Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 7223
Country/Region: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2009
Main Partner: Academy for Educational Development
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $300,000

Funding for Care: Adult Care and Support (HBHC): $300,000

ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS

Under COP 2009, FANTA-2 will:

• Place a full-time FANTA-2 Nutrition and HIV Program Manager in Côte d'Ivoire.

• Provide training on the use and implementation of the National Guidelines for the Nutritional Care and

Support for PLHIV (National Guidelines)

• Produce nutrition counseling materials for PLHIV.

• Provide training on and technical support for the use of the counseling materials.

• Adapt the French-language Nutrition and HIV Training Manual to the context of Côte d'Ivoire.

• Provide ongoing technical assistance to PEPFAR Côte d'Ivoire on the implementation of the FBP strategy

developed in FY08.

COMPLETE COP09 NARRATIVE including updates

Nutrition support, an important aspect of comprehensive treatment, palliative care, and OVC services, has

been limited in many PEPFAR-supported programs. In an effort to help develop and implement a

comprehensive nutrition strategy for HIV programs in Cote d'Ivoire, FANTA used FY07 plus-up funds

provided by PEPFAR/Côte d'Ivoire to conduct an initial assessment of nutrition, food, and HIV activities and

related policies, materials, and capacity to determine next steps and priorities for integrated programming,

and supported the national nutrition and HIV technical working group (TWG) comprising stakeholders from

the Government of Côte d'Ivoire (GOCI), including the National Nutrition Program (PNN), the National

HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Program (PNPEC), the National OVC Program (PNOEV), and PEPFAR

implementing partners. FANTA also provided technical assistance to the World Food Program (WFP) in the

design of food-assistance programs for PLWHA and OVC and provided technical assistance to the PNN to

develop National Guidelines for Nutritional Care and Support for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).

With FY08 funding, FANTA-2 is placing a nutrition and HIV consultant in Abidjan and coordinating closely

with the Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project (IYCN/PATH), WFP, and the PNN to: finalize and launch

the National Guidelines and develop nutrition counseling cards targeting adult PLWHA (FANTA-2 will

oversee the field testing, adaptation, design, and layout of the counseling materials with FY08 funding, in

collaboration with the TWG). FANTA-2 is developing a Food by Prescription (FBP) strategy for Côte d'Ivoire

and providing technical assistance to PEPFAR/Côte d'Ivoire and implementing partners on specialized food

product provision for PLWHA and OVC.

With FY09 funding, in order to continue to provide technical assistance to GOCI and PEPFAR implementing

partners on the integration of nutrition, food, and HIV programming, FANTA-2 will place a full-time FANTA-2

Nutrition and HIV Program Manager in Côte d'Ivoire to assist with the following activities, in collboaration

with the PNN:

1. Train master trainers at the central and regional level who will be charged with providing ongoing training

to health care providers leading nutritional care and support of PLWHA and OVC at health facilities around

the country.

2. Support the production of 1,000 copies of the nutrition counseling cards for PLWHA (developed in FY08).

3. Provide training on and technical support for the use of the counseling cards to master trainers at the

central and regional levels, who will be charged with providing ongoing training to counselors in health

facilities and PLWHA associations on nutrition counseling and the use of the counseling cards.

4. Adapt the French-language Nutrition and HIV Training Manual to the context of Côte d'Ivoire.

5. Provide ongoing technical assistance to PEPFAR Côte d'Ivoire on the implementation of the FBP strategy

developed in FY08.

6. Provide ongoing technical assistance to the TWG, PNN, PNOEV, and PNPEC on specialized food

product provision for PLWHA and OVC.

FANTA-2's activities with FY09 funding will further the sustainability of nutritional care and support for

PLWHA and OVC by enhancing the technical capacities of the technical working group in nutrition and HIV;

forming a pool of trainers capable of continuing training activities on the use of the National Guidelines;

developing materials that will enhance the capacity of health facilities and PLWHA associations to provide

high-quality nutrition counseling and forming a pool of trainers to train counselors on their use, developing a

training manual to enhance the capacity of Ivoirian nursing and medical schools and universities and health

system trainers to provide state-of-the-art training to health care providers on HIV and nutrition, and

enhancing the technical capacity of PEPFAR/Côte d'Ivoire and implementing partners to provide FBP

services to PLWHA and OVC.

FANTA-2 will report quarterly program results to the USG strategic information team. To participate in the

building and strengthening of a single national M&E system, FANTA-2 will participate in quarterly SI

meetings and will implement decisions taken during these meetings.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 16780

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

16780 12207.08 U.S. Agency for Academy for 7223 7223.08 FANTA $0

International Educational

Development Development

12207 12207.07 U.S. Agency for Academy for 7312 7312.07 FANTA $100,000

International Educational

Development Development

Emphasis Areas

Human Capacity Development

Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Human Capacity Development $106,970

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools $153,030

and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Water

Table 3.3.08:

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $260,000
Human Resources for Health $106,970
Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery $153,030