Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2012 2013 2014 2015

Details for Mechanism ID: 14195
Country/Region: Ethiopia
Year: 2013
Main Partner: Management Sciences for Health
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $750,000

The goal of Leadership Management and Governance (LMG) is to increase the stewardship, leadership and management capacity and skills of GOE national and regional personnel. Based on realignment of actvities with CDC, this project will also take the responsibility of NASTAD (Woreda level support) and focus on Track 1 sites of Columbia University/ ICAP to ensure the smooth transtion of activities to GoE leadership in Oromia, Harari and Dire Dawa region. This will be accomplished through targeted TA and training in the areas of leadership, planning, coordination, management and reporting to Regional and Zonal HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Offices (HAPCOs), Health Departments and non-health sector political leadership. This will include training in organizational sustainability, financial management, HR mgmt and business planning for health. Targeted populations include decision-making authorities in the health sector-political administration at the regional, zonal and district levels. This is aligned with the PF Goal 3: Health systems necessary to support GOE in HRH and the GHI strategy to support the new GOE HRH strategy. Activities will build on the work of the Leadership, Management and Sustainability (LMS) project in 10 zones Amhara and Oromiya Regional States. The project introduced Leadership Development Program (LDP)-a team based approach to strengthening management and leadership and a number of other innovative tools to improve performance. The assessment findings revealed that participating zones and districts have achieved significant improvement in management and leadership practices; and improvements in key health indicators, including PMTCT and VCT uptake compared to the neighboring non-participating zones and districts.

Funding for Health Systems Strengthening (OHSS): $750,000

To address stewardship and management challenges within the GOE public health management, USAID will provide technical assistance and training in the areas of leadership, planning, coordination, management and reporting to Regional and Zonal HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Offices (HAPCOs), Health Departments and non-health sector political leadership. This will include training in organizational sustainability, financial management, human resources management, and business planning for health. The SOW for the mechanism will be developed following a participatory assessment in which more details will be available. The SOW will take into consideration health management and leadership TA that may be provided through other PEPFAR projects to avoid duplication. The inital assessment will highlight these areas.

Subpartners Total: $0
Amref Health Africa: NA
Frontline AIDS Support Network: NA
Johns Hopkins University: NA
Yale University: NA
Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $400,000
Gender: Gender Equality $50,000
Human Resources for Health $350,000
Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Implement activities to change harmful gender norms & promote positive gender norms
Increase gender equity in HIV prevention, care, treatment and support
Increasing women's legal rights and protection