Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 7923
Country/Region: Mozambique
Year: 2008
Main Partner: Catholic University of Mozambique
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: University
Funding Agency: HHS/HRSA
Total Funding: $0

Funding for Care: Adult Care and Support (HBHC): $0

This is a New Partner Initiative Project and at the time of submitting this activity sheet for FY 08, the

workplan, budget and targets were not finalized. In October, the HRSA project officer will be traveling to

Mozambique in October and along with CDC -Mozambique staff and the AED consultant assigned to

prepare a detailed capacity building plan for the NPI projects in Mozambique, will meet with Catholic

University in order to finalize the workplan and set targets. Below is the project executive summary for this

NPI.

The Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM), in partnership with a local organization of the civil society,

COMUSANAS, the Provincia Directorate of Health (DPS de Sofala) and an international partner, the

University of Pittsburgh, proposes an innovative, communitywide effort to stop the HIV epidemic in the

Chibabava District in the southern region of the Sofala province and to mitigate the impact of the disease on

those already infected. The geographic focus area of this project, the central region, is the hardest hit, and

although the official rate in this region is 26.5%, the seroprevalence in Beira is 34% (Surveillance Data,

MOZ MoH, 2004).

Due to the gravity of the AIDS epidemic in the central region of Mozambique, an approach that combines

sound prevention methods with the identification and care of infected individuals is necessary. This

proposal, called C.A.R.E. (Community Aware, Resolve Enhanced against HIV/AIDS), is designed to

strengthen the relationship between care and prevention. The proposed model enhances the community

component of an already established care and treatment program, through a network of volunteers,

animators and supervisors, following the CARE GROUP (CG) model, widely used in USAID child survival

programs. This already proven model for managing a large number of volunteers will allow us to reach

remote populations, to deliver prevention message on an interpersonal basis, monitor clinical and

medication adherence and will scale up a community-based program for patients and their families. This

proposed activity addresses PEPFAR objectives "7-10", i.e. prevention and care and also is in accordance

with the National Strategic Plan to Fight HIV/AIDS in Mozambique, called Plano Estratégico Nacional de

Combate ao HIV/SIDA (P.E.N) of the Government of Mozambique.

Subpartners Total: $0
University of Pittsburgh: NA