Physicians (Doctor)- 2015

Field work, AA

JaRco Consulting Plc.

Overview

IDEAS (Informed Decisions for Action) in partnership with JaRco consulting has been tasked by the Government of Ethiopia to conduct an evaluation of the Community Based Newborn Care (CBNC) program.

IDEAS is part of The London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine. IDEAS aims to improve the health and survival of mothers and babies through generating evidence to inform policy and practice. Working in Ethiopia, North-Eastern Nigeria and the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, IDEAS uses measurement, learning and evaluation to find out what works, why and how in maternal and newborn health.

JaRco consulting is an international development consulting company that provides high-quality technical support services for a variety of institutions working across a broad range of development sectors. The company helps clients to maximize the accuracy and reliability of the information that supports their programs, carrying out qualitative and quantitative research, designing monitoring and evaluation systems, and providing extensive capacity building and logistical support. JaRco brings together an unparalleled combination of local and international expertise in addition to a wide breadth of multi-country experience. This diversity enables us to provide nuanced and appropriate services that assist social and economic development.

Community Based Newborn Care (CBNC) Project description
CBNC programme is an Initiative of the Federal Ministry of Health, in partnership with UNICEF, L10K, Save the Children and IFHP. CBNC aims to reduce newborn mortality through strengthening the Primary Health Care Unit (PHCU) approach and the Health Extension Programme (HEP). This goal will be achieved by enhancing  linkages between health centres and health posts and the performance of Health Extension Workers (HEWs) and Health Development Army (HDA), to improve antenatal, intrapartum and newborn care through the “four Cs”:-

1.  prenatal and postnatal Contact with the mother and newborn;


2. Case-identification of newborns with signs of possible severe bacterial infection;


3. Care, or treatment that is appropriate and initiated as early as possible; and


4. Completion of a full 7-day course of appropriate antibiotics.

 Job description
-Participate on CBNC midline training program content
-Participate in field operations for pilot testing during the training period
-Provide assessment of sick children under- 2 month according to standard CBNC assessment, classification and treatment protocols
-Provide support to a team of four
-Available for a period of 2 month for field work

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