National Consultant: Development Of An Infection Prevention And Control Plan For Nigeria

Results of the situational analysis guided the development of the National Action Plan on AMR 2017–2022 (NAP-AMR). To guide the implementation of an effective IPC program in Nigeria, a National IPC strategic plan is required. Thus, the AMR TWG Secretariat, with support from USAID MTaPS program, plans to recruit a national consultant to develop a National IPC Plan. Description of Services to be provided
1.1 General objective
The general objective is to develop a national infection prevention and control plan for the country. Develop a monitoring and evaluation framework for the national action plan with realistic indicators and milestones
ACTIVITIES AND TASKS
2.1 Development of the methodology
The consultant will present to MTaPS and AMR TWG Secretariat his/her methodology for the desk review and plan development process. The methodology should align with best practices of the World Health Organization as appropriate to accomplish drafting of a national action plan that would guide responsible infection prevention and control in the country. 2.3 Development of the national IPC plan
Based on the results of the desk review and stakeholder mapping, the consultant will identify and facilitate the process of developing a national infection prevention and control plan in concert with the MTaPS team and the AMR TWG secretariat, containing the actions to be implemented over the next five years in order to stimulate and sustainably support the adoption of good practices in infection prevention and control. At the end of the preparation of the draft infection prevention and control plan, validation workshops will be organized by the AMR TWG Secretariat with the support of USAID's MTaPS Program, facilitated by the consultant, and will allow stakeholders to enrich the document. 2.4 Preparation and facilitation of workshops
As part of the preparation of the various workshops, validation workshop of the preliminary evaluation report and the infection prevention and control plan validation workshop, the consultant will develop and propose to the AMR TWG Secretariat, the TORs, the agenda, the indicative list of participants and the presentations which will be validated by the AMR TWG secretariat. Deliverables
At the end of the IPC plan development, the consultant must provide a final report to the AMR TWG Secretariat and MTaPS within five (5) working days incorporating stakeholders recommendations forthe national infection prevention and control strategic plan .