Amref Health Africa, the largest African led international organization on the continent, provides training and health services to over 30 countries in Africa. Founded in 1957 as the Flying Doctors of East Africa to bring critical health services to remote communities, Amref Health Africa now delivers preventative, community-based health care. With a focus on women and children, Amref Health Africa manages a full range of medical and public health programs tackling the most critical health challenges facing country focusing on three key programmatic areas:
- Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (RMNCH)
- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
- Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases
Gender and human resources for health are crosscutting, reflected throughout the organization’s health portfolio. Our organization also engages in clinical outreach interventions and emergency programs including nutrition and resilience building of affected the continent: maternal and child care, HIV & TB, malaria, clean water and sanitation and surgical and clinical outreach.
Amref Health Africa has projects in Addis Ababa, Afar, Amhara, Benishangul-Gumuz, Gambella, Oromia, SNNP, Ethiopian Somali regions and nationwide health systems strengthening interventions focusing on the National Health Extension Program
Reason for developing Integrated SBCC strategy
Amref Health Africa partners with the Government of Ethiopia, international NGOs and local stakeholders to implement diversified health project portfolios throughout the country focusing on three key programmatic areas: Maternal, Neonatal, Child, Adolescent and Youth Health (MNCAYH); Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), and Communicable and Non-communicable diseases prevention.
Gender and health systems strengthening are cross-cutting reflected throughout the organization’s health portfolio. Our organization also engages in clinical outreach interventions and emergency programs including nutrition and resilience building of affected communities.
This resource brings together current best practices to guide program planners and/or implementers in the design and implementation of social and behaviour change (SBCC) program. Integrated SBCC refers to SBCC programming designed to cohesively address more than one health or development issue within the same program. Typically, this involves developing a logical and unified SBCC strategy that addresses multiple topics and/or behaviors and considers how they relate or interact with one another. Examples of integrated programs include:
- Reproductive, maternal, new-born and child health (RMNCH)
- WASH
- Communicable and Non Communicable disease prevention
- Sexual reproductive health (SRHR)
- Immunization and family planning
- Human resources for health
- Agriculture and nutrition
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Tuberculosis (TB)
Job Requirements
- Master’s Degree in social sciences discipline with strong background on SBCC
- At least five years of demonstrable experience in designing and implementing of SBCC strategies
- Experience in developing SBCC intervention packages with a focus on RMNCH, WASH and CNCD prevention
- Strong understanding of the health sector, the Ethiopian health extension program and its future directions
- Available for preparation , and facilitation of the workshop, synthesizing the workshop outputs, writing and consolidating comments and finalizing the report
- Good interpersonal communication and workshop facilitation skills
How to Apply
Potential consultants are invited to collect TOR free of charge through email of [email protected] until September 19, 2019 and can submit the proposal on September 20, 2019 until 12:00PM.The proposal shall include financial and technical proposals sealed in separate envelopes and submitted to Procurement department in person.
Amref Health Africa, Ethiopia office
Behind Bole Medhanialem Church
Near to Abyssinia Building
P.O.Box 20855, Code 1000
Addis Ababa
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