Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2012 2013 2014 2015

Details for Mechanism ID: 14406
Country/Region: Central America Region
Year: 2012
Main Partner: John Snow, Inc
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Private Contractor
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $150,000

In FY 12, one of Nicaragua's program goals is to increase the availability of HIV supplies (ARVs, opportunistic infections treatment, and rapid tests) for health services provided by the MOH through their health services network. This will be achieved by strengthening the advisory role of the DAIRS committee (Comite para la Disponibilidad Asegurada de Insumos de Salud Reproductiva) to advocate for HIV funds, strategic planning, forecasting, monitoring availability, reduction of stockouts, and improving procurement mechanisms. The project will also continue in-service training for pharmacy school students to improve their professional competencies in the management of the country's automatyzed logistic system (PASIGLIM).

The Deliver project supports the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health efforts to improve the comprehensive logistic system, which recently incorporated ARV, OI treatment, and rapid tests. Pharmaceutics and logistic MOH personnel at national, departmental, and municipal levels have been trained in logistic chain management. Currently, the project is implementing a phase out strategy to transfer all these knowledge, skills, and methodologies to the MOH, national universities, and nursing schools. The maleta pedagogical" (a technical and methodological educative tool for in-service and pre-service training) is being designed and validated, and will be transfer to our counterparts during 2012 and 2013. In addition, based on experiences from the family planning graduation process, the project advises the MOH (through the DAIA committee) in order to increase the procurement of HIV products.

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? Neither3. What activities does this partner undertake to support global fund implementation or governance?

Budget Code Recipient(s) of Support Approximate Budget Brief Description of ActivitiesOHSS Ministry of Health Nicaragua and Instituto Nacional de Seguridad Social (National SocialSecurity Institute) 37500 DELIVERis supporting the Ministry of Health with the national logistics institutional strengthening plan, which is a condition that GF required in order to provide funds for second phase. DELIVER also provides support to the INSS which is the Global Fund Principal Recipient.

Funding for Health Systems Strengthening (OHSS): $150,000

The program build on previous supply chain work in family planning commodities to ensure the availability of HIV related commodities and continue strengthening the national supply chain. The project will train 100 new health care workers from pre-service training institutions (100 pharmacy students) in logistic system management and 200 health care workers in an in service training in data management and logistic system.

Subpartners Total: $0
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare - eSwatini: NA
Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $150,000
Human Resources for Health $150,000
Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS activities and services
Family Planning