Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 14746
Country/Region: Namibia
Year: 2012
Main Partner: U.S. Agency for International Development
Main Partner Program: Central Commodity Fund
Organizational Type: Other USG Agency
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $350,000

The Central Contraceptive Procurement (CCP) IM implements the USG policy of centralized contraceptive and condom procurement by providing a simpli?ed mechanism for the transfer, obligation and disbursement of all USG funds designed for contraceptive and condom procurement. CCP takes orders based on forecasts from individual missions and consolidates these needs into large multi-program procurements. CCP implements the procurement of contraceptives, condoms, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and medical equipment supplies. CCP also provides a mechanism for independent testing of products purchased by USAID to monitor the quality of products donated to USAID programs. The quality assurance component of CCP includes pre-acceptance surveillance and testing of products purchased by USAID and testing of these products already in the ?eld. The quality assurance testing is implemented by Family Health International (FHI). The freight forward and warehousing services are provided by a contract with Agility Logistics.

The program supports the GHI by promoting sustained access to contraceptive (male and female condoms) security including stop-gap condom donations to the Government of Namibia and technical assistance to support domestic institutions to implement sustainable contraceptive security when USG assistance is phased out.

No procurement of motor vehicles is expected.

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Other Sexual Prevention (HVOP): $350,000

This activity will collaborate with the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) to provide stop-gap male/female condom commodity donation to the MOHSS using the USG Central Contraceptive Procurement mechanism. Through this mechanism, generic condoms can be requested or condoms can be repackaged using country specific brands.

Namibias National Strategic Framework for HIV and AIDS 2010/11 to 2015/16 (NSF) includes a program component area for condom social marketing and distribution. The NSF outlines an ambitious target of 237.7 million condoms to be distributed by 2015/16. This translates to a plateau of 52 million condoms per year by 2015/16. Namibia distributed 18 22 million condoms annually preceding the NSF. Between April 2010 and March 2011 Namibia distributed 18,251 million condoms. Namibias condom program is dominated by public sector procurement and free distribution. Since the introduction of fully subsidized condoms the Ministry of Health and Social Services distribution has grown from an approximate market share of 64 percent in 2005 to 91.5 percent in 2009 against partially subsidized condoms. The USG has not estimated market share of commercial condom products.

Technical assistance and commodity donation under this activity are a component of the GHI transition strategy and prioritize supporting sustainable activities and working with Namibia to prepare for the day when USG assistance for commodity donation is phased-out during COP13.