International Institutional Consultancy to facilitate the development of National Catch Up Plan, development of Local Catch Up Plans for four municipalities and conducting of Training of Trainers

UNICEF
International Institutional Consultancy to facilitate the development of National Catch Up Plan, development of Local Catch Up Plans for four municipalities and conducting of Training of Trainers Request for proposal

Reference: LRPS 2021 9167103
Beneficiary countries: Montenegro
Registration level: Basic
Published on: 08-Jun-2021
Deadline on: 14-Jun-2021 12:00 (GMT 2.00)

Description

The purpose of the assignment is to contribute to strengthening immunization system to ensure that children in Montenegro are protected against vaccine preventable diseases through routine immunization services.

 

The specific objectives of this assignment are:

  • to contribute to tackling declining rates and missed opportunities related to vaccine coverage (particularly on MMR1 vaccine coverage) with focus on catch up activities on missed doses, by developing national and local costed immunization catch up strategy and specific plans;  

to increase knowledge, skills and awareness of front-line health professionals by designing and conducting a training of trainers (ToT) programme on vaccine safety and contra-indications, adverse events following immunization (AEFI) and the importance of immunization as one of the priority health services during the COVID-19 pandemic and the risks from vaccine preventable disease (VPDs).