Consultancy agency for Capacity Building of Health and ICDS Functionaries of the Government of Bihar on Revised Childhood Diarrhoea Management
 Micronutrient Initiative
 Location: Bihar
 Last Date: September 28, 2011
 

Position Profile: Consultancy agency for Capacity Building of Health and ICDS Functionaries of the Government of Bihar on Revised Childhood Diarrhoea Management. 

Micronutrient Initiative 

Location: Bihar 

Last date of application: September 28, 2011 

Terms of Reference: Capacity Building of Health and ICDS Functionaries of the Government of Bihar on Revised Childhood Diarrhoea Management  

Terms of Reference (TOR) to adapt training curriculum and organize trainings for different cadres of health and ICDS functionaries of the Government of Bihar, on the Revised Childhood Diarrhea Management programme. 

1. Background:

Micronutrient Initiative (MI) in collaboration with the Government of Bihar is implementing the project ‘Reducing childhood diarrhea through sustainable use of zinc and oral rehydration solution (ORS)’ in Bihar, with support from the Children’ Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF). The project aims to increase the coverage of Zinc and ORS for the treatment of childhood diarrhoea and improve compliance to the recommended course of treatment by the caregivers, through public health service delivery channels in Bihar.  

2. Scope of work:

 To improve the use of Zinc and ORS as a treatment regime for management of childhood diarrhea, the health and ICDS functionaries including Medical Officers, Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM), Accredited Social and Health Activist (ASHA), Child Development Program Officers (CDPO), Aganwadi Workers (AWW), Supervisors and Block Health Managers (BHMs), Block Community Mobilisers (BCM), Pharmacist and Public Health Nurse, need to be trained on technical and program management aspects. 

The project has completed trainings in 5 districts recently and proposes to initiate trainings in additional 5 districts starting October 2011. The districts include,

Munger, Khagaria, Saharsa, Supaul and Madhepura. 

The expected numbers of participants are as follows (this list is not comprehensive but contains the key cadres to be trained. A more accurate list of participants will be provided later):

Proposed Training model:  The training is proposed to happen at 3 Levels. Level 1 training includes Medical Officers and CDPOs trained by Medical Officer trainers who are functionaries of the public health system. Level 2 training involve ANMs and other supervisory functionaries trained by professional trainers proposed to be hired by the agency. Level 3 training involve ASHA and Anganwadi workers trained by professional trainers as above. The training plan is illustrated as below:

MI is seeking the services of a competent agency to adapt the existing training curriculum and conduct training in the above mentioned districts in Bihar.  

The specific activities to be undertaken are as follows:  

1. Develop a training plan and schedule for state, district and block-level trainings, in consultation with key stakeholders
2. Identify and orient Lead trainers
3. Conduct master training program(s)/TOT at the state level for Medical Officers and for professional trainers. The TOT would range from 2 – 5days.
4. Facilitate district level training of Medical Officers
5. Facilitate block-level training for various other cadre mentioned above   

3. Training logistics: 

Each training program should be of one day duration. Average size of each batch will be 25-30 participants. As far as possible existing infrastructure and facilities in the district and block level should be used for organizing the training. In addition to lunch and refreshment, the participants will be eligible for local travel of Rs. 100 as per the current norms.  

4. Key deliverables:  

1. Training plan/work-plan
2.      Report of the Training of Trainers
3.      Detailed Training report 

5. Time line:

This is a short term contract and the training is intended to be completed by December 31^st 2011. 

6. Application:

Interested agencies can contact MI for additional information regarding the project and the proposed consultancy. Completed proposal must entail the following and is to be sent no later than 28^th September 2011 by email to: msrinivas@micronutrient.org. 

○   Technical: Which gives an outline of training design, implementation plan and proposed timeframe

○   Financial: Budget for accomplishing the complete work with detailed break up

○   CV of key individuals proposed to be engaged 

As the training is expected to pose logistical challenges, it is our opinion that a consortium is best placed to undertake such a task unless otherwise demonstrated.   

Only short-listed individuals/organization will receive an acknowledgment and approached for further discussions.