Consultancy for dietary diversity and malnutrition trends in Egypt – National consultancy (4.5 months)

Consultancy for dietary diversity and malnutrition trends in Egypt – National consultancy (4.5 months)

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Job no: 535463
Contract type: Consultancy
Level: Consultancy
Location: Egypt
Categories: Health, Consultancy

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

OBJECTIVE

Based on the above, the purpose of this assignment will be to support the UNICEF Country Office in identifying the main drivers of dietary diversity among children aged 6-23 months; and stunting, wasting, underweight and overweight and obesity among under-five children, by performing  secondary analysis of the HIECS data for the last three rounds.  

TASKS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED

The tasks the consultant will carry out to achieve the above objectives consist of the following:

1.      A Technical Report on the Drivers of Dietary Diversity and malnutrition trends among Egyptian children

METHODOLOGY

The consultant will use the most recent Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption Survey (HIECS 2017)  dataset, to perform secondary data analysis. The four main outcomes are: dietary diversity among children aged 6-23 months  and among children aged 24-59 months; animal source food intake among children aged 6-23 months; stunting among under-5 children; and obesity among under-5 children. Where data allows, dietary diversity scores and ASF scores for individual children aged 6-23 months and among children aged 24-59 months will be calculated. WHO child growth standards for under-five children will be used to define stunting and obesity.  Explanatory variables will include child, parental and household characteristics, household dietary diversity, household poverty, minimum meal frequency for children and families where available, household food insecurity, agricultural biodiversity (producing cultivated food crops/ producing animal yields), receiving government social protection (e.g. ration card/pension/benefiting from Takaful and Karama/receiving subsidized bread), maternal height and overweight and obesity. Other variables should be explored as available. The consultant will adapt the most recent UNICEF and FAO definitions of dietary diversity for children and families according to the data available and create appropriate scores. Regression analyses will be used to determine the strength of the contributing factors to each of the four outcomes, with appropriate control for confounding factors. 

The consultant is responsible for obtaining all official clearances to use the data, but not to share it.

 

ACTIVITIES, DELIVERABLES AND TIMELINES, PLUS BUDGET PER DELIVERABLE

N

DELIVERABLES

Estimated Duration to Complete

 

Target Due Dates (Months from the start)

Payment

1

Inception report with the analysis plan for the six different outcomes using the HIECS data which includes introduction to the problem; detailed methodology including workplan, definitions of variables and dietary diversity scores for children and households, plan for statistical analysis, and all dummy tables, outline of the final report.

10

½

20%

2

Statistical output of all data in the form of tables and graphs, with all syntax files of the analyses and the output files as part of the final deliverables)

35

3 ½

50%

3

Technical Report on drivers for the six main outcomes and the trends over time  (The report will consist of executive summary, methodology, results, discussion and conclusion)

12

4 ½

 

 

30%

Total

47 days

4 ½  months

 

 

QUALIFICATIONS, SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND ADDITIONAL COMPETENCIES

Education

·     Master’s degree in economics, statistics, social science, epidemiology or public health Ph.D. will be an asset.

Experience

·     At least 10 years of relevant experience in quantitative data analysis.

·     Proven knowledge or experience in nutrition and dietary diversity analysis is desirable.

·     Relevant publication records

Language Requirements

·     English and Arabic proficiency

CONDITIONS OF WORK

The Assignment will be an external output-based Consultancy. The incumbent should carry out the work in direct collaboration with UNICEF Country Office. The assignment will not require continuous presence in the UNICEF Country Office Premises but will entail continuous contact with the direct supervisors and the CSED team. The consultant will use her/his own instruments and will not be given a work station within UNICEF Office.

Expression of Interest

All interested applicants are to provide:

·       A technical proposal (including background, methodology and workplan).

·       A financial proposal.

·       Relevant experience and qualifications.

·       List of previous publications, including publications on nutrition and dietary diversity.

 

 

NOTE FOR CONSULTANTS AND INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTORS:

Please submit a financial offer along with your proposal, which contains the following information:

-Fee for services to be provided based on the deliverables in the Terms of Reference.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations, 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.

Remarks: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Advertised: Egypt Standard Time
Deadline: Egypt Standard Time

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