Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 4690
Country/Region: Namibia
Year: 2007
Main Partner: U.S. Department of State
Main Partner Program: Regional Procurement Support Office - Frankfurt
Organizational Type: Other USG Agency
Funding Agency: enumerations.State/African Affairs
Total Funding: $2,065,090

Funding for Care: Orphans and Vulnerable Children (HKID): $50,000

This acitivity is associated with OHPS # 8027. The funding will to the State Department's Ambassador's HIV/AIDS Self Help Program. As the program grows, it has become noticeable that the majority of funding is going to community-based projects and organizations that provide local solutions to the growing number of OVC and their care givers in Namibia. This funding will directly serve at least 40 OVC through at least supplemental support and train 15 care givers and providers to care for OVC. Projects include those that train volunteer care givers, provide direct material support as well as economic opportunities to care givers and OVC alike.

Targets

Target Target Value Not Applicable Number of OVC served by OVC programs 30  Number of providers/caregivers trained in caring for OVC 15 

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Funding for Testing: HIV Testing and Counseling (HVCT): $500,000

This funding will be routed through State/AF in order to efficiently procure a large number of vehicles for various programmatic areas of the PEPFAR Namibia program. Due to the size of the country, the great distances between communities and health facilities and large catchment areas for CT sites, transport is one of the major barriers to supervision of services, training and ensuring quality. Eight vehicles will be procured for counseling and testing regional support supervision. These vehicles will be distributed to support FBO and MOHSS facilities that provide testing and ART services. Four more vehicles will be procured for Rapid Testing Regional Quality Assurance support. These vehicles will greatly enhance the ability of the MoHSS and NIP to certify more rapid testing sites as well as assure quality of CT services.

Funding for Treatment: Adult Treatment (HTXS): $1,515,090

The major emphasis area for this activity is infrastructure. RPSO will assist USG Namibia by providing high quality technical guidance and required contracting authorities mandatory by USG regulation. The USG requires the services of local construction contractors to effect renovations at select sites throughout Namibia in the implementation of its FY07 PEPFAR program.

Facility renovation in Namibia is crucial for both provision of ART care and training of future ART providers. Many Ministry health facilities are in need of basic space in the outpatient department to accommodate the large influx of patients seeking ART. Several MoHSS sites are providing ART in inappropriate and unsafe environments, such as unused space on TB wards and operating theatres. This assistance will not necessarily result in more patients on ART, but will result in improved quality of services. USG will support renovations to two district hospitals providing anti-retroviral therapy (ART) to People Living with HIV and AIDS to improve the ability of the clinic to serve a greater number of patients and provide a more comprehensive range of services in the provision of ART.

Patients will be counseled and educated on treatment regimens, including medication name/dosage/frequency, potential side-effects, and management of them. HIV resistance and the significance of a high level of adherence will be addressed.