National Short-Term Consultancy for supporting review the implementation of the National Traditional Medicine (TM) Strategy 2012-2015

Purpose of the Post:

The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical support requested by the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Lao PDR Food and Drug Department to review and update of the National Traditional Medicine (TM) Strategy 2012 – 2015 including the operational plan for implementation.

Description of Duties:

Method(s) to carry out the activity:

The consultant will work under overall guidance from the Coordinator for Health Systems. He/she will work very closely with the Department of Food and Drug Department to review existing information and data and conduct interviews with relevant stakeholders at central and sub-national levels on the implementation of National TM strategy and a set of key priorities.  Also, based on the review of the implementation, the consultant will revise the strategy and develop the operational plan in consultation with relevant stakeholders for 2023-2030. 

Output/s

a) Output 1: Review of the progress in implementation of the National Traditional Medicine (TM) Strategy 2012 – 2015

Deliverable 1.1: Review all relevant government documents on Traditional Medicine and conduct interviews with relevant stakeholders at central and provincial levels. Based on this review, progresses and gaps in the implementation of the National TM strategy over the 10 years will be identified and a summary of those progresses and gaps will be developed.

Deliverable 1.2: Support FDD to conduct consultations with relevant stakeholders for this review based on progresses and gaps identified in implementing the strategy and future needs to improve integration of TM services into the national health care system.

b) Output 2: Development of a draft National TM Strategy 2023-2030 including the operational plan  for implementation 

Deliverable 2.1: Develop a draft National TM Strategy 2023-2030 and the operational plan for implementation based on the review of all information collected and feedback received from relevant stakeholders.

Deliverable 2.2:  Support FDD to conduct consultations with relevant stakeholders for this National TM Strategy 2023-2030 and the operational plan for implementation and revise it based on further feedback from these consultations.

Knowledge & skills:

• Technical knowledge and competences in policy development, planning and regulatory system for traditional medicine area
• Good analysis and writing skills
• Clear communication skills to support consultation with key stakeholders

Education:

Postgraduate degree in traditional medicine, Public Health, Pharmacy, and Social Science or related field

Experience:

Minimum of 10 years of working experiences in policy development, planning, medical education and/or regulatory system for traditional medicine area in Lao PDR

Languages:

Proficiency in spoken and written English is mandatory

Interested and qualified candidates are invited to submit applications and curriculum vitae in the English language with a subject " Short-Term Consultancy for supporting review the implementation of the National Traditional Medicine (TM) Strategy 2012-2015" to the following Email address: wplaohr@who.int by 09 June 2022 at 17:00. Applications without the proper subject line might be disregarded