Consultancy for the Third Party Assessment of ACHAP Afya Project

• Country: Kenya
• Summary: Consultancy for the Third Party Assessment of ACHAP Afya Project
• KET Ref No: 68856226
• Deadline: 20 Jul 2022
• Financier: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
• Purchaser Ownership: Government
• Tender Value: Refer Document
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• Tenders are invited for Consultancy for the Third Party Assessment of ACHAP Afya Project. Closing Date: 20 Jul 2022 Type: Consultancy ACHAP Afya is a three-year USAID/GH-funded regional project (July 7, 2020-July 3, 2023) implemented by the Africa Christian Health Associations Platform (ACHAP). ACHAP Afya aims to improve the quality of health service delivery for family planning (FP); maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (MNCAH); nutrition; and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) at community and primary healthcare facility levels in Kenya and Uganda. The project does this by adopting and scaling evidence-based community health interventions in priority sub-counties/districts to confront and overcome local MNCAH and FP challenges, strengthening the capacity of communities and local organizations to implement and oversee these interventions, and use of evidence-based social and behavioral change (SBC) interventions at the community level. The project is implemented in Kilifi County in Kenya and the West Nile Region (Arua and Nebbi districts) in Uganda. ACHAP is the lead organization, with the Christian Health Association of Kenya (CHAK) and Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau (UCMB) as partners in Kenya, and Uganda, respectively. ACHAP Afya envisions a community where adolescent girls, women and their children experience no barriers to accessing and utilizing FP, MNCAH, Nutrition and WASH services. This will contribute to reduction in maternal and child morbidity and mortality in target counties/districts of Kenya and Uganda. In these communities by 2023, there will be: ●Increased number of women accessing FP information and services through community-based distribution channels including community-based distributors (CBDs). ●Increased number of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) using a modern family planning method. ●Increased number of newborns visited at home within 48 hours of delivery. ●Increased number of completed referrals from the community to health facilities for FP, ANC, SBA, postnatal visits, Immunization and Nutrition services ●Increased number of male partners that accompany their spouses for ANC and SBA services. ●Increased number of community health committees/health unit management committees executing quarterly action plans on improving health seeking behaviors for FP, MNCAH, Nutrition and WASH services. ●Increased number of male spouses and religious leaders empowered as champions for FP, MNCAH, Nutrition and WASH services In Year 1, ACHAP Afya successfully held inception meetings in Kilifi in Kenya and the West Nile region of Uganda and initiated capacity-building activities for various community actors. In Year 2, the project scaled up geographical coverage of activities from 4 sub-counties to 6 sub-counties in Kilifi; and doubled the number of VHT in sub-counties in Nebbi/Arua. In preparation for Year 3 work planning, the project held co-creation and feedback workshops with sub-counties, districts/county on opportunities for transitioning and sustaining project activities. In Year 3, the project will focus on sustaining activities of Year 1 and Year 2 using opportunities identified during the co-creation activities. The Year 3 workplan activities will be funded through 2 funding streams: USAID Core to support FP community interventions and NPI EXPAND project for community MNCAH interventions, including integration with Nutrition and WASH community interventions. Despite differences in funding sources, the project will be implemented in an integrated manner to ensure continuity of services at the community level. As part of the closeout and transition of project activities, the project will focus on documenting project successes.
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