Hire an Individual International Consultant to Support the Design and Implementation of the Community Led Malaria Surveillance and Response

• Country: Rwanda
• Summary: Hire an Individual International Consultant to Support the Design and Implementation of the Community Led Malaria Surveillance and Response
• RWT Ref No: 89327547
• Deadline: 28 Sep 2023
• Financier: Self Financed
• Purchaser Ownership: Government
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• Tenders are invited for Hire an Individual International Consultant to Support the Design and Implementation of the  Community Led Malaria Surveillance and Response in Rwanda. Location: Kigali Deadline: Thursday, 28/09/2023 11:00 Background In the last five years, Rwanda has made tremendous progress in malaria control as a result of combined efforts in malaria prevention and treatment with an 84% drop in malaria incidence from 409 per 1000 in FY2016/17 to 47 per 1000 in FY2022/23 (89% reduction) and malaria cases from 4.8 M to only 621,000 in in the same period (87% reduction) while deaths due to malaria reduced from 536 in FY2016/17 to 51 in FY2022/23 (90% reduction). Despite efforts made to reduce malaria transmission in Rwanda, malaria continues to represent a real public health concern with the entire population of Rwanda at risk of malaria infection. Data suggests that malaria cases are not equally distributed across all the 30 districts. A recent Malaria Matchbox Assessment conducted revealed that some groups might be at more higher risk of malaria infections than others. For examples, refugees, prisoners, truck drivers, security staff, boarding school students, seasonal workers and Mining Sites Staff. In Rwanda, malaria diagnosis and treatment is provided at the community level by Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Healthcare providers at health facilities level through a passive case detection and treatment of confirmed cases. This particular approach is likely to miss out general population and special high risk groups. So, it is important to identify these groups and conduct reactive surveillance and response. In addition, a response is currently initiated at the central level - leading to delayed responses. Therefore, it is important to develop an appropriate community led malaria surveillance and response applicable within Rwanda setting. Moreover, evidence also show that achieving malaria elimination goal will require full understanding of individual based data. However, as of now, a little is known about the contribution of these groups to the residual malaria transmission in Rwanda because data is collected at the aggregated level. It is important that the community led strategy reports data at the individual level ensuring that testing is done at a fine scale to inform proper planning of targeted interventions. About Rwanda NGOs Forum Rwanda NGOs Forum on HIV/AIDS & Health Promotion (RNGOF on HIV/AIDS & HP) is a network of 139 NGO members working to promote health and the wellbeing of citizens with particular focus on key and Vulnerable populations. Its mission is to promote and coordinate activities of member organizations and build their capacity to monitor and advocate for civil society involvement in all public policies and program formulation with regard to health promotion including HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria program. The three diseases (HIV, TB, and Malaria) continue to pose significant public health challenges, particularly among high-risk groups such as key and vulnerable populations including Sex Workers, People Living with HIV (PLHIV), Men who have Sex with Men (MSM), Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW), People Who Use Drugs, Rice Farmers, Fishermen, Youth in Boarding schools, Miners, Fishermen, Prisoners, Refugees, Staffs in Hotels and Lodges, etc. [Disclaimer: The above text is machine translated. For accurate information kindly refer the original document.]
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