Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Details for Mechanism ID: 13003
Country/Region: Cameroon
Year: 2012
Main Partner: National AIDS Control Committee
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Implementing Agency
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $1,300,500

The overarching goal of this funding announcement is to strengthen Cameroons National AIDS Control Committees (NACC) role in coordination and support implementation of comprehensive HIV prevention, treatment and care programs. Specifically the purpose of the program focuses on:1. Strengthening basic Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in support of Cameroons goal towards the elimination of mother to child HIV transmission. Using a "pass through" mechanism to NACC, PEPFAR's PMTCT plus-up funds will be used to finance local implementing partners in two Regions (Adamawa an East).2. Providing technical assistance to the MOH to implement a National Strategic Laboratory Plan (NSLP), establish a national Public Health Laboratory and to support a functional laboratory technical working group.3. Improving M&E and surveillance systems by enhancing the ability to use strategic information for program and policy development. Support will be provided to implement the national M&E plan, conducting surveillance surveys based in antenatal clinics or targeting most-at-risk-populations such as men who have sex with men (MSM).4. Strengthening Cameroons blood safety programs ability to meet with the four key areas outlined in the WHO Aide Memoire on Blood Safety. This requires transition from collecting blood from paid donors and relatives to a not-yet-designed voluntary, population-based system of regular, low-risk donors.

Global Fund / Programmatic Engagement Questions

1. Is the Prime Partner of this mechanism also a Global Fund principal or sub-recipient, and/or does this mechanism support Global Fund grant implementation? Yes2. Is this partner also a Global Fund principal or sub-recipient? Principal Recipient3. What activities does this partner undertake to support global fund implementation or governance?

Budget Code Recipient(s) of Support Approximate Budget Brief Description of ActivitiesHKID NACC/MOH 6458435 Support to OVC (medical, nutritional etc), stigma reduction in all contextsHTXD NACC/MOH 74360532 Purchase of ARV drugs for treatment and reagents for biological testsHTXS NACC/MOH 2842655 HTXS+PDTX (Prophylaxis and treatment of opportunistic infections)HVCT NACC/MOH 1011044 Purchase of reagents and equipment for mobile HIV screening unitsHVMS NACC/MOH 7035862 Salaries, Allowances, coordinationHVOP NACC/MOH 2998378 Advocacy, communication and social mobilisationHVSI NACC/MOH 3990889 Monitoring and evaluation, supervisions, studiesHVTB NACC/MOH 41241 Coordination meetings of TB/HIV technical working groupMTCT NACC/MOH 6021022 Purchase of ARV for prophylaxis, equiping health facilities with management toolsOHSS NACC/MOH 7785118 Training od personnel, quality assurance of biological tests, Equipment purchase and their maintenancePDCS NACC/MOH 5604236 HBHC+PDCS (Production and sitribution of guides, Community Relay Agents services, house hold care kit)

Funding for Laboratory Infrastructure (HLAB): $90,500

Continue support to the Government of Cameroon in finalizing and disseminating five year Laboratory Strategic Plans (LSPs) to inform annual operating plans as part of their national and regional health plans. Capacity building of MOH lab staff within the National Public Health Laboratory and other laboratory guidance documents will also be supported.

Funding for Strategic Information (HVSI): $560,000

Continue provision of TA and resources to NACC and partners in initiating one or more partners meetings to discuss implementation of the national Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) plan and a national M&E system coordinated according to the Three Ones, and updating and testing standardized M&E tools; Provide technical assistance (TA) to the National AIDS Control Committee (NACC), UNICEF, and the World Health Organization and partners, and resources to NACC in finalizing and testing standardized VCT, HIV and AIDS reporting, PMTCT, HIV care, ART, Blood Safety, Supply Chain management, and Laboratory test forms for Cameroon as the first step towards an integrated health management system; Regional capacity building through provision of resources and TA to NACC and UNAIDS in providing three trainings of regional trainers (7 days; in the North, Center, and South in Cameroon) in principles of M&E, data quality assurance, and use of the standardized M&E tools for measuring indicators in the national HIV strategic plan 2011-2015; Provide TA and resources to NACC (at national and regional level) in two targeted regions to provide central -> regional, regional->district, and district-> site training and supervision of data entry, data quality assurance using the new standardized forms in testing, care, and laboratory sites, and abstraction of data and evaluation of data in the new M&E tools at the district level; Build SI capacity within NACC through provision of hardware, software, and training at national and regional levels (in targeted regions) in data entry, data quality assurance, M&E, data storage, and data analysis

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Blood Safety (HMBL): $550,000

Finalize a national blood donor communication/sensitization strategy. Design and standardize donor screening protocol, including a self-assessment questionnaire and guidelines for blood transfusion; Design and standardize algorithms for testing of blood for HIV (separate from general HIV testing) and other transfusion-transmitted infections ; Establish a national blood transfusion system, in line with the recommendations of the 2008 Blood Transfusion Situation Analysis and the National Strategic Plan; and Develop quality indicators for each phase from collection to transfusion, including cold chain integrity; Continue establishment facility-level transfusion committees and data management systems; In collaboration with the DOD, continue to organize donor recruitment trainings targeting communities and youths (schools, health clubs) in a continuous cycle to build local capacity of donor recruiters; partner with Military Hospital/staff on activities above to increase blood banking and donor recruitment capacity within military medical system; and reinforce Blood Transfusion Services through training at national level and in targeted regions on quality management, effective clinical use of blood, and good laboratory practices.

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT): $100,000

Capacity-building and training of National and regional MOPH/NACC staff to enhance the quality of PMTCT across the country; Partially finance monthly supervisory visits to targeted regions by national/ regional MCH staff to health facilities and districts for supportive supervision.

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $166,836
Education $16,000
Human Resources for Health $150,836