Re-advertisement - Consultant to Conduct Health Facility Assessment at Plan International

Project Overview

ASPIRE project in Nigeria is a five-year (2021-2026) initiative supported by Global Affairs Canada that aims to improve the realization of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) for adolescent girls and women, including vulnerable populations, in Bauchi and Sokoto states. Aligned with Canada's Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP) and Plan International’s Global Policy: Gender Equality and Inclusion (GE&I), ASPIRE is guided by a feminist, multi-sectoral approach to improving women’s and girls’ agency and leadership, informing and empowering adolescents and young people with the right information and economic leverage to demand adequate SRHR information and services and advocate for government duty bearers to establish strong policies and programs that respond to their demands. ASPIRE will pursue partnerships that bring together government, civil society, coalitions, networks, national partners and associations to promote an integrated approach to SRHR, especially for adolescents.

One of ASPIRE’s goals is to Strengthen health systems to provide gender and adolescent-responsive, inclusive, integrated and innovative SRHR, Mental Health and protection services for women and adolescent girls. To this end, Plan International Nigeria seeks an experienced consultant to conduct a Health facility assessment to help ASPIRE project prepare detailed the nature and extent of technical, equipment and supplies that will support the delivery of quality gender and adolescent-responsive and inclusive sexual and reproductive health services in assisted health facilities

Assignment Objective

In Consultation with the Ministry of Health and State Primary healthcare development Agencies and Supported by Technical leads (M&E, Health, SRHR, Gender Inclusion), 60 health facilities will be assessed for indicators of gender and adolescent responsive and inclusive SRH services and Mental Health and protection services.

The project plans to support the government to strengthen the health system to provide Gender and Adolescent responsive and inclusive (GAR&I) services i.e. ensure the selected HFs, are sensitive and responsive to their particular needs of Adolescents, women and youth, non-judgemental, gender-sensitive and ensures confidentiality and privacy. Specific attention should be paid to the Availability,

Accessibility, Acceptability and Quality of SRH services. In addition, services should be scientifically and medically appropriate with personnel trained to care for children, adolescents and youth as well as adequate facilities and scientifically accepted methods including supportive supervision support (Plan International).

The result of this assessment will be used alongside other assessments like construction assessment to develop the project approach to implementation including its SRH, mental health, protection, and Infection Prevention and Control measures at the facility level. Additionally, the HFA will also allow to collect data and provide a baseline value for one of the ASPIRE project contractual indicator.

The staff of Plan International Nigeria and Plan International Canada will be the main users of the results of the Assessment. In addition, key stakeholders in the project, such as government ministries / executing agencies, partner NGOs, local authorities and communities are the parties interested in the results.

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