Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Details for Mechanism ID: 9869
Country/Region: Namibia
Year: 2014
Main Partner: Blood Transfusion Service of Namibia
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $295,000 Additional Pipeline Funding: N/A

NOTE: The following is taken from summaries released by PEPFAR on the PEPFAR Data Dashboard. They are incomplete summary paragraphs only and do not contain the full mechanism details. When the full narratives are released, we will update the mechanism pages accordingly.

CDC Namibia has a clear and well defined vision for its role in transitioning PEPFAR to a TA program, and is working actively to provide innovative ways to address both policy and programmatic challenges. CDC Namibia is deeply committed to helping the country achieve the goal of an AIDS-free generation, as well as attaining national and PEPFAR targets. NAMBTS is a vital part of those efforts, as the sole blood transfusion agency in the country and a training point for laboratory technologists.

The Partnership Framework (PF) for Namibia, and the Global Health Initiative (GHI) strategy, strive to improve access to, and quality of, services in Namibia. Partnership with NAMBTS will support these goals, as well as further country ownership and sustainability by investing in local institutions. This mechanism will support the country in reducing HIV incidence through the provision of safe blood and blood products, which will build on the goals of the GHI, and will support the objective to decrease HIV prevalence in units donated from first time donors and to increase the number of donations collected annually. NAMBTS provides services to the entire country and has a target recruitment population of candidates between ages of 18 and 65 to attract more blood donor participation. NAMBTS is a self-sustaining, not-for-profit entity and is taking on costs previously covered by PEPFAR. As it develops local capacity, NAMBTS will become more cost-effective over time. NAMBTS and CDC will meet monthly, quarterly and annually to monitor and evaluate progress towards activities, with CDC providing technical support as required. Budget execution for NAMBTS has been consistently at or near 100% and is expected to remain so, particularly as routine costs are shifted to NAMBTS.

Mechanism Allocation by Budget Code for Selected Year
Laboratory Infrastructure (HLAB) $0
Biomedical Prevention: Blood Safety (HMBL) $295,000
Mechanism Target Information

Since COP2014, PEPFAR no longer produces narratives for every mechanism it funds. However, PEPFAR has now included performance targets or indicator information for each mechanism based on the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) system. The MER guidance is available on PEPFAR's website https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. Note that COP years 2014-2015 were under a previous version of the MER system and the indicators and definitions may have changed as of the new 2.0 guidance.

This mechanism has no published performance targets or indicators.