Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 6903
Country/Region: Mozambique
Year: 2009
Main Partner: University of Connecticut
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: University
Funding Agency: USDOD
Total Funding: $100,000

Funding for Treatment: Adult Treatment (HTXS): $100,000

ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:

Positive prevention activities will continue in order to provide more information about risky behavior and

safer sex to HIV positive patients and train peer educators, doctors, and psychologists on new strategies to

make their discussions with these patients more productive and educational.This partner will recruit one

staff member in order to respond to the expansion of the program.

The funding amount will be used to cover salary of the recruited program manager and travel required to

supervise the program. This activity also includes a component of capacity building. Training of doctors,

psychologists, nurses and peer educators is the main focus of the Positive Prevention Program because

those are the ones that have continuous contact with patients in the clinic or inside the bases. Therefore, all

clinical staff (doctors, nurses, psychologists, etc.) working in military day hospitals will be trained in all

aspects of positive prevention. A group of most capable peer educators will also be trained to continuously

provide the information at the clinics and at the bases to where the program will be expanded.

The Positive Prevention Program started as clinic based program but, the approach for FY09 is to also

explore the implementation of the program inside military bases, training the already existing military peer

educators to implement the program offering positive prevention messages to all military people interested

in the subject. By doing this, the knowledge about positive living and positive prevention will reach more

people and even HIV negative people will benefit from the information provided. The HIV positive people

without being called to separate meeting will be motivated to participate and will then receive the

information that is crucial for their safe sexual lives and of their partners and other people to whom they

might eventually sexually relate. The military doctor assigned to this specific military base, will support the

and continuously supervise the activity of the peer educators implementing the program. The UConn

psychologist will regularly visit the sites providing refresher courses and TA.

Continuing activity from FY06 and FY07. In FY07 the prime partner was changed to U. Conn. from TBD.

FY08 Narrative Update: Expansion of PwP program to other military locations. The expansion should

ensure that military personnel at the units are included and involved in the activities. Therefore, we envision

the services to be offered at the bases.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 14675

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

14675 14675.08 Department of University of 6903 6903.08 DoD-University $150,000

Defense Connecticut of Connecticut-

GHAI-HQ

Emphasis Areas

Gender

* Addressing male norms and behaviors

* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs

* Increasing women's legal rights

* Reducing violence and coercion

Health-related Wraparound Programs

* Family Planning

* Safe Motherhood

Military Populations

Human Capacity Development

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Water

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