Consultant to Develop a technical and policy guidance on Comprehensive Abortion Care - (2502640)
Contractual Arrangement: External consultant
Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days): 6 months
Job Posting
: Jul 7, 2025, 10:36:30 AM
Closing Date
: Jul 21, 2025, 9:59:00 PM
Primary Location
: Mauritius-Port Louis
Organization
: AF_MUS Mauritius
Schedule
: Full-time
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Terms of Reference (TOR)
Title: Recruitment of a Local Consultant to Develop a technical and policy guidance on Comprehensive Abortion Care
Background: The Ministry of Health and Wellness recognizes the need to establish a comprehensive abortion care guideline to ensure safe, equitable, and evidence-based reproductive healthcare services. To achieve this, a local consultant with expertise in gynecology, public health, and policy development will be recruited to lead the process.
Objective: To recruit a qualified health professional who will develop a comprehensive abortion policy and Abortion care guideline in alignment with national laws, international standards, and best practices.
Scope of Work:
1.Situational Analysis:
- Conduct a desk review of existing national laws, policies, and guidelines on abortion care.
- Consolidate the discussion points from the December workshop including the gaps and barriers in access to safe abortion services.
- Analyze relevant international guidelines and best practices.
2.Stakeholder Engagement:
- Engage with key stakeholders, including government entities, healthcare providers, civil society, and international organizations.
- Organize consultations to gather inputs and ensure inclusivity in policy development.
3.Policy and Guidelines Development:
- Draft a technical and policy guidance on comprehensive abortion care (this will include clinical, health systems and policy addressing ethical, legal, and medical aspects)
- Conduct a validation exercise to finalize the guidance for Ministry of Health approval
- Develop operational guidance/SOPs for the derivative products (ie clinical guidelines for abortion care, including pre- and post-abortion services, infection prevention, counseling, and referral pathways).
- Organize the technical working group meetings on the guideline development
- Incorporate gender-sensitive and rights-based approaches.
4.Capacity Building and Dissemination:
- Propose strategies for the dissemination and implementation of the policy and guidelines.
- Identify training needs and capacity-building measures for healthcare providers.
Deliverables:
1.Inception report with a work plan and timeline.
2.Situational analysis report
3.Draft abortion policy and technical guideline for review to the MoH (for validation and approval)
4.Finalized abortion policy and care guidelines.
Required Qualifications:
- Health professional (i.e. medical officer, gynecologist, reproductive health specialist, public health specialist) with an advanced degree (Master’s in Public Health or equivalent).
- Minimum of 5years of experience working in the field of health or medicine.
- Strong writing skills in English with proven experience through reports and peer reviewed publications
- Proven experience in developing healthcare guidelines and policies.
- Familiarity with national and international reproductive health standards and frameworks.
- Excellent communication, analytical, and report-writing skills.
- Experience working with WHO or any UN agency will be an advantage.
- Proficient level of English with a working knowledge of French would be an Asset.
- Duration: The consultancy is expected to last for a period of 6 months, with key milestones and deliverables submitted as per the agreed timeline.
Reporting: The consultant will report to the WHO country office and work in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness.
Application Process: Interested candidates should submit the following:
- Updated CV highlighting relevant qualifications and experience.
- Cover letter detailing their approach to developing the abortion policy and care guidelines.
- At least two references from previous similar assignments.
Evaluation Criteria: Candidates will be evaluated based on their qualifications, relevant experience, and proposed approach to the assignment.
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