Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 4927
Country/Region: Kenya
Year: 2007
Main Partner: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Main Partner Program: Françcois Xavier Bagnoud Center
Organizational Type: University
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $200,000

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT): $200,000

1. LIST OF RELATED ACTIVITIES This activity relates to other activities in Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (#7006), (#6925).

2. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION The François Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center will provide technical assistance to collaborate with NACSOP, Division of Reproductive Health (DRH) and Kenya Medical Training Centre to support capacity building and scale-up efforts in PMTCT programs in Kenya. This support will include the development of long-term capacity and infrastructure to ensure dissemination, implementation, and utilization of the PMTCT guidelines in pre-service education and in clinical settings and development of Healthcare worker capacity through on-the-job clinical preceptorships and integration of PMTCT content into pre-service curricula. The FXB Center approaches the various factors affecting health and disease using a multidisciplinary model incorporating epidemiology, medicine, nursing, psychology, social science and health services research. The Center's Global Program has a rich background in training and technical assistance with expertise in capacity building, planning and implementation of infrastructure to support training systems and curricula as well as monitoring and evaluation systems. With a strong commitment for collaboration, local ownership and stakeholder participation, the FXB Center initiatives offer in-country training and technical assistance in the areas of PMTCT, pediatric HIV care, guidelines development and capacity building for healthcare worker development and retention. The FXB Centre coordinates the activities of the US Public Health Service (USPHS) Pediatric and Perinatal HIV Management Guidelines and has participated in the development of the WHO/CDC Generic PMTCT Training Package. The Centre has also provided leadership in the process of in-country adaptation of the GTP for many countries including Kenya, Tanzania and Botswana.

3. CONTRIBUTIONS TO OVERALL PROGRAM AREA This activity focuses on ensuring that service providers access and utilize the national PMTCT guidelines. This activity will also improve the skills of service providers through on-the-job training by use of job aides. This activity thus contributes to improved quality of service delivery in PMTCT programming- one of the PEPFAR goals.

4. LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITES This activity relates to the NASCOP PMTCT program (#7006) and the MoH-DRH JHPIEGO PMTCT program (#6925).

5. POPULATIONS BEING TARGETED This activity targets Host Government Workers and Health Care Providers both in Public and Private settings.

6. KEY LEGISLATIVE ISSUES ADDRESSED This is a twinning activity that will support the capacity of the MoH to scale up PMTCT programs through the dissemination and utilization of guidelines.

7. EMPHASIS AREAS This activity includes major emphasis on Training and minor emphasis on Policy and Guidelines.