Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2010 2011 2012 2013

Details for Mechanism ID: 7375
Country/Region: Guyana
Year: 2013
Main Partner: New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Other USG Agency
Funding Agency: HHS/HRSA
Total Funding: $75,000

HEALTHQUAL is a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Health of Guyana, UNICEF, CDC and HIVQUAL International. The overarching goal of the Project is to improve the quality of care provided to all children and people living with HIV/AIDS in Guyana. The Project balances quality improvement and performance measurement while building a solid foundation of programmatic infrastructure.This approach emphasizes the development of systems and processes involving clinic staff and consumers with active support from agency leaders. These structural features are designed to be sustainable even when staff turnover is high or organizational affiliations change. HIVQUAL has been implemented in the areas of PMTCT and Care and treatment of TB and HIV. The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation is only one inpatient facility that has begun to utilize this approach. The activities of HIVQUAL greatly support the data collection on which quality projects are crafted to improve performance in not only areas related to TB and HIV but also to other areas( well child and pregnant mothers) Coaching and mentoring of team leaders/ supervisors has been ongoing. These personnel are given the task to mentor another leader. The Plan is to expand the number of coaches and help the build the skills of the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Cordinator(s) and leaders.Decision makers and stakeholders will be involved in the CQI integrated into the Health Care system. A National assessment of QI programs to identify gaps,challenges of the program will be conducted. The HIVQUAL team will work with the CQI team in country to develop a process for regular review of the indicators, as well as develop a plan for spreading QI across the health system.

Funding for Health Systems Strengthening (OHSS): $75,000

The HIVQUAL program will assess technical capicity and resources of the MOH for full integration performance measurement, which will help in developing a sustainable program that includes a plan for data collection. reporting and analysis. They will also seek to build capicity at the national level to analyze Quality Improvement (QI) projects and interventions. development of a plan to include consumers in QI work at national, regional and at the facility levelis included for the succeccful transition of the program. The data collected are based on the areas of which in which the country measures performance for PEPFAR reports. For example the next genetation indicators selected to be reported on for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PCTCT) provided a guide for drafting the HIVQUAL indicators. The data informs the program of it's performance which inturn guides QI projects to improve the quality of care that will be captured in the data.

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $75,000
Human Resources for Health $75,000
Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Child Survival Activities
Safe Motherhood
Tuberculosis