Technical Consultant for Case Control Study

Background Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Greater Mekong Subregion Elimination of Malaria through Surveillance (GEMS+) program to support national and regional initiatives towards malaria elimination. The program aims to increase capacity of the private sector in malaria service provision, malaria case management, and malaria case reporting to strengthen malaria surveillance systems and accelerate progress towards national malaria elimination goals within each of the four countries. In elimination settings, programs may routinely collect information on potential risk factors through investigation of malaria cases identified at health facilities. Alongside demographic information, these data can be used to target surveillance efforts to specific individuals and groups at higher risk of malaria and inform more effective active intervention strategies. A case-control study will be carried out in Vietnam to profile risk factors for symptomatic malaria. Existing efforts to fill knowledge gaps in individual risk for malaria focus on delineating activities at the forest edge and within the forest/across borders, as well as differentiating risk factors by forest/cross-border travel vs domestic behavioral exposures. The risk factors that will be examined in this study will include some general occupational characteristics i.e. forest exposures (types of activities and seasonality), cross-border (types of activities, travel networks and seasonality) and overnight travel, as well as some known risk factors related to socioeconomic status, preventive & treatment-seeking behaviors and domestic activities. The technical consultant will report to PSI/V Researcher and work closely with PSI/V Program team to complete the below scope of work. SCOPE OF WORK Key Responsibility

Revise, edit the study design and develop training materials for providers with PSI/V Researcher: (up to) 03 days
Identify and select providers (according to attached study design) from public health facilities i.e. commune health centers and district/provincial hospitals from two project provinces (Gia Lai and Daklak) to participate in the study: (up to) 02 days
Facilitate participation form public sector providers in the study: (up to) 02 days
Lead 2 one-full-day trainings in Gia Lai and Daklak with support from PSI/V Researcher including travel time: (up to) 04 days
Provide distant support (check-in call/email) to trained public providers: (up to) 02 day
Conduct supervision visits to 4-5 trained public providers per province: (up to) 06 days

* including travel time EXPECTED DELIVERABLES

Full set of study design and training documents
List of approximately 30 public providers (according to attached study design) to participate in the study in 02 project provinces (Daklak and Gia Lai)
Ensure participation of at least 25 public providers in the study
Trip reports summarizes results (i.e. number of participations, what works and didn’t work) from trainings and supervision visits
Progress report on distant support to public provider

SELECTION QUALIFICATIONS

PHD degree or higher in Epidemiology
At least 15 years’ experience working in Malaria Control.
Knowledge of the healthcare system in Viet Nam
Good computer skills, including online meeting applications, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
Effective team-work interpersonal skills
Proficiency in Vietnamese and English
Ability to motivate staff, effectively deal with local authorities. Established relationship with local authorities in Gia Lai and Daklak is an advantage.

CONTRACT TERMS & REMUNERATION Type of contract: Part-time Contract duration: 4 months (June – October), up to 19 working days for the whole contract period. Daily rate shall be pending applicant’s expertise and experience but up to Gross US$170 /day. Interested candidates are invited to submit detailed curriculum vitae (CV) with a letter of interest to HR Department, PSI Vietnam through email: hr@psi.org.vn by 12 June 2020.

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