CONSULTING SERVICES: IEC/BCC MATERIALS AND MANUAL PREPARATION

Source: World Bank — ET-Road Sector Dev. Stage III Proj. (APL3) in support of Govt's RSDP

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

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(CONSULTANCY SERVICES)

COUNTRY: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

PROJECT: Emergency Access to Health Services

CONSULTING SERVICES:  IEC/BCC materials and manual preparation  

Expression of Interest

NOTE: This is a Re-Advertisement of the captioned services already advertised in Ethiopian local newspaper (Ethiopian Herald News Paper Vol. LXVII No.061, published on November 20, 2010) - and therefore there is no need for those who already have submittedtheir EOI for these services earlier.

The Ethiopian  Roads Authority has secured fund from the International Development Association (IDA)  to finance  costs of Emergency Access to Health Services (EAHS) pilot project.Thechief objective of EAHS project is to improve access to health services by reducing transport and communication constraints. The  project gives particular attention to improve conditions of reproductive health and incidence of fistula, with   special focus to affected Woredas in Amhara  and SNNP Regional states. Target population for the pilot project isabout 500,000 residing in four pilot woredas.  The project aims to improve access through;

• introduction of innovative Intermediate Means of Transport (IMT), emergency access cards, promotion of community managed ambulance services, rehabilitation ofsmall civil works such as foot-bridges to facilitate access ...etc)
• improved access to knowledge  and identification of emergency health risk factors among communities, TBAs, NGOs,  CBOs and health care providers
•  Empowerment of communities to identify relationships between culture,transport and health issues in order to implement local solutions.

Before actual project implementation activities begin, and to ultimately monitor benefits accrued from the project, a baseline survey study has been conducted. The baseline study identified (i) knowledge, attitude and practice gaps on reproductive health risk factors; (ii) commonness of harmful traditional practices; (iii) poor response mechanisms during emergency health situations; and (iv) poor referral mechanism constrained by lack of appropriate transport andcommunication network.

The baseline study further recommended the need for a comprehensive design and conduct of IEC/ BCC program interventions focusing on socio-cultural, health and transport dimension, as well as preparation of community level referral manual plus M & E technical tools to involve communities in the project.

The Ethiopian Roads Authority intends to use part of the proceeds forconsultancy services to a)  prepare IEC/ BCC materials b) conduct IEC/BCC interventions  c) develop community level referral manual   d) carry out Training of Trainers  and e) prepare  and disseminate  M & E technical tools  in the four  pilot woredas i.e.  Mecha and Dangla Zuria in Amhara Regional state; and Hulla and Loka Abaya in SNNPR respectively.

The overall objectives of the IEC/ BCC Program and development of Community level Referral Manual and M&E Technical Tool is to raise  knowledge, practice, participation  and  communities involvement in  the project. More specifically to:

• Increase knowledge practice & awareness among communities, healthworkers, and transport service providers to reduce occurrence of reproductive health related risks.
• Facilitate and improve access for women of reproductive age to healthservices through improved referral mechanism.
• Enhance accountability of key actors and stakeholders on emergency access to health services.

Pertinent to the specific objectives, tasks broadly shall involve (i)design, preparation, production, and distribution of IEC/ BCC materials; (ii) execution (conduct) of IEC/ BCC programs in the four pilot woredas; (iii) preparation of referral manual; (iv) development of participatory M&E technical tool; as well as (v) carrying out necessarytrainings on the referral manual and M&E technical tool.

The expected time of commencement of the service will be March 2011inthe four pilot woredas simultaneously.

Therefore, the Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia, would like to invite eligibleConsultants to indicate their interest in providing the services mentioned above. Interested Consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, core businesses, years of experiences in the business, description of similar assignments, experiences in similar conditions, technical and managerial organizational structure of the firm, number of key staff, ability of appropriate skills among staff, general qualification, etc.).  Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications.

A consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out by the World Bank's Guideline: Selection and Employment of Consultants By the World Bank Borrowers (May 2004, revised October, 2006)

Interested Consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours from 09:00 a.m. to 12: 00 a.m. and from 2:00p.m. to 5: 00 p.m. Mondays to Fridays.

Expression of interest must be delivered in three (3) copies to the address below on or before January 31, 2011.

Attention:  Ato Michael Miraw, Team Leader for Emergency Access to Health Services Project

Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia

P. O. Box 3609

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Tel. +251-(0)911 41 22 98 Mobile

Fax +251- (0)11- 371-28-66

Email mirawkedida@yahoo.com