Financial proposal TMC0005100.xlsx
- A detailed technical proposal
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