- Purpose of consultancy
The purpose of this consultancy is to conduct a service mapping of NCDs in humanitarian settings to understand the 4 Ws (WHO, WHAT, WHERE, and WHEN).
- Background
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), namely cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases, are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Jordan, accounting for 78 percent of the Kingdom's total deaths. Since 2012, Jordan has accepted hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing the conflict. As of April 2022, 674,458 Syrian refugees were registered with UNHCR in Jordan, of which 542,199 live in host communities. In Jordan, the NCDs sub-working group? under the humanitarian stakeholder’s platform was established in 2013 and put on hold since then, until it was re-activated in 2020. It is co-chaired by WHO and UNHCR with an average of 30 members from different UN and national agencies.
The health component of humanitarian responses to emergencies has traditionally focused on communicable diseases and injury management, with NCDs being poorly addressed. Capacity and resources for NCD service provision are often already inadequate in low- and lower middle-income settings. A humanitarian emergency aggravates the situation, causing NCD-related premature mortality, morbidity and economic difficulty on top of the damage caused by other aspects of the emergency. At the same time, NCD services have been severely disrupted, leaving many people with NCDs without the health services and medicines they need.
This consultancy is part of the response to paragraph 40 of the Political Declaration of the third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases and Annex 4 (WHA/A75/10 Add.2) and the NCD Implementation Roadmap 2023-2030, which calls for strengthening the design and implementation of policies, including those for resilient health systems and health services and infrastructure to treat people living with NCDs and to prevent and control their risk factors in humanitarian emergencies.
- Work to be performed
Output 1: Conduct an NCDs in humanitarian settings assessment using the “4Ws” tool (Who, What, When, Where) to map NCDs services in emergencies. The purpose of the tool is to provide a clear picture of who is doing what, where and when.
The overarching aim of the service mapping exercise centres around enhancing coordination and collaboration, creating referral systems for all involved agencies, improving the transparency and legitimacy of NCDs sub-sector through structured documentation, and providing data on patterns of practice to inform lessons for future responses. The information provided by the 4Ws mapping can feed into national plans for responding to the needs. Moreover, it can be used to identify gaps in service provision, geographic and target group coverage, human resources and technical expertise. In addition, participating organizations can use the 4Ws mapping to plan for their programming and funding appeals.
The specific objectives of the 2022 NCDs service mapping are to: 1. Provide an overall picture of the size and nature of NCDs response in Jordan in humanitarian setting; 2. Identify gaps in NCDs response to enable a coordinated action; 3. Enable referral by making information available on who is where, until when and doing what; 4. Improve transparency and legitimacy of NCDs through structured documentation; 5. Enhance the possibility of reviewing patterns of practice and drawing lessons for future practices
Deliverable 1.1: Adapt the methodology for the 4W data collection and analysis to the NCDs and humanitarian setting.
Deliverable 1.2: Perform desk review of all relevant and up to date publications and internal documents related to NCDs in emergencies in Jordan as well as minutes of meetings of WHO/UNHCR - NCDs sub-working group in humanitarian setting since 2020. Identify policies, guidelines, and tools that exist in Jordan and are used to address NCDs in emergencies and explore donor’s funding for NCDs in emergencies
Deliverable 1.3: Conduct field visits and one-to-one interviews to national and international agencies providing NCDs services and participating in the 4W exercise. The focus of the field visits will be to meet the staff and become familiar with the institutions’ and well as collect all the data required.
Deliverable 1.4: Identify gaps, needs and recommendations on the NCDs sub-sector scope of work and upcoming activities for the year 2023 based on the above-mentioned situation analysis and identify WHO role and support to the area of NCDs in emergencies.
Deliverable 1.5: Develop a comprehensive final report and deliver findings of analysis of the 4W exercise to stakeholders, NCDs sub-working group, and other relevant interagency working groups.
- Qualifications, experience, skills and languages
Educational Qualifications:
Essential: university degree Public Health, Community Medicine, Epidemiology, or related field.
Desirable: Master’s degree Public Health, Community Medicine, Epidemiology, or related field.
Experience:
At least 5 years of experience in public health research, previous experience at national level in public health.
knowledge on public health in Jordan.
Skills/Technical skills and knowledge:
Relevant work experience with WHO, national governmental institutions, NGOs or universities. Experience in statistical studies, data analysis, and conduction of qualitative and quantitative studies.
Languages and level required:
Excellent command of English and Arabic (Read - Write - Speak).
- Location
Amman, Jordan
- Planned timelines (3 months)
Start date: 16 October 2022
End date: 16 December 2022
- Medical clearance
The selected Consultant will be expected to provide a medical certificate of fitness for work.
- Travel
The Consultant is not expected to travel.
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