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Consultant - Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB)

Consultant - Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) has been closed on 06 May 2021. It no longer accepts any bids. For further information, you can contact the United Nations Capital Development Fund

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Location: Philippines

General information

Donor:

United Nations Capital Development Fund

Industry:

Pharmaceutical & Medical

Status:

Closed

Timeline

Published:

26 Apr 2021

Deadline:

06 May 2021

Value:

Not available

Contacts

Name:

Thi Minh Ly Nguyen

Description

https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/126552
Description

BACKGROUND

WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific via the Regional Green Light Committee (rGLC) Initiative in collaboration with WHO country offices in Fiji (WHO Division for Technical support to the Pacific), Lao PDR and Solomon Islands  has coordinated technical assistance to above-mentioned countries in the area of DR-TB management for several years. All these countries are recipients of the Global Fund grants until December 2023.

The burden of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) in the Pacific including Solomon Islands is low; since 2004, 90 MDR/RR-TB cases have been notified. On an annual basis 4-5 MDR/RR-TB cases are reported from PITCs. In order to support PITCs including Solomon Islands, Pacific DR-TB network was established in 2012.  Pacific DR-TB network is composed of PATLAB initiative, MDR-TB help desk and the Regional second-line drugs stockpiling mechanism.

MDR-TB help desk is a multi-disciplinary team that provides technical assistance to countries in clinical management of DR-TB cases and has been functional since 2012. It is composed of the DR-TB clinical expert, representatives of TB reference laboratories, WHO staff. WHO staff coordinate this group and provide the secretariat support.

Whenever a new DR-TB is identified, this case is submitted to the MDR-TB help desk and later a patient management plan is developed including the patient treatment regimen, second-line drug procurement, a monitoring protocol, infection control aspects and the identification and assessment of close contacts and their follow-up. External technical support is ongoing throughout the treatment period.

 

PURPOSE/SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE OF THE ACTIVITY

To provide technical assistance on newly diagnosed cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), Solomon Islands and Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) supported by Global Fund grants in coordination with WHO country offices in above-mentioned countries and Regional Office for the Western Pacific 

 

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED OUT

Under the supervision and guidance of the technical staff from ETB/WPRO and WHO country offices, the Consultant will perform the following functions:

  • • Provide advice and ongoing support on the management of current and future DR-TB cases through:
    • Attendance at teleconferences with NTP staff and clinicians in PICTs or in Solomon Islands or in Lao PDR including CDC representation where USAPI cases are involved and produce a summary note to the WHO technical officers in countries on the outcomes of the teleconference and related action points;
    • Guidance by email and/or by phone to ensure individualized treatment plans are developed and tailored to future DR-TB cases that might arise in the PICTs, Solomon Islands and Lao PDR;
    • Design of second-line drug treatment regimens that clearly define the drugs, dosages, storage, possible side effects and management;
    • Guidance on infection control and contact tracing planning and management of the contacts; and
    • Ongoing monitoring support to manage side effects due to SLDs through email guidance and/or by phone
  • • Provide interim reports on any new cases and quarterly progress reports of existing cases
  • • Maintain an Excel spreadsheet (Register) that summarizes the case and outcome data for all PICTs, Solomon Islands and Lao PDR DR-TB cases
  • • Promote and ensure adoption of the standard operating procedures to manage DR-TB in the respective countries

 

METHODS TO CARRY OUT THE ACTIVITY

  • • Liaison with WHO TB Technical Officers in respective countries, with the NTPs and TB doctors and when necessary with other partners via emails or conducting teleconferences as necessary
  • • Desktop preparation of treatment plans and documents to assist in clinical management
  • • Desktop preparation of teleconferences/meeting minutes about clinical management of cases and of contacts
  • • Desktop inputs/contributions to WHO documents/presentations on MDR-TB in the Pacific, Solomon Islands and Lao PDR

 

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

  • • University degree in Medicine or Social Sciences with postgraduate degree or diploma in public health

 

EXPERIENCE

  • • Minimum of five years of working on drug-resistant tuberculosis at national and/or international levels
  • • Minimum of two years of practical experience in high TB priority countries in the WHO Western Pacific Region

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

  • • Excellent knowledge of TB programme management
  • • Skills in analysis and report writing

 

LANGUAGES

English fluency and ability to write clearly and concisely.

 

COMPETENCIES

  • • To be able to produce high quality results in time
  • • To have good writing skills

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

This assignment will be done remotely.

 

APPLICATIONS

Qualified and interested specialists should submit their CV {for individual contractors} or Company Profile {for institutional applications}, Expression of Interest {cover letter} and short version of Work Plan to the Supply Officer through WP RO UNGM at < [email protected] > by 6 May 2021

The cover letter should outline how their experience and qualifications make them a suitable candidate for this position and should include their proposed daily consultancy fee and availability.

The work plan should outline how they will carry out the proposed activities and fulfil the purpose of the consultancy.

Please use Tender Notice No. 126552 as subject to all submission. Only successful candidates will be contacted.

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