Consultant for the development of the Traditional and Alternative Medicine Regulations

BACKGROUND

Traditional The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) promoted the International Conference on Primary Health Care in Alma-Ata (Geneva, 1978), due to the need for urgent action by governments, health professionals and the world community to protect and promote the health of the world's peoples. At this conference, member states were recommended to formulate national policies and regulations regarding the use of traditional medicines of proven efficacy and to explore the possibilities of incorporating traditional medicine practitioners into primary health care activities, providing them with corresponding training (WHO, 1979). The WHO also recommended the development of public policies to facilitate the integration of traditional and complementary medicine into national health care systems, as well as promoting the rational use of this integration. Although modern medicine is well developed in most of the world, the WHO recognizes that a large part of the population in developing countries depends on traditional medicine for their primary care, given that 80% of this population use traditional practices in their basic health care and 85% of them use plants or their preparations. Therefore, the Ministry of Health created the Department of Traditional and Alternative Medicine to implement activities linked to traditional and complementary medicine.

WHO has developed Traditional Medicine Strategies that provide guidance and help health care leaders to develop solutions that contribute to a broader vision of improved health and patient autonomy, by harnessing the potential contribution of the and Complementary Medicine to health, wellness and people-centered health care and by promoting the safe and effective use of the Traditional and Complementary Medicine through the regulation of products, practices and practitioners.

In 2004, Mozambique published its Traditional Medicine Policy and Implementation Strategy, a guiding document for this area of health. In the meantime, several advances have been made and the regulations for this area of Traditional Medicine need to be updated. MISAU therefore intends to hire a consultancy to support the development of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Regulations, with a view to guaranteeing safe and quality access to this medicine's services and establishing limits and monitoring its actions, for the benefit of users.

DELIVERABLES

a)Situational Analysis Report, including a SWOT analysis of the policies/strategies/actions carried out and underway in Traditional and Complementary Medicine

b)Proposal for Traditional and Alternative Medicine Regulations

The proposal must be submitted in a sealed letter, containing a letter of expression of interest, a CV, a proposal for the work methodology, an execution schedule, and a budget.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's ( Required ) or Master's degree ( Desired) in the following areas: Law, Public Health, Medical Anthropology or other related area

EXPERIENCE

·10 years' proven consultancy experience in this area, specifically in drafting Health Laws and Regulations and some knowledge of Traditional and Complementary Medicine.

·Knowledge of how public institutions work

·Knowledge of the policies, strategies, and institutional mechanisms for Traditional and Complementary Medicine.

SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE

• Strong communication skills
• Ability to provide leadership
• Excellent coordination skills, with ability to work with various stakeholders
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Creative and proactive
• Flexibility in the fulfilment of goals and objectives
• Confidentiality and integrity must always be maintained

LANGUAGES

• Fluency in reading, writing and communication in Portuguese (Required)
• Fluency in English (DESIRED)

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