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Piloting Harm Reduction with Opioid substitution Therapy (OST) for IDUs in Kabul

Contract Award

General Information
Country:   Afghanistan
Notice/Contract Number:   AFG/MOPH/HIV/Con 23
Publication Date:   Sep 10, 2009
Funding Agency:   World Bank
Buyer:   AFG. HIV/AIDS PREVENTION PROJECT
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   Adeeb qarizada
Ministry of Public Health
Masoud Square
Kabul
Afghanistan
Telephone:   0093(0) 798 980 652
Email:   Click here

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Project ID: P101502
Project name: Afghanistan HIV/AIDS Prevention Project (AHAPP)
Project ID: P101502
Contract Name: Piloting Harm Reduction with Opioid substitution Therapy (OST) for IDUs in Kabul
Contract Number: AFG/MOPH/HIV/Con 23
Organization/Department: Medicins DE Monde/France
First (Given) Name: Olivier
Last Name: Vandecasteele
Title:
Address:
Phone: 0093(0) 798 980 652
Email Address: .mdmafghanistan@medecinsdumonde.af

Consultant/Contractor Name & Address*: Karta 3 Shora street Opposite of Kateb higher Education institute

Contract date: 29/july/09

Procurement Method: Contracts Awarded by Consultant Qualification Selection (CQS)

Price: 175000 USD

Duration: 24 months to 20/july/2009 to 2011

Summary scope of contract: To Prepare and implement an annual action plan to provide OST with selected harm reduction and HIV prevention services including client recruitment and staff training in the selected location.
The objective of the Community based pilot of OST, as part of essential harm reduction services, to 200 injecting drug users in Kabul, is to prevent further transmission of HIV through injection of drugs and thereby to reduce the adverse health, social, and economic impact of HIV on IDUs. The length of the program will be up two years. The opioid substitution medication of this pilot is methadone, based on the recommendations of the technical expert OST meeting in Kabul, October 2007, and on global best practice. The specific objective of the pilot is to assess the feasibility of providing methadone as part of a package of harm reduction services, in the Afghanistan context. An important reference source for this activity is the American Journal of Psychiatry May 2007; 164:797-803. A Stepped Care Strategy Using Buprenorphine and Methadone versus Conventional Methadone Maintenance in Heroin Dependence: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Johan Kakko et al. The work will be done under supervision of the NACP and in close coordination with other key ministries and partners in selected locations

Scope of Services: The implementing Consultant will provide the following services to the IDUs to enable them to improve their knowledge, attitudes, skills, behavior and health for HIV prevention:
a) Prepare and implement an annual action plan to provide OST with selected harm reduction and HIV prevention services including client recruitment and staff training in the selected location.
b) Provide methadone substitution therapy to 200 (I)DUs in Kabul.
c) Monitor the pilot closely, keep records, and provide timely reports
d) Operate with ethical considerations and community sensitivities.
e) Carry out such tasks and actions as the Manager; NACP reasonably requests to respond to the HIV epidemic in Afghanist

*At least the city & country: Kabul Afghanistan
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