Save the Children is soliciting an experienced organization for “Study on Health Needs of Adolescent and Young First-Time Mothers in The Postnatal Period”
Save the Children in Bangladesh [SCiBD] is a leading child rights based organization, currently covering a wide range of geographical areas in the Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Sylhet and Rangpur Divisions. SCiBD works in number of thematic areas, including Education, Child rights and governance and child protection, Health and Nutrition and HIV/AIDS, Child poverty and Humanitarian.
With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Save the Children is implementing Shongzog, a project that leverages large-scale projects to increase first-time adolescent & young mothers (AYM) aged 15-24 years use of postpartum family planning (PPFP) and postnatal care (PNC) in Bangladesh.
Building on MaMoni Maternal and New-born Care Strengthening Project (MNCSP)’s facility-level activities, Shongzog is testing enhancements across the continuum of care, starting in pregnancy. Through Shongzog, AYMs receive counselling on PPFP and PNC during each interaction with the health system. At both community and facility level, Shongzog applies a targeted PNC approach prioritizing at-risk mother-baby dyads, including AYMs, for enhanced facility-level PNC and timely postnatal home visits.
For many years, efforts have been dedicated to improving the coverage of PNC services, which is consistently lagging compared to other maternal and neonatal health (MNH) services across the continuum of care. According to the Bangladesh Multi-Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2019, while over 60% of mothers and their new-borns received some form of PNC, less than 1% received PNC within 2 days of delivery. Of these, 59% of mothers and 61% of their new-borns received PNC in a facility (public or private) within the first week of life.
Every year, an estimated 13 million adolescents (ages 15-19) and many more young women (ages 20-24) give birth. The vast majority of these births occur after marriage, a context in which families and communities place significant pressure on young women to prove their social value and adult status by demonstrating fertility. For married adolescents and youth, the transition to parenthood means navigating new family structures and social roles, for which many are unprepared, while facing increasingly inequitable gender norms and expectations. Concurrently, adolescents and youth who become parents outside of marriage often face extreme social stigma and have limited support during their transition through pregnancy and into parenthood. Regardless of marital status, the transition to parenthood is a time of rapid and significant change and vulnerability. At the same time that many young women are removed from family, school, and social support networks, they must navigate caring for their own health while learning to care for a new-born.
The purpose of this consultancy is to conduct a mixed-methods study with first-time adolescent and young mothers. The study will have 2 components – a primary qualitative component and secondary quantitative data analysis.
Term of Reference (ToR) and Request for Proposal (RFP) notice can be downloaded from this link.
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Submission of proposal
Interested organizations/consulting firms are requested to submit their technical & financial proposal separately through email with Team Lead and team members, the details on methodology including activities and milestones, budget details, time frame and CVs of experts along with required legal and supporting documents as per RFP Notice.
Interested bidders are requested to submit the bid documents on or before 2:00 PM (sharp) of October 06, 2021.
Bid Submission: Electronic Submission - through email containing a copy of the bid:
- Email should be sent to: bangladesh.etender@savethechildren.org
- Email should be addressed to Senior Manager – Procurement and Supply Chain. Please note – this email box is a sealed tender box so DO NOT SEND QUESTIONS related to this tender to this email address.
- The subject of the email should be “ RFP/SCI/BDCO/FY-21/00024 Bidder Response – ‘Bidder Name’, ‘Date’’
- All documents should be clearly labelled so it is clear to understand what each file relates to.
- Email size should not exceed 15mb – if this limit is breached bidder should split the submission into two emails.
- Do not copy other SCI email addresses into the email when you submit it as this may invalidate your bid.
- Technical & Financial proposal should be submitted in the separate mail/attachment.
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