Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 8339
Country/Region: Namibia
Year: 2008
Main Partner: U.S. Department of State
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Other USG Agency
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $155,873

Funding for Management and Operations (HVMS): $155,873

This activity relates to CDC HVAB (8001), CDC HVSI (7359), Potentia MTCT (7344), Potentia HTXS

(7339), Potentia HVCT (7343), CTSGlobal HVSI (7322), CTSGlobal HLAB (7323), and CTSGlobal HBHC

(8024). This activity further relates to three other activities within CDC HVMS, including those supported by

base funds (7356), non-base funds (7360), and ICASS funds (new). While ICASS and CSCS costs are not

new, these activities are separated out in COP08 to distinguish funds programmed to Department of State.

These funds are deducted from the total $1,500,000.00 HHS/CDC GAP funding that Namibia received.

The CDC program consists of two offices - a headquarters in the capital city of Windhoek and a small

support office in the northern city of Oshakati. By the end of FY08, the two CDC/Namibia offices will consist

of six CDC direct hires, eight contractors in technical roles, two locally employed staff (LES) in technical

roles, and eight LES in administrative support positions.

These funds solely support Capital Security Cost Sharing (CSCS) through the Department of State. A

priority of the CDC office in Namibia since its inception in 2002 has been providing HIV-related technical

assistance to the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS). Recognizing the importance of day-to-

day interaction, the MOHSS identified space for CDC within the Directorate of Special Programmes. In

2006, the MOHSS identified space for a new CDC office in Oshakati on the grounds of the Oshakati State

Hospital to better serve the heavily populated northern regions of the country. This collocation is and will

continue to be crucial in allowing CDC technical advisors to coordinate and collaborate with their

counterparts in the MOHSS, as well as with their counterparts in the Global Fund and the European

Commission.

At the same time, the US Government and the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator rightfully continues to

place increasing emphasis on assuring the safety of USG employees abroad as well as cross-agency

coordination between the five USG agencies in PEPFAR. Even though Namibia is a small post, the current

Embassy in Windhoek is twenty years old and simply cannot accommodate all of the USG personnel in

country. Congress has approved building of a new Embassy compound in Windhoek. Groundbreaking will

occur in 2012 and construction will take approximately two years. CDC will continue to house the CDC

director, deputy director, and technical advisors within the MOHSS, but has agreed to collocate eight staff

members, primarily in administrative capacities, within the new Embassy. These funds support CDC's

portion of the shared construction costs and secure fully-equipped space for the CDC staff that will be

placed in the new Embassy.