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Universal Health Coverage means that all people and communities receive the health services what they need, that it means that everyone should have access to the health services they need without facing financial hardship. and should include a provision of full range of essential health services in health promotion, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care, with quality.
The objectives of sustainable development (ODS) for Health is linked with ODS 3: “ensuring a healthy life and promoting well-being for all at all ages”, however, the improvement of Health outcomes depends on the availability, accessibility and capacity of health workers to provide integrated primary of care with quality, focused on people and focused on their, as well as the community needs.
In Mozambique, the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation includes: physiatry, physiotherapy and Prosthetic/Orthotic. Of the 1652 Health facilities from the National Health Service, only 6% – 102 HF have physiotherapy services and 0.6% – 11 of Prosthetic/Orthotic services. The field of physical medicine and rehabilitation has a total of 370 professionals from different categories, namely: 11 physiatrists, 3 MTC, 45 physiotherapists, 3 superior technicians of Prosthetic/Orthotic, 246 Mid-level technicians in physiotherapy, 56 Mid-level technicians in Prosthetic/Orthotic, 3 speech therapists, 2 Occupational therapists, 1 psychologist. Currently the district coverage on physiotherapist services is 66%, with inequities in their distribution (125% in Maputo province and 35% in Cabo Delgado).
Currently there is a high child demand for these services due by complications from prematurity, intrapartum brain injury, severe bacterial infection or pathological jaundice, congenital conditions or abnormalities, etc. Additionally, the early childhood development and the nurturing care framework implementation in Mozambique could contribute to identify potential issues early, so they can be effectively addressed and mitigated.
The challenge of technical competence to provide adequate health care for children with disabilities or additional needs, and the expiry of the current curriculum for pre-graduate, urges the need to revise the Curriculum of mid-level technicians in Physiotherapist and Prosthetic/Orthotic to increase the coverage and the quality of services provided, further to the universal primary health care coverage.
Develop a Competence based Curriculum for mid-level technicians in Physiotherapist and Prosthetic/Orthotic in Mozambican context.
Payments will be processed upon acceptance of the corresponding deliverable and against an invoice that will make reference to the contract reference and deliverable number. Payments will be approved by the respective section chief.
UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.
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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives....
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