Background:

While the World Health Organization has outlined the comprehensive package of services which should be available for key populations (including but not limited to: men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, sex workers, transgender people, and prisoners) these populations rarely have access to the full range of recommended services (WHO, 2016).  AFAO seeks a technical consultant to lead a review of the package of services for key populations within Lao PDR to:

• determine if and to what extent the HIV service packages as designed in the national guidelines or supported by Global Fund (or other) programs are in line with international standards and guidelines;
• Assess options in the configuration of services that are most likely to achieve 90/90/90 targets;
• Assess cost effectiveness of different service configurations;
• Identify opportunities and barriers for implementation service delivery options.
   

Following this review, the consultant will develop a roadmap that will serve as a guide for revising and implementing the revised KP package of services and scale up to achieve 90/90/90 targets.
 

Scope of Work and Tasks:
 

• Review the current package of services per key population as per the National Strategic Plan and conduct a comparative analysis between the packages of services in the NSP versus what the comprehensive package of services should be, as per UNAIDS and WHO guidelines (e.g., WHO Consolidated Guidelines for Key populations, Key population Implementation tools, guidance on PrEP, HIV Self-Testing, and Community-Based Screening, etc.)
• Determine whether HIV service packages as designed in the national guidelines or programs supported by Global Fund (or other donors) are in line with international standards and guideline, and are appropriate to epidemiological context, available, accessible.
• Examine what is practically being provided at the country-level and evaluate the utilization and implementation of HIV service packages in reaching intended target groups, coverage and reported quality of these programmes;
• Assess the feasibility and implementation options for the introduction or scale up of novel HIV interventions (including but not limited to PrEP, HIV Self-Testing, and Community-Based Screening)
• Examine the enabling environment and other factors (e.g., policy, funding, and service delivery infrastructure and strategic information) facilitating and inhibiting the availability, accessibility, utility, and scalability of HIV intervention services (including but not limited to PrEP, HIV Self-testing, and Community Based Screening).
• Assess the mechanisms and degree to which financial resources are made available and used accountably for funding the implementation for service packages for key populations.
• Identify and define specific roles and responsibilities of each of technical, implementing partners involved in the review and revision of KP Package of services.
• Develop recommendations that will support the revision of national policies and guidelines to include comprehensive package of HIV services for key populations and to support the implementation of revisions, including but not limited to PrEP, HIV Self-Testing, and Community-Based Screening.

 Deliverables:
 

Selection Criteria

Time Scheduling 

The consultant(s) will be contracted for a maximum of 35 days from 01 October 2019 to 18 November 2019. The deadline to apply for this consultancy is September 30, 2019. Please send a CV (max 4 pages) and cover letter to the contact person below.

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