The Stop TB
Partnership launched the Digital Health Technology (DHT) Hub in Nove...
The Stop TB
Partnership launched the Digital Health Technology (DHT) Hub in November 2020
to catalyse the global adoption of evidence-based digital health technologies
and ensure that they can be utilized to the fullest of their potential for the
advancement of the Global Plan to End TB by 2030. The DHT hub is built on years
of experience in facilitating the introduction and implementation of TB digital
health technologies, and will build upon the Stop TB Partnership’s role as a
convener of countries, technical partners, technology developers and donors to
further advance the development and implementation of tools.
The DHT Hub will
coordinate and build upon the various digital health technology initiatives and
projects within the Stop TB Partnership, and initially focus on the following
key areas:
- Build and expand the knowledge and
experience base of the appropriate use of digital health technologies
- Provide
technical support to country programme, implementing partners, and civil
society and communities to implement and scale proven and evidence-based
digital health technologies for the TB response
- Lay
the necessary foundation in TB affected countries for the optimal scale-up,
equitable access, and appropriate use of digital health technologies
- Catalyze the rapid roll-out of
digital health technologies by providing fit-for-purpose capital and technical
support to small- and medium-enterprises and start-ups, particularly from TB
affected countries
The initial
technological areas of focus of the DHT Hub include but are not limited to the
following classes of technologies:
- Diagnostics connectivity solutions;
- Artificial intelligence-powered
computer-aided detection software for use with chest X-ray;
- Ultraportable digital x-ray systems;
- Digital patient support technologies;
- Bioinformatics for next generation
sequencing analyses;
- Digital monitoring tools for the community
(e.g. OneImpact);
- Diagnostics network mapping and analyses.
One
of the initiatives of the DHT Hub is the New Tools Project under implementation
by the Stop TB Partnership, which will provide multiple new digital health
technologies to high TB burden countries. The Project will entail development
of global practical guidance and tools to facilitate project implementation in
countries as well as country-specific support for adoption, customization and
effective use of products.
To
support the work of the DHT Hub, the Stop TB Partnership is aiming to build a roster
of consultants with technical experience in implementation of specific digital
health technologies to support Stop TB in its efforts to develop global-level
and country-level implementation guidance and tools, technology landscapes and
support Stop TB analyses of data.
The specific
responsibilities of the Digital Health Analyst Consultant include:
Supports the
development of global-level implementation guidance, training curricula and
other implementation tools for specific classes of digital health technologies:
- synthesizes
information to develop sections of implementation guidance, training curricula
and tools, using inputs from technology developers, early implementers and Stop
TB teams
Supports
information collection for analyses of product landscapes and evaluations of
performance for specific classes of digital health technologies, providing
up-to-date information on product operational and performance characteristics
and specifications
- coordinates
collection of inputs from technology developers and drafts summaries of product
landscapes and comparison tables
Supports the
formatting and analysis of datasets produced by various technologies and
development of reports or dashboards, as required
Monitoring and process controls
Stop TB will
engage consultants from the roster when it requires support in its digital
health technology-specific activities, including development of implementation
guides, product landscapes or similar products.
A consultant will be selected
based on expertise and experience around use of a specific technology as well
as experience in the planned activity, including research or information
collection and analysis.
Possible deliverables from consultancies may include
inputs into product landscapes or evaluations, implementation guides, training
curricula or related tools, as well as formatted datasets and analyses.
Compensation
The consultant will be engaged on a retainer
contract based on a daily fee and for a limited amount of days within a defined
period of time.