Agreement for Performance of Work
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Terms of Reference
1. *Purpose of the APW
To develop the study protocols of IPC national quarantine policy survey. Development and setting up data collection tools on various platforms.
2. *Background
The mission of the IHS Department is to develop models, strategies and guidance to support countries in all parts of the world to improve the quality, safety, integration and responsiveness of health services' delivery, with a particular focus on primary health care and in the context of WHO's priorities for Universal Health Coverage. In October 2015 a new IPC global unit (now called the IPC T&C Hub) was established within the IHS department to provide leadership and comprehensive technical expertise on IPC in health care and to strengthen the support provided to Member States. The WHO IPC team leads networking, advocacy and global campaigning activities to promote IPC policies and best practices and develops evidence-based guidelines, implementation strategies and tools, training resources as well as monitoring tools and systems. In collaboration with other partners and WHO colleagues, the team also directly provides technical expertise and support to countries to strengthen or establish effective IPC programmes and adopt, adapt and implement IPC guidelines and other resources. The work of the IPC T&C Hub also spans coordination of the WHO work on sepsis prevention, diagnosis and clinical management as well as providing IPC technical support to other key WHO programmes such as neonatal and maternal services, reducing the spread of AMR in health care and health emergencies.
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the IPC T&C HUB co-leads, with the IPC WHE team, Pillar 6 of the Strategic preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP II). There is a need for IPC technical support to the WHE division for the development of IPC technical guidance, training and implementation material for health emergencies with a special focus on COVID-19 outbreak response; on WHO COVID-19 research and development expert group activities; to support countries, health care facilities and key stakeholders to build and strengthen national and local plans, capacity and infrastructure for IPC within health emergencies but in alignment with IPC capacity building within emergency preparedness and health system strengthening.
As directed by the IPC Task Force (Co-chaired by the ADG AMR, Ex. Dir. WHE and Ex.Dir. UHC-LC a.i./DDG) meeting in February 2021, the IPC T&C Hub is advised to develop an IPC Global report on the status of IPC programs and a follow-up strategic document to be considered by the WHO Executive Board.
Improving hand hygiene is a key component of the overall strategy to improve IPC programmes at national and facility level. As a result of the pandemic it is necessary to develop a quality data sheet on alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) products to guide those in the field responsible for procurement and quality assurance. Similarly, there is a need to collect further information on the local production of ABHR during the pandemic.
During 2021 a global survey on the implementation of the national IPC assessment tool (IPCAT) minimum requirements will be carried out, in part to provide data for the IPC Global Report but also to gather up-to-date information on the status of IPC national programs. In addition, and complementary to this, during 2021 there will be collection of data on the cost of implementing the WHO IPC multi- modal improvement strategy (MMIS) at the country and facility level and also the development of a platform to monitor implementation of IPC guidance in countries and facilities.
The recently constituted WHO Technical Advisory group (TAG) on hand hygiene in healthcare and other infection prevention interventions research as a first step will be developing and refining key research questions and providing independent evaluation of the scientific, technical and strategic aspects of hand hygiene in health care and other IPC interventions research.
3. *Planned timelines: Start date: 1 November 2021 End date: 28 February 2022
4. *Requirements - Work to be performed
Output 1: Maintenance of Go.Data data collection platform | Activity 1: to develop offline Go.Data collection pipeline. | 30 November 2021 | |
Output 2: Data extraction and cleaning | Activity 2: to develop automated data extraction for progress reports, audits and to develop data dictionary for all languages. | 29 December 2021 | |
Output 3: Data cleaning analysis | Activity 3: to clean pipeline with new data entered, Go. Data software updates. | 30 January 2022 | |
Output 4: Interim data analysis | Activity 4: to develop the data analysis plan and training for participating countries on data analysis | 28 February 2022 |
5. Inputs
Quotation provided commensurate with the work specified in the Terms of Reference
6. *Activity Coordination & Reporting
Technical Officer: Paul Rogers, Programme Officer, rogersp@who.int (QOC/IPC)
For the purpose of: Technical supervision and instructions - Reporting
7. *Characteristics of the Provider
- Qualifications required: Doctorate degree/post-doctoral studies, Ph.D. in Health & health sciences, Public health and Health emergency, preparedness.
- Experience required: At least 6 years’ experience
- Skills / Technical skills and knowledge: To have expert knowledge of WHO guidance on hand hygiene, the implementation of hand hygiene programs and practices in health care settings and the development of technical materials for and the roll-out of international level hand hygiene promotion campaigns. Ability to write clear and concise technical reports
- Language requirements: Expert writing and communication skills in English.
8. *Place of assignment:
The work should be carried out anywhere apart from WHO premises.