83462189 Consultancy Service for Impact Reporting on the AU Bingwa

Africa CDC is an autonomous well being establishment of the AU established in 2017 to assist public well being initiatives of Member States and strengthen the capability of their public well being establishments, to detect, forestall, management as a part of its public well being emergency response to illness threats. Over the previous six years, Africa CDC has fostered belief and confidence throughout the continent. The organisation has performed a pivotal position in safeguarding Africa’s public well being throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by way of offering strategic instructions, constructing capability and functionality of public well being establishments, and supporting Member States in coaching and deploying health-care employees on preparedness and response to illness threats and outbreaks.

Amongst Africa CDC’s COVID-19 response efforts is the AU Bingwa COVID-19 Vaccination initiative, which was launched by the African Union on 7 April 2022. The Initiative aimed to ascertain a community of younger vaccination advocates or Bingwas (Swahili phrase for “champions”) to speed up the uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations throughout the African continent. The Bingwa initiative was primarily based on confirmed analysis proof and greatest practices which have demonstrated important success in accelerating vaccination uptake. The sensitization campaigns held by Bingwas aimed to deal with the 2 most important obstacles to vaccine uptake: vaccine hesitancy and final mile entry. They used a wide range of on-line and offline platforms to champion and talk context-specific messages, offered cellular vaccinations, and labored carefully with influencers and neighborhood leaders to encourage vaccinations.

Underneath the initiative, greater than 200 Bingwas have been recruited, skilled and deployed to advocate for and mobilize their buddies, households and communities to get vaccinated towards COVID-19. In particular person campaigns have been held in eight AU member states (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo) and a further 250 in 25 AU member states have been skilled on mobilization and social and behavioral change methodologies.

With the tip of the COVID-19 as a world well being emergency, the mandate of AU Bingwas has been expanded to different well being safety challenges throughout the continent. Nevertheless, previous to the design and roll out of the second and expanded part of the AU Bingwa Initiative, the Africa CDC plans to systematically doc the influence of and establish the teachings discovered from the AU Bingwa COVID-19 Vaccination initiative.

On this regard, the GIZ SCPRA challenge seeks to assist our accomplice the Africa CDC by way of the procurement of a marketing consultant to supply an influence report offering a complete view of the AU Bingwa initiative. The target of this consultancy is to review and produce an influence report on the AU Bingwa COVID-19 Vaccination initiative utilizing a combined methodology method, integrating quantitative and qualitative knowledge assortment and knowledge evaluation strategies. This shall be accomplished in shut session with Africa CDC, particularly the Senior Technical Officer for Strategic Packages of Africa CDC, and the GIZ SCPRA challenge.

Interval of project: 5 months from 30 April 2024 to 30 September 2024

{Qualifications} of short-term skilled

• Training/coaching (2.1.1): Superior college diploma (Grasp) in Public Well being, Growth Communications, Media, or Growth Research.
• Language (2.1.2): C1-level language proficiency in English.
• Common skilled expertise (2.1.3): 05 years {of professional} expertise in Communications, Analysis and/or Data Administration at African establishment or intergovernmental setting. Expertise in these areas at regional, continental, and worldwide ranges is prioritised, notably with AU or UN companies.
• Particular skilled expertise (2.1.4):
  • 05 years’ expertise in storytelling and influence reporting of which a minimum of 3 years are within the worldwide growth sector.
  • Intensive expertise with qualitative and quantitative analysis strategies and evaluation.
  • Expertise in program implementation and knowledge administration.
• Regional expertise (2.1.6): 5 years’ expertise in working with Africa-focused/primarily based establishments and understanding the political and social climates on the continent is required.
• Growth cooperation (DC) expertise (2.1.7): Sturdy information of growth cooperation on the African continent and youth engagement in public well being on the African continent.
• Different (2.1.8):
  • Demonstrated capacity to successfully talk technical data clearly and concisely, notably in writing.
  • Glorious communication and interpersonal expertise to work with stakeholders at numerous ranges.