Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2007 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 4665
Country/Region: Namibia
Year: 2007
Main Partner: Public Health Institute
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $945,953

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Abstinence/Be Faithful (HVAB): $185,475

Funding is requested to continue support for the position of Senior HIV/AIDS Prevention Advisor, created in FY06. The Advisor focuses primarily on prevention of sexual transmission will also work closely with and mentor the Senior Technical Advisor managing Safe Injection and PMTCT. The advisor has a leadership role in ensuring the USG program implements an innovative, effective and balanced prevention program. The Advisor oversees expansion of the prevention program, ensuring that best practices, lessons learned and operational and epidemiological research results are applied in the design and refinement of the Emergency Plan prevention activities. The Advisor plays a technical leadership role in design, management of implementation and evaluation of prevention programs to reduce sexual transmission. The Advisor coordinates USAID prevention programs with those of other USG partners and implementing partners, the Government of Namibia, other development partners, and other sectoral teams within USAID/Namibia. The Advisor provides technical support to local implementing partners and remains current in the developments in the field of prevention, particularly prevention of sexual transmission.

Funding for this position is split between the AB and Condoms and other prevention program areas.

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Other Sexual Prevention (HVOP): $185,474

Funding is requested to continue support for the position of Senior HIV/AIDS Prevention Advisor, created in FY06. The Advisor focused primarily on prevention of sexual transmission will also work closely with and mentor the Senior Technical Advisor managing Safe Injection and PMTCT. The advisor has a leadership role in ensuring the USG program implements an innovative, effective and balanced prevention program. The Advisor oversees expansion of the prevention program, ensuring that best practices, lessons learned and operational and epidemiological research results are applied in the design and refinement of the Emergency Plan prevention activities. The Advisor plays a technical leadership role in design, management of implementation and evaluation of prevention programs to reduce sexual transmission. The Advisor coordinates USAID prevention programs with those of other USG partners and implementing partners, the Government of Namibia, other development partners, and other sectoral teams within USAID/Namibia. The Advisor provides technical support to local implementing partners and remains current in the developments in the field of prevention, particularly prevention of sexual transmission.

Funding for this position is split between the AB and Condoms and other prevention program areas.

Funding for Strategic Information (HVSI): $255,603

Until FY07 the USAID M&E Advisor also served as Namibia's Strategic Information Liaison. With the hiring of an SI Liaison/Deputy Emergency Plan Coordinator in FY06 the M&E Advisor will turn over most SI Liaison responsibilities to the new SI Liaison/Deputy EP Coordinator and focus largely on monitoring and evaluation of USAID programs. During FY07 the M&E Advisor will support and mentor the SI Liaison/Deputy EP Coordinator as she takes on the responsibilities for the position.

The M&E Advisor is responsible for developing and sustaining an effective and efficient planning, monitoring, and evaluation system for the USAID HIV/AIDS team. The Advisor provides technical input on all project reviews and activities and builds capacity for monitoring and evaluation in Namibia with implementing organizations, providing the necessary support and supervision. She is a member of the Namibia Strategic Information Technical Working Group and in that role provides program planning and activity development recommendations to the greater USG Emergency Plan Team in Namibia. The Advisor is responsible for coordinating preparation of all reporting documents for the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and as required by USAID Washington, and plays a large role in the development and preparation of annual Country Operational Plans. The Advisor coordinates research activities among various governmental, nongovernmental and USG Team partners, contractors and grantee groups and liaises with the GRN and development partners in order to provide guidance on program development, evaluation and coordination.

Funding for Health Systems Strengthening (OHSS): $319,401

Funding is requested for two Global Health Fellow Positions:

The first is a new GHFP fellow to be located at USAID/Namibia. The fellow will support coordination, planning and implementation of USAID Emergency Plan programs in collaboration with the other members of the USAID HIV/AIDS team. S/he will work primarily with the M&E Advisor to support partner planning and reporting in accordance with USAID and O/GAC reporting requirements. The fellow will liaise with the USAID Program Office in tracking the progress of financial obligations and preparing HIV/AIDS team responses to program office and USAID/W requests. S/he will assist with logistics and coordination of USAID programs and activities, and liaise with other USG agencies on such activities as needed.

The second position is funding for 20% of the time of the Regional HIV/AIDS Office's Global Health Fellow specializing in the technical areas of health systems strengthening, health information systems and survey systems; community and facility referrals/linkages, monitoring and evaluation, and targeted evaluation design and analysis. The Advisor will assist the USG/Namibia team both virtually and on-site in the development and implementation of Emergency Plan programs in Namibia as per the guidance issued in July 2006.