Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Details for Mechanism ID: 12027
Country/Region: Central Asia Region
Year: 2014
Main Partner: Columbia University
Main Partner Program: International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs
Organizational Type: University
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $50,000 Additional Pipeline Funding: $113,604

NOTE: The following is taken from summaries released by PEPFAR on the PEPFAR Data Dashboard. They are incomplete summary paragraphs only and do not contain the full mechanism details. When the full narratives are released, we will update the mechanism pages accordingly.

This IM supports the CAR’s PEPFAR Strategy Objectives 2 and 3. The IM’s goal is to improve the national HIV response by strengthening the HIV strategic information activities in CAR. Objectives: 1) Build capacity of the MOH and Republican AIDS Centers (RACs) to strengthen existing national population-based sentinel surveillance systems (integrated bio-behavioral surveys (IBBS); 2) Rollout and support the use of an electronic HIV case management system (EHCMS) including development and implementation of data quality assurance procedures; and 3) Increase availability and use of quality data from surveillance and routine program monitoring to inform prevention, care, and treatment program planning and implementation. In FY14, the IM will continue working with all AIDS Centers in KZ, KG, and TJ to ensure activities are aligned with the established logic of the project: using participatory approach conduct baseline assessments of national systems, developing recommendations and capacity building plans and follow-up on its implementation. The IM’s target populations are epidemiologists, clinical and laboratory medical staff at RAC and local AIDS Centers involved in the implementation of routine and sentinel surveillance, as well as program monitoring using EHCMS. To ensure cost-efficiency and sustainability of efforts, the IM will institutionalize its deliverables (EHCMS and IBBS manuals) by obtaining official MOH orders and developing teams of local consultants to provide regular on-site support. Adaptation of EHCMS modules from one country to another also ensures cost-efficiency. As the mechanism will end shortly after ROP 14 begins, CDC plans to start a new Cooperative Agreement with a local organization to continue activities started under this IM.

Mechanism Allocation by Budget Code for Selected Year
Strategic Information (HVSI) $50,000
Mechanism Target Information

Since COP2014, PEPFAR no longer produces narratives for every mechanism it funds. However, PEPFAR has now included performance targets or indicator information for each mechanism based on the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) system. The MER guidance is available on PEPFAR's website https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. Note that COP years 2014-2015 were under a previous version of the MER system and the indicators and definitions may have changed as of the new 2.0 guidance.

This mechanism has no published performance targets or indicators.

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $20,000
Human Resources for Health $20,000