Nutrition International (NI) formerly known as
the Micronutrient Initiative (MI), a renowned International Development
organization based out in Ottawa, Canada, has a commitment to eradicate global ‘hidden
hunger’ by implementing interventions that focus on women and children in
developing countries. It aims to generate innovative and sustainable solutions
to reduce vitamin and mineral deficiencies among women, newborns, and children.
It builds on robust evidence-based research and evaluation in order to
demonstrate excellent return on investment of scaling-up highly cost-effective
micronutrient interventions. NI aspires to be a global center of excellence in
technical and programmatic support in this field.
The
prevalence of anaemia among adolescent girls and women of reproductive age (15
to 24 years) at national level is 18.4% (RISKESDAS, Basic Health Research,
2014). However, the data from screening of junior-high school children
in Cimahi and Bandung districts in 2013 revealed the prevalence of anaemia among adolescents in the range of 40-50% (DHO, Cimahi, 2013). The data from screening of junior-high school children in Cimahi and
Bandung districts in 2013 revealed the prevalence of anaemia among adolescents
in the range of 40-50% (DHO, Cimahi, 2013). Based on national guidelines (MoH,
1998), it was recommended to give one IFA tablet weekly for 16 weeks
consecutively, plus one IFA tablet daily during menstruation for 10 days to
adolescent girls. However, the program was not implemented as envisaged, and
giving supplements during menstruation is not feasible or highly acceptable.
Some of the reasons for this are; lack of availability of IFA tablets, limited
promotion of the intervention and no clear channel for distribution. The MOH
has updated the national guideline on prevention and anemia control among
adolescent girls at the end of 2016. The updated guideline is aligned with WHO
recommendation in aspects of dosing regimen; however, the formulation is not
updated. Indonesia. now recommends weekly IFA tablets throughout the year
with a dosage of 60 mg elemental iron and 400 microgram folic acid.
NI Indonesia has implemented Weekly Iron and
Folic Acid (WIFA) supplementation for school-going adolescent girls to reduce
the prevalence of anaemia among them and reinstate the focus of district and
national government on the IFA supplementation program for adolescent girls for
improved health outcomes. It was initiated as a demonstration program in two districts
of Cimahi and Purwakarta in West Java and it is planned to be scale up to two
provinces of West Java and Banten. This program is
being replicated with new program strategies in two more provinces of East Java
and East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia with support from the DFAT Australia.
NI Indonesia is looking for agency with the
baseline and end-line information on anaemia prevalence, in coverage and in adherence of WIFA supplementation
program as part of the program evaluation.
The detail of
Term of Reference is provided in:
It
is expected that period of consultancy will be 24 weeks for each survey.
Interested consultant
firm/inistitution shall submit the following documents:
·
Company/Firm/Inistitutions Profile with CV of
team member
·
Cover letter
·
References (minimum 3 relevant experiences)
·
Proposal including financial submission (for
bidding)
Please
submit the documents to vacancy.miindonesia@gmail.com or send to The Micronutrient
Initiative, Gd. Wirausaha Lt. 2, Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav. C-5 Jakarta 12940,
Indonesia.
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