Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 7239
Country/Region: Mozambique
Year: 2008
Main Partner: Public Health Institute
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $0

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Abstinence/Be Faithful (HVAB): $0

Reprogramming August08: $130,000 have been re-programmed to QED/Global Health Technical

Assistance Project - (GH Tech) that provides the USAID HIV team with short-term consultants. This funding

was originally for GHFP position activity 15864, which will be funded in this re-programming with FY06 AB

funds.

This activity is linked to the FY07 activity 9145. The position and fellow are continuing but this activity is

included in COP08 as a new activity because of a change in mechanism to the current Global Health

Fellows Program (GHFP) awarded to Public Health Instistue (PHI) in FY07.

This funding supports the salary of one (1) ABc GHFP fellow.

(Locally incurred costs for this position including benefits, housing, travel, office costs, IRM, ICASS and

administrative support, are covered in activity number 9145.08 using a local mechanism).

This fellow position is entitled, ' HIV Behavior Change Communication Advisor'. This individual will manage

and administer USAID/Mozambique PEPFAR programs, supporting HIV prevention as a member of the

Behavior Change and National Response (BC & NR) unit of the HIV/AIDS Team. The BCC Advisor will:

1. Serve as Activity Manager and provide technical expertise to and administrative oversight of behavior

change communication (BCC) for the Prevention of Sexual Transmission of HIV/AIDS and general support

to the HIV/AIDS Team, PEPFAR Mozambique Interagency Team, and the Mission;

2. Manage assigned ABc programs, preparing documentation for contracts and agreements, and

conducting monitoring field visits;

3. Provide technical assistance to partners to ensure a Prevention of Sexual Transmission portfolio that is

appropriate, effective, comprehesive and in line with the Government of Mozambique's HIV Strategy.