Introduction
The Ministry of Health (MoH) – Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Program (NTDCP), with support from USAID’s Act | East Program, conducted a Sustainability Planning Consultation (SPC) in September and October 2019, which engaged key stakeholders on issues of programme sustainability in the context of NTDs in Uganda. The consultation was a step in the process of analysing sustainability considerations and informing critical decision-making processes that would put Uganda on a path to operationally, technically, and financially sustain its NTD programming. Following this process, the NTDCP developed the current Sustainability Plan (2020-2025), again with the participation of key stakeholders. This plan was developed based on the six core building blocks of the health system and one cross-cutting area of Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI). It identified the priority gaps and root causes of and solutions for the gaps, and short-, medium- and long-term strategies and actions for each of the functional areas.
Purpose
The purpose of the mid-term review of the Sustainability Plan 2020-2025 is to measure progress made against each functional area as provided in the Sustainability Plan 2020-2025, evaluate the strategy and sustainability priority actions and whether they still match the existing needs/context, and reprioritize the government approaches based on need to fast-track the expected outputs of the sustainability plan to consolidate and accelerate the achieved NTD control and elimination gains.
The mid-term review of the NTD sustainability Plan will create opportunities to review and share NTDCP progress towards sustainability at national and local government levels with relevant sectors, implementing partners and other stakeholders.
Specific objectives
Scope for the midterm review of the NTD Sustainability plan
Methodology/approaches to the mid-term review
Team composition
The mid-term review team will be comprised of alead consultant and a group of persons with strong program evaluation skills and experience in health programming. Part of the programming experience be in health systems strengthening to be able to review the program with a sustainability lens. . The consultant shall engage relevant competent experts such as current and former NTD Program Managers, Senior Program Officers, academia etc.
Timeline
The mid-term review is expected to take up to 20 working days. The mid-term review shall be completed in the first one month of the consultancy period so that the findings serve as inputs in the adaptations in the remaining implementation period of the sustainability plan.
Cost breakdown
The consultant will submit consultancy costs in Uganda shillings. The consultancy fees will be paid 20% after approval of inception report, 40% upon approval of the draft report and 40% after approval of the final report. Reimbursable costs such as meeting costs, allowances etc shall be advanced depending on need. These should be provided in a detailed cost breakdown by cost component. .
Deliverables
These include inception report, draft final report, and final report. The consultant will develop necessary tools for adaptation of the recommendations. This will be a tool/matrix for alignment and combined tracking of the priority action points of the NTD sustainability plans.
Focal point of communication
The consultant will report to the Assistant Commissioner VB&NTD supported by the Health Systems Strengthening (HSS)-Focal Person. and the day–to-day coordination will be supported by the Health Systems Strengthening Advisor at RTI Act | East. The RTI/Act | East Chief of Party will provide overall technical and administrative oversight of the consultancy to ensure alignment to the expected outputs and eventual outcomes.
Mode of submission.
Submit a detailed CV, financial and technical proposals as a single document.
The qualifications for the consultant will include:
