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WCARO Consultant Formative Multi-country Evaluation of the WCA Family HIV Testing (FHT) Approach (Cameroon, Chad), Home-based & Field work, 4 months

20 Sep 2021

UNICEF

This multi-country evaluation will have two purposes: accountability and learning.
 
Accountability: This evaluation will provide both the donors (vertical accountability) and the beneficiaries (horizontal accountability) with solid evidence on the extent to which the Family HIV testing approach in all WCA countries is attaining the results based on the Monitoring framework for Family Testing described in the WCA operational guidance.
 
With respect to learning, this evaluation is expected not only to inform the programme implementation strategies in the new UNICEF Regional Office Management Plan (ROMP) but also to highlight some feasible and realistic corrective actions that may want to be taken to enhance the effectiveness and impact of the Family Testing approach.
 
This evaluation is expected to generate recommendations that will help UNICEF HIV staff (both at the UNICEF Regional Office and Country Offices in the region) as well as other in-country partners (see Table 1 below) to adapt the implementation of Family HIV Testing approach to countries’ specific context and needs and scale it up across the region, so as to turn it into a game changer to FastTrack pediatric care and treatment.
 
More specifically, the evaluation is expected to contribute to the formulation of key strategic and operational recommendations that could be used to better support governments to roll out the approach across the region (this is of paramount importance for UNICEF).

  • Work more closely and effectively with all WCA countries, national HIV and AIDS programs and related partners towards the FastTrack of identification and treatment of children/adolescents living with HIV in line, with the 2021 HLM commitments (95–95–95 testing and treatment targets are achieved within all subpopulations, age groups and geographic settings, including children living with HIV by 2025);
  • Contribute to the development of national, regional, and global advocacy on: 1) FHT as an innovative approach to improve care and treatment for children and adolescents living with HIV and; 2) Resource leveraging for the scale up of FHT; and
  • Enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of UNICEF Partnership Cooperation Agreements (PCA) at country level in connection to the implementation of the FHT approach.

Full details are available on the UNICEF website. Deadline for applications: 4th October.