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WASH in Health Care Facilities (HCFs) is an integral part of quality of care. It is a prerequisite for quality of care, including safe, effective and dignified health care services and infection prevention and control. Lack of basic and adequate WASH services in HCFs can endanger patients, service providers and communities.
Therefore, the vision of the SDG for WASH in HCFs is to ensure that by 2030, every HCF, in every setting, has safely managed, reliable water, sanitation and hygiene facilities and practices to meet the needs of staff and patients. In Bangladesh, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government, has developed the first ‘National WASH in Health Care Facility Strategy and Framework for Action (2019-2023)’ with the technical support of UNICEF. Through this document, the WASH in HCFs strategy and framework for action were developed, but the gap remains in WASH in HCFs to ensure quality of care. According to the analysis jointly conducted by UNICEF and WHO in 2021, the status of basic WASH services in HCFs for water supply is 64%, for sanitation is 31%, for hand hygiene is 38%, for health care waste management is 34%, while there was no insufficient data for environmental cleaning.
As one of the leading agencies on quality improvement, UNICEF, together with the University of Oxford and icddr,b conducted a study on water quality in hospitals to generate baseline data on the water quality in line with standards for safely managed water and WHO essential environmental standards for HCFs. The study revealed that the water quality deteriorated from the source to the final point of use for caregiving in the HCFs. The current approach of prioritizing infrastructure access for basic water services to HCF is negated by secondary contamination of the water from risky designs, suboptimal maintenance and an unhygienic environment. Consequently, vulnerable patients are at risk of infections from exposure to the unsafe water and the hospital environment whilst receiving care. The findings emphasize the need to institutionalize the maintenance of WASH components in HCFs through integrating them into the existing quality improvement process.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) is currently developing the National WASH in HCF strategy including a detailed implementation plan which gives a broad guidance to improve WASH in HCFs. To allocate adequate budget for WASH in HCFs, a detailed costing of the action plan should be developed. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) intends to develop a Technical Assistance Project Proforma (TAPP) aimed at piloting Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) interventions in healthcare facilities (HCFs) across three selected districts. The initiative will leverage blended financing from the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and development partners to ensure sustainable implementation and scalability.
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Purpose of Activity/Assignment:
Purpose of the assignment is to develop costed implementation plan, analyse existing cost for WASH in HCFs through multi-stakeholders’ consultation process. To develop a Technical Assistance Project Proforma (TAPP) aimed at piloting Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) interventions in healthcare facilities (HCFs) across three selected districts. Collaborate with the MOHFW, DGHS, DGFP, and other key stakeholders, professional bodies and partners identifying the targets and costing of the plan and TAPP. The consultant will provide technical assistance to DGHS, DGFP and MoHFW to review the related documents and develop costing of the implementation plan, TAPP organizing stakeholder workshops, finalize the plan followed by detail TAPP and facilitate rectification of WASH in HCF strategy, costed action plan and TAPP from MoHFW and Ministry of Planning.
Specifically, the consultancy will focus on the below objectives:
- Identify key costing areas for WASH O&M, capacity development and service delivery with stakeholders and UNICEF WASH specialist
- Facilitate and support the multi-agency costing exercise of the prepared action plan activities
- Support the review and ratification process of the WASH in HFC strategy by MoHFW.
- Draft texts and annexes of proposed TAPP on WASH in Health Care Facility Implmnetion in Selected District of Bangladesh project as per Planning Commission format of GoB.
- Draft detail budget sheet, procurement plan etc. of TAPP on WASH in Health Care Facility Implmnetion in three Selected District of Bangladesh project as per Planning Commission format of GoB.
- Finalize draft TAPP (both text, detail budget, procurement plan, required human resources (manpower), project duration, Organogram and annexes) on WASH in Health Care Facility Implmnetion in three Selected District of Bangladesh project with consultation of the key stakeholders such DGHS, DGFP, HED, PWD, DPHE, MoLGRD&C, MoH&FW, Planning Commission, ERD, UNICEF and potential donor etc.
The expected results of the assignment are:
- WASH in HCF costed action plan for prepared and endorsed by DGHS and DGFP
- WASH in HCF costed action plan for reviewed and ratified by MoHFW.
If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: 
TOR_Consultant (WASH in Health Care costed action plan and TAPP on WASH in HCF).pdf
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Minimum requirements:
- Education: Advanced university degree in Medicine, Public Health, social and economic development with at least 10 years of professional work experience.
- Work Experience: At least 10 years working experience in supporting programs that link with development and costing of national programs, national policy, strategy, and guidelines development on related health areas, public health planning, health financing and health system development
Preference will be for expertise and knowledge on conducting national plan and budgeting, costing of national programs, program design, implementation and coordination, prior experience in working within or with high level government authority or with government health system.
- Skills :
- Keen understanding of Bangladesh government’s hierarchy between different Ministries
- Extensive experience in strategic advocacy and leadership roles within or with the health sector
- Keen communication and interpersonal skills with ability to influence high level political and strategic leadership positions with evidence, experience and through bringing stakeholder consensus
- Professional relation and network with key governmental agencies and climate partners in the country is an asset.
- Solid knowledge of UNICEF policies and procedures or other international development agencies is considered an asset.
- Excellent report writing and communication skills.
- Ability to manage diverse viewpoints and work in demanding situations.
- Ability to organize and plan complex work following the established timeframes.
- Proven ability to work in teams, past work experience in similar capacity of working with multiple agencies will be an asset.
- Past work experience with Government, UNICEF or sister UN agencies in undertaking similar assignments will be an added value.
- Excellent Communication and Presentation skills.
- Language Requirements: Fluent in English written and spoken
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