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.

Activities included in this IM are for a six month cost extension to the Dominican Ministry of Health as we transition this assistance to new mechanisms (IM 17561 and IM 17527). It will have national impact by providing continuity to the development of health information systems (HIV and TB patient monitoring, laboratory data capture, and disease surveillance), improving STI detection and prevention and strengthening the supply of safe blood. The activities contribute to all three priority areas in the PEPFAR/DR Results Framework.

This IM requires the MoH to provide a significant counter-part at the start by covering costs of the MoH staff and providing health services. Some costs will be incurred only when new activities start. Ongoing costs, such as laboratory reagents, will be progressively assumed by the MoH and included in the National Social Security System. All activities in this IM are closely aligned with MoH priorities and thus leverage PEPFAR funds by increasing MoH capacity to have greater impact while the host-country MoH progressively assumes more of the costs of implementation. The commitment by the MoH to this IM promotes country ownership and sustainability.

CDC and MoH have developed a logical framework and indicators for each activity. Indicators are reviewed periodically and site visits are conducted by CDC and DIGECITSS. An evaluation will be conducted at the end of the project.

This mechanism will end in March 2015.

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.