Scope of Work

For a Consultant to support IDEAL project in Vietnam

I. Background

PATH is an international, non-profit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions that enable communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health. By collaborating with diverse public- and private-sector partners, we help provide appropriate health technologies and vital strategies that change the way people think and act. Our work improves global health and well-being.

In 2012, PATH, in collaboration with the National Expanded Program on Immunization (“NEPI”), initially developed and piloted the immunization registry software program, called ImmReg, in one district of Ben Tre province. In 2014 and 2015, PATH integrated the ImmReg with the system that was scaled up nationwide, called the vaccine tracking system, into one comprehensive system for NEPI and then scaled up the entire Ben Tre province with 164 communes and 9 districts. In the period of 2016-2018, PATH continued supporting GDPM to transfer all functions of immunization registry and vaccine tracking to the national immunization information system (NIIS) and scale up nationwide through Health Innovation Award from the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Save the Children partnership. Following the success of the implementation in Vietnam, late 2018, Bill Melinda Gates Foundation awarded PATH to support Vietnam government for the transition to paperless as well exchange and share lessons learnt in Vietnam with other countries.

II. Scope of work

The consultant will work to support the project team to develop 4 lessons learnt in English (as named below) based on the available data (the findings from the interview, the quantitative finding tables).

III. Qualifications of consultant

To be considered, candidates must have a good writing, understanding of public health and at least 5 years (and preferably more) of relevant working experience.

• Minimum 5 years of job-related experience
• Strong interest in public health;
• Excellent English writing skills and ability to successfully manage competing priorities and meet deadlines;
• Preference to individuals who have experience or knowledge on vaccine, immunization and the NIIS implementation in Vietnam.

IV. Specific Responsibilities of Consultant

1. Working with the IDEAL-Vietnam project team to capture the lessons learned, that can support peers within the country, region, and worldwide.  
2. Work with HQ team and NEPI to get the comments/suggestions to finalize the lessons learned

V. Duration of Consultant

• Stage 1: 30th April 2022 – 30th June 2022
• Stage 2: 1st July 2022 – 30th August 2022 (will be confirmed with consultant after getting confirmation from Donor on the project timeline)

VI. Estimated total working days:

The consultant is estimated to work for a maximum of 28 days during this time (stage 1: 14 days; stage 2: 14 days)

VII. Deliverables

Item	Deliverables	Deadline
	Stage 1
1.	LL#6: Eliminating duplicative paper tools from the system, and improving data quality and data use in a digital system (first draft)	May 20
2.	LL#11: Determinants of full immunization coverage and timeliness and identification of potential inequities (first draft)	June 10
3.	LL#6,11 (final)	June 30
	Stage 2
4.	LL#9: Costing of implementation NIIS (first draft)	July 10
5.	LL#12: E-Learning (first draft)	July 30
6.	LL#9,12 (final)	August 30

VIII. PATH primary contact

The consultant will work directly with: Dao Dinh Sang – IDEAL Team Lead and Nguyen Xuan Cam Tu – Project Officer.

IX. Contact

Application package should be sent to the following email addresses: [email protected] and [email protected]

Application Deadline: Friday, 2022-04-22

 

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Application deadline: 2022-04-22
Send application to: [email protected]; [email protected]