Data Verification Assistant

PATH is a global organization that works to accelerate health equity by bringing together public institutions, businesses, social enterprises, and investors to solve the world’s most pressing health challenges. With expertise in science, health, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales solutions—including vaccines, drugs, devices, diagnostics, and innovative approaches to strengthening health systems worldwide. Working in Vietnam since the early 1980s, PATH established a permanent office in Hanoi in 1997, and an office in Ho Chi Minh City in 2014.

Background

Healthy Markets aims to grow a viable commercial market for HIV-related goods and services capable of meeting the needs of populations facing the greatest risks. The project is expected to leverage private-sector solutions, expertise, interests, and assets to identify market opportunities and catalyze market responses to the HIV epidemic. The project also supports a phased transition from an environment where condoms and other related HIV prevention goods and services are predominantly subsidized, to one where non-subsidized commodities, services and distribution channels are the norm. Specific objectives of the project include:

Objective 1: to increase private sector and local investment in the market for condoms and other HIV-related goods and services;
Objective 2: to increase demand for condoms and other HIV-related goods and services among key populations facing the greatest HIV risks; and,
Objective 3: to increase private sector supply of condoms and other HIV-related goods and services among key populations facing the greatest HIV risks.

One main focus of the HM project is to increase the access to HIV prevention services, including testing and Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among key populations and expand new innovations. To achieve these objectives, Healthy Markets (HM) have been: (i) working with local condom, lubricant and low-dead space syringes manufacturers and distributors to promote sale of local brands; (ii) supporting community-based organizations to deliver HIV testing servces to key populations; (iii) collaborating with the Vietnam Authority of AIDS Control, Provincial Health Department and Provincial Medicine Center, public and private health clinics to provide HIV and STIs testing, PrEP, PEP and ART services at their facilities in Hanoi. HM is seeking for local technical support in order to ensure the quality of weekly and monthly program reports of these activities.

Scope of work

2.1. Support the implementation of HIV-related health services and data cleaning and reporting

Act as focal person to receive monthly reports (paper-based, referral slips and confirmatory testing certificated) on HIV lay testing, index client testing from CBOs in Hanoi
Ensure that relevant referral slips are submitted by CBOs for all positive cases reported to HM
Run the first review of the monthly report on HIV testing to ensure no missing information of all indicators
Follow-up with CBOs to request additional information if data is missing in monthly reports
Consolidate Hanoi monthly testing data for M&E team to review
Run the first review of monthly PrEP data submitted by clinics.
Other relevant tasks as required.

2.2. Support Commercialization program component

Act as point person in working with local manufacturers, distributors, CBOs/social enterprises to track and monitor the sale and distribution of condoms, lubricants and LDSS
Collect and verify data on condom, lubricant and LDSS for quarterly, semi and annual report
Assist the team to work with manufacturers and distributors for 3ml LDSS distribution among KP and in the local market
Assist the team to update the list of condom and lubricant distributors, investors in Vietnam and track private sector investment for HIV goods and services.
Other relevant tasks as required.

Deliverables and timelines

From November 01, 2019 to September 30, 2020 based on actual work implemented.

#	Detailed Activities	Proposed timeline
1	Check list for data cleaning and verification	November 15, 2019
2	Quarterly report of Hanoi testing and PrEP services	By 10th of Jan, April, and 30 Sep , 2020
2	Condom, lubricant and LDSS quarterly data report	By 10th of Jan, April, and 30 Sep , 2020
3	Updated list of condom and lubricant distributors, investors in Vietnam	By 30 March
4	Updated data of Private sector investment in 2020	By 30 June, by 30 September
5	Monthly consultancy report	By 30th of each month

Payment:

Payment will be made to individual bank accounts every month upon submission of monthly reports and associated supervision checklists The closing date for application is November 5, 2019. Applicants will submit their application package to Ms. Pham Thi Thu Hang via email at hpham@path.org with title: [Path-102019] Data Verification Assistant - Fullname

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