Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 3636
Country/Region: Namibia
Year: 2008
Main Partner: U.S. Department of Defense
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Other USG Agency
Funding Agency: USDOD
Total Funding: $280,000

Funding for Management and Operations (HVMS): $280,000

This activity will pay the salaries of the DAO PEPFAR program manager and project coordinator, benefits,

office operating costs, including office rental, and transportation/travel costs for the DAO PEPFAR program

manager and project coordinator who perform the daily oversight and management of the DoD's HIV/AIDS

program in Namibia. In addition, funds will be used towards the professional development of the program

manager and project coordinator in areas related to project management, research, monitoring and

evaluation. This DAO PEPFAR staff will oversee and regularly monitor and evaluate the activities of the

partners selected to support the MoD/NDF's MAPP prevention, care, and treatment programs in the

Namibian Ministry of Defense/Namibian Defense Force (MOD/NDF). The DAO PEPFAR staff will

coordinate as necessary with the MoD/NDF, USAID, CDC, (Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS)

and other national/local PEPFAR funded institutions such as the Namibia Institute of Pathology. The DAO

PEPFAR program manager, under the supervision of the Defense Attaché, will be the USG's primary

interface for all DoD-related MAPP activities and will serve as the DAO's primary representative at national,

regional and international HIV/AIDS meetings and conferences. The DAO PEPFAR office will be

responsible for all policy and strategic planning and coordination with the Namibian military and will perform

all PEPFAR budgetary and performance reporting for the DoD.

The DAO PEPFAR office is part of the PEPFAR interagency team in Namibia and will continue to contribute

to interagency coordination, planning, implementation and program evaluation and to benefit from technical

expertise of the Inter-agency Task Teams (ITTs) in all PEPFAR programmatic areas.

In close coordination with the MAPP Treatment partner (I-TECH) and MOD/NDF, the DAO PEPFAR

program will seek the technical assistance from the Defense Institute for Medical Operations (DIMO) to

conduct a 5 days non resident international training program with at least 25 medical personnel of the

MOD/NDF. The DAO PEPFAR office will be responsible for the travel, per diem and any other payments

concerning the technical assistance from DIMO. In addition, the DAO PEPFAR program office will solicit

the technical assistance of an expert in counseling and testing services from the US Department of Defence

HIV/AIDS Prevention Programme (DHAPP) to assist and advise the program on the Ministry's planned wide

and routine testing for the military personnel.