Maternal, Perinatal and Child Death Surveillance Responses (MPCDSR) Capacity Builders

In Nigeria Maternal Perinatal and Child Death Surveillance Responses (MPCDSR) serves as a continuous quality improvement system which identifies notifies reviews analyses and responds to maternal perinatal and child death to prevent recurrence.
A 3-day standardization meeting precedes the training; this will tend to harmonize the training modules tools and agree on how the various modules will be taken and who will handle each state.

The training will be held at two levels; the first level will be for healthcare workers at the various facilities while the second level will be for stakeholders at the community level tailoring the curriculum to suite the various levels. The facility level trainings will operationalize these standards which includes strengthening notification case identification audit/review quality data use and response cycles contributing to accountability and learning loops.

Ensure standardization by aligning state stakeholders on national MPCDSR policy tools roles and data flows.
Build the capacity of MPCDSR committees to conduct high-quality no-blame reviews both at facility and community levels.
Ensure system strengthening by establishing/re-activating functional MPCDSR committees at state LGA and facility levels.

Scope of Work Standardization meeting
Review and adapt training modules ensuring uniformity across states Harmonize on presentation methods
Assign roles to consultants in various states

Training on MPCDSR
Conduct a 3-day training on MPCDSR at the facility level Conduct a 2-day training on MPCDSR at the community level Write a comprehensive report for both trainings
Expected Deliverables

Functional MPCDSR committees established across states LGAs and Facilities levels. Capacity of MPCDSR committee members built on quality reporting.
Comprehensive and quality technical report of the MPCDSR training submitted. Evidence of knowledge gain by the participants at the end of the training

Duration of Consultancy
This consultancy is for a period of 7 days (1 day pre-planning meeting 5 days for training at both facility and community levels and 1 day for report writing.)

• Bachelors degree in medicine Nursing Public Health or a child healthrelated field (advanced degree preferred).
• Certified MPCDSR facilitator. Minimum of 5 years of experience conducting MPCDSR trainings and capacity building.
• Demonstrated ability to apply adult learning and competency-based training methodologies.
• Experience collaborating with government health institutions and development partners.
• Strong report-writing communication and data interpretation skills.

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