Technical advisors in child survival

Missions, LDC Ministries of Health, and other organizations planning, implementing, and evaluating child survival (CS) initiatives. The U.S. Office of International Health and Centers for Disease Control will be the lead implementing agencies. Long-term advisors will be recruited from the U.S. Public Health Service, state agencies and universities, and possibly Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The main thrust of this project is the recruitment and placement of long-term advisors in CS programs worldwide. Advisors will be placed in A.I.D. Missions and offices, host government counterpart institutions, PVO"s, or similar organizations in A.I.D.-assisted countries. Special emphasis will be placed on those 22 countries that have been designated "child survival emphasis countries". Some advisors will be placed in A.I.D./W Bureaus, when the objective of the Congressional CS mandate and the CS program can best be met by such placements. The advisors will assist in: planning, implementing, administering, and evaluating CS activities, especially immunizations; training host country personnel; researching solutions to specific obstacles to CS objectives; and improving performance in countries or areas of low coverage or poor performance. Country-specific considerations (e.g., appropriate priority given to CS, sustainability, lack of alternative mechanisms) will also play a role in the placement of advisors. In addition, a limited amount of short-term TA will be provided, generally to develop, negotiate, and facilitate long-term assignments.