Terms of Reference Consultant for Thematic Synthesis and Knowledge Products From the SOSCHI Conference
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Job description
Background
Climate change is increasingly affecting health outcomes across Africa through rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, increased air pollution, and shifting disease dynamics. Despite these growing risks, many countries lack reliable, standardized statistics that capture the interactions between climate and health, limiting governments' ability to design evidence-based responses and track progress.
The Standards for Official Statistics on Climate–Health Interactions (SOSCHI) project seeks to address this gap by developing methodologies and tools for generating official climate–health statistics. The project is implemented through a partnership between the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS), the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Research and Innovation Centre (AIMS RIC), and the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS) at the University of Ghana, with support from Wellcome.
From 3–5 December 2025, the SOSCHI partners convened an international conference in Kigali, Rwanda titled "From Methods to Action: Implementing Official Climate and Health Indicators." The conference brought together government representatives, national statistical offices, international organizations, researchers, and development partners to discuss pathways to implement climate–health indicators and strengthen data systems.
The conference generated extensive documentation, including rapporteur reports, session summaries, breakout discussions, and conference highlights. SOSCHI now seeks to synthesize these materials into a coherent set of knowledge products that capture the key insights, lessons, and strategic recommendations emerging from the conference for wider dissemination.
Objective of the Assignment
The objective of this consultancy is to conduct a thematic synthesis of the SOSCHI conference outputs and develop a set of knowledge products that communicate key findings and recommendations to diverse stakeholders.