About the Role
Purpose of consultancy
To provide technical input to clinical maternal health operational guidance materials and documents on clinical interventions and commodities.
Deliverables
Task 1: Develop materials to support implementation research and implementation guidance materials for scaling up maternal health interventions.
- Deliverable 1: Develop protocol for implementation research and monitoring of scaling up maternal health intervention to improve intrapartum care.
Task 2: Contribute to the development of guideline process for pre-eclampsia/eclampsia point of care tests to improve maternal survival.
- Deliverable 1: Contribute to developing a guideline on pre-eclamspia/eclampsia point of care tests.
Task 3: Contribute to following up on the STAGE recommendation to develop an implementation strategy for scaling up WHO recommended commodities.
- Deliverable 1: Contribute to the establishment of working group with key partners, professional organization and other stakeholders.
- Deliverable 2: Develop and implement process for prioritization of WHO recommended commodities for scale up to improve maternal survival and well being in collaboration with working group.
- Deliverable 3: Develop outline and plan for implementation strategy for scaling up prioritized WHO recommended commodities as part of health systems strengthening.
Qualifications, experience, skills and languages
Educational Qualifications:
Essential:
- Advanced university degree in midwifery, medicine, and/or obstetrics and gynecology.
Desirable:
- Advanced university degree (Masters or PhD) in Epidemiology, Public Health, International Health, or public health science related field.
Experience
Essential:
- Over 10 years’ experience in clinical practice for maternal and newborn health including providing clinical services to women and children.
- Experience in maternal and newborn health programmes.
- Experience living and working in low- and middle-income countries.
Desirable:
- At least 10 peer reviewed publications.
- Experience in maternal and newborn health research including midwifery research.
Skills/Knowledge:
- Ability working with colleagues from various cultural backgrounds.
- Ability to conceptualize and write about complex health topics.
How to Apply
https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2210544&tz=GMT%2B01%3A00&tzname=Africa%2FLagos&utm_source=MyJobMag