Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Details for Mechanism ID: 13654
Country/Region: Mozambique
Year: 2013
Main Partner: Catholic University of Mozambique
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: University
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $199,160

UCMs goal is to increase access to medical training linked to the national health sector. This Project will strengthen UCMs training capacity, producing 200 well-trained physicians for the Mozambican health workforce The project directly contributes to the 140k goal with physicians graduated 40 per year, providing medical tool kits for 40 medical students entering their clinical training period yearly and contribute to Mozambiques GHI strategy by increasing human resources. UCM is located in Beira, in Sofala province, and all activities will occur there. However, the graduating healthcare professionals will be assigned nationwide, so that the benefits from this project will be national in scope.

To maximize outputs for the amount of funding received, UCM will institute the following cost-savings measures: 1) repayment of scholarships by students; 2) reduction on curricula development costs after first year; 3) investment costs only in first year. This mechanism is a direct agreement with a local private institution of higher learning. An assessment and revision of the UCMs curriculum (including HIV/AIDS clinical training, sexually transmitted infections, TB, English Language, health administration, and others) will be performed. An M&E plan is in place and aims to capture fiscal and budgetary information as well as progress on programmatic activities. Reports are generated for review at the Project teams monthly meeting with CDC representatives, and will be used to assess progress and expenditures in relation to the approved work plan. The Project Manager will also submit quarterly reports to CDC staff, as well as routine indicator monitoring. There will be no use of pipeline since this is a new partner. There are currently no plans for any vehicle purchases.

Funding for Health Systems Strengthening (OHSS): $199,160

UCM supports the goals of PEPFAR to train 140 000 new helath care works, increase long-term capacity for care and treatment . UCM will create a continuous corricular improvement, a trained mozambican faculty, update library resourses, and emplement a more sutainable eLearning and distant learning. UCM aims to implement a more sustainalble model of medical education, while building human resources for ingoing development. The Medical Student gradutes and the faculty will use their skills to enhace Strenghten Mozambicam Health System, particular inthe areas of HIV/AIDs. TB. and other common illnesses. By the end of the progect, UCM will have produced about 200 new well-trained physicians (40 per year for 5 years)

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $12,248
Human Resources for Health $12,248