Literature review and secondary data analysis for analysis of underlying causes of undernutrition in Northern Rakhine State

Published : 28/06/2021
Deadline : 08/07/2021

The project of the consultancy

Reducing morbidity and mortality associated with acute malnutrition in children under five years of age and pregnant and lactating women in Buthidaung and Maungdaw, Rakhine State, Myanmar

Objectives of the consultancy

The selected candidate, organisation, firm, will achieve the 2 first steps of the analysis

Literature review

Conduct literature review, including Action Contre la Faim’s reports, assessments, and other data in addition to external sources on the underlying causes of undernutrition in children U5 and PLW. Consultant is expected to provide bibliography of all external sources used.

Secondary data analysis

Since 2016, Action Contre la Faim has gathered a significant amount of information through its programme implementation contained in several datasets. ACF will provide these datasets to the consultant for data cleaning, review, and analysis. The consultant will provide cleaned dataset.

Expert workshop

The consultant will organise and facilitate a workshop with ACF staff from the country office and the HQ who focus on Myanmar in order to gather additional input.

Community consultations

ACF will organise community consultation in NRS. The consultant will analyse the information gathered through this consultations.

Triangulation, analysis, reporting

Based on all the above collected information, the consultant will triangulate and propose hypothesis of underlying causes of undernutrition with their probability into a report.

Qualified candidates are expected to send their applications to ACF in English to loghod@mm-actioncontrelafaim.org no later than July 8th 2021 at 5:00pm (Myanmar
time)