Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2010 2011 2012 2013

Details for Mechanism ID: 11046
Country/Region: Ghana
Year: 2012
Main Partner: FHI 360
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $750,000

FANTA-2 is a five-year project that provides technical assistance to improve nutrition, food security policy, strategy and programming. This activity aims at improving nutrition services to PLHIV, and developing a system that provides food for prescription to clinically malnourished people starting ART, including HIV positive mothers and children. Eligibility is based on a BMI of less than 18.5 kg/m2 (the WHO cutoff point).

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

Nutrition has not been fully integrated in HIV treatment, care and support services. This mechanism will support trainings in nutrition assessment, counseling and support (NACS) related to provision of therapeutic nutritional supplementation through a food-by-prescription program targeting those newly initiating ART and HIV-positive young mothers below a certain body-mass index. Opportunities for linkage have been identified with the Focus Region Health Project to assist in NACS quality assurance by adding NACS to the implementation of COPE exercises to address gaps in HIV service provision at facilities. There is leveraging of funds to support this activity through the use of Government of Ghana staff providing support for the implementation of this activity by providing leadership in training and monitoring of NACS at the selected sites.

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $550,000
Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery $50,000
Human Resources for Health $500,000