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Incorporating Community-Based HIV and HCV Lay Testing into National Guidelines and Regulations
ՄԱՆՐԱՄԱՍՆ ՆԿԱՐԱԳՐՈւԹՅՈւՆ՝ 
Background Information:
People Inject Use Drugs (PWID) represent one of the most affected and vulnerable communities to HIV in Armenia, though services available to this population are rather limited or aren’t in line with international standards and recommendations. HIV prevention and detection services among PWIDs in Armenia are supported by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, however package of available services is limited, with lack of community-oriented grassroot and low-threshold approaches. In these regards, one of the main issues is access of PWID to HIV testing services in community-tailored environment. Though, HIV self-testing has been introduced in country and provided by community service provider, regular testing services are still concentrated in medical facilities, with national regulations requiring medical license to perform blood-based rapid testing. HCV testing in Armenia, is available only in medical settings. MdM introduced the community-based HCV testing for the first time in the country since 2021. With purpose to contribute to increased access of PWID to HIV and HCV screening and timely detection, MdM is focusing its efforts on revision of national regulations to enable community-based HIV and HCV lay testing services, in line with WHO recommendations.
Purpose and Objectives:
The purpose of the assignment is to review national HIV epidsurveillance guideline and other respective regulatory documents (decrees, orders, etc.) to ensure national regulations allows HIV and HCV lay rapid testing (blood and saliva-based) services in community settings. The main objectives of the assignment are:
- Review and update HIV epidsurveillance guideline and other regulatory documents (decrees, orders);
- Ensure compliance of HIV and Viral Hepatitis Testing in Harm Reduction Settings protocol elaborated by MdM with national regulations.
While maintaining independence, the process revision and update of the guideline will be carried out based on a participatory approach and direct involvement of MdM team and other stakeholders if and where relevant.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Review and update national HIV epidsurveillance guideline in line with international recommendations on HIV lay testing in community settings;
- Review and update national legal acts regulating issues of medical licensing for HIV and HCV testing services;
- Review HIV and Viral Hepatitis Testing in Harm Reduction Settings protocol elaborated by MdM on compliance with national guidelines and regulations;
The Consultant will be supervised by the Field Coordinator of MdM in Armenia with the technical support of the Program team in Georgia.
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Key Competences and Required Skills:
- Advanced university degree (at least master's) in Public Health, Epidemiology or similar fields;
- At least 5 years of experience in public health field;
- Experience of developing and adapting national healthcare guidelines and protocols;
- Experience in working with governmental stakeholders will be an asset;
- Fluency in Armenian and English languages.
Deliverables and Timeframe:
Review and update of national guideline - 15 April 2022
Review and update of national legal acts - 31 April 2022
Review of MdM elaborated protocol - 15 May 2022.
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Short Term Service Contract: Assignment considers total of 10 consultancy days.
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Working in France and 64 countries worldwide, Doctors of the World - Medecins du Monde (MdM) is an independent international movement of campaigning activists who provide care, bear witness and support social change. Through its 355 innovative medical programs and evidence-based advocacy initiatives, MdM enables excluded individuals and their communities to access health and fight for universal access to healthcare. For more than 40 years, Medecins Du Monde, a campaigning medical organization committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations at home and abroad. It has continued to highlight obstacles that exist in accessing healthcare and has secured sustainable improvements in health-for-all policies. Through innovative medical programs and advocacy, MdM enables excluded individuals and their communities to access health while continuing to fight for universal access to healthcare. Pioneering harm reduction in France since the mid-1980s, MDM has also become a leading global player in harm reduction.
Armenian mission of MDM operates since 2020 and works towards improving health of people who use drugs, with focus on priority areas of harm reduction and Hepatitis C. MDM works in partnership with community-based organizations, to develop models of care tailored to the specific needs of people who use drugs communities.