Roster of Expert-RMNCAH

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Qualifications

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Overview of the programme

WHO India Country Office collaborates with the Government of India and relevant stakeholders within the framework of the collaborative Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS), to actively support the development and implementation of national health policies, strategies to ensure equitable and universal access to quality health care for improving the health, survival and wellbeing of women, children, and adolescents.

Promoting health and wellbeing across all pillars of SRMNCAH N is crucial. WHO’s Fourteenth General Programme of Work (GPW 14) sets a high-level road map for global health and intends to guide WHO’s work in support to reinvigorate actions needed to get the health-related Sustainable Development Goals on track, while future-proofing health and care systems for the post-SDG era.

Sustainable Development Goal 2, 3 and 5 focuses on improving nutrition practices, reducing the maternal mortality ratio, ending preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age, promoting universal access to sexual and reproductive health, reducing teenage pregnancies, reducing unmet need for family planning and achieving gender equality.

Underlying Values and Core Functions of WHO

WHO’s mandate revolves around six (6) leadership priorities specifying (i) advancing universal health coverage (ii) health related sustainable development goals (iii) addressing the challenge of non-communicable diseases and mental health, violence and injuries and disabilities (iv) implementing the provisions of the International Health Regulations (2005) (v) increasing access to quality, safe, efficacious and affordable medical products (vi) addressing the social, economic and environmental determinants of health. 

Description of Duties:

Under the overall guidance of the Team Lead RMNCAH and the direct supervision of the concerned Technical Officer, the consultant/expert will be expected to carry out time bound assignment in one or the following areas related to RMNCAH.

1.    Maternal Health

2.    Newborn and Child Health

3.    Adolescent Health

4.    Sexual and Reproductive Health

Scope of Work:

Provide technical assistance for the development, implementation, and monitoring of national policies, strategies, and action plans aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality while promoting health and well-being among women, newborns, children, and adolescents.

Deliver technical inputs to enhance the coverage, quality, and equity of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, adolescent health, and nutrition programs. This includes identifying program bottlenecks, creating supportive tools (such as operational guidelines, training materials, and technical briefs), and assisting in the monitoring and evaluation of program effectiveness, data analysis, and operational or implementation research and surveys in priority areas.

Further details on the scope of work for each area are outlined below:

Maternal Health

·      Provide technical and programmatic support for the Midwifery and Maternal Health Program, focusing on health system strengthening and the transition to a midwifery model of care.

·        Develop technical guidelines and protocols to enhance maternal health and midwifery service delivery, including support for updating antenatal care (ANC) guidelines and skill-based training of healthcare providers for quality ANC.

·         Provide technical assistance for implementing the SUMAN Roadmap and Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM) initiatives.

·         Support the Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) platform and the implementation of stillbirth surveillance and response.

Newborn and Child Health

Sexual and Reproductive Health

·         Provide technical and programmatic support for implementation of Sexual and Reproductive Health activities and program with focus on Family Planning, Comprehensive abortion care, SRH in vulnerable lower age groups and upcoming SRH priorities.

·         Provide monitoring and evaluation support for implementation of new contraceptives specifically Subdermal single rod implants and SC-MPA.

·         Advocate use of SRHR indicators in the review and workshops and support conduct supportive supervision visits and review meetings on FP/RH.

·         Support ongoing research and system strengthening initiatives under SRH with focus on new contraceptives.

·         Support baseline assessment and development of microplans for strengthening the Family Planning services with focus on new contraceptives and upcoming SRH priorities.

·         Technical and programmatic support in strengthening the self-care initiatives.

·         Technical support in developing technical and operational guidelines for SRH.

Adolescent Health:

Education:

Essential: University degree in modern medicine - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) recognized by National Medical Commission, India (earlier Medical Council of India) with State Medical Council registration or equivalent medical degree or medical course with public health degree is essential.

Desirable: Postgraduate diploma/degree/certificate in the relevant field, including pediatrics neonatology, obstetrics and gynecology, reproductive health.

WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from accredited institutions. The list

can be accessed through this link: http://www.whed.net/

Experience: