Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 7142
Country/Region: Nigeria
Year: 2008
Main Partner: ICF International
Main Partner Program: ICF Macro
Organizational Type: Private Contractor
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $3,000,000

Funding for Care: Orphans and Vulnerable Children (HKID): $1,000,000

This activity relates to activities in Strategic Information (M&E, HMIS, Survey/Surveillance, and Reporting)

and OVC programs, and will contribute to the following priority areas: Child Survival, Family Planning,

Malaria, Safe Motherhood, OVC, and TB/HIV. Reporting will be under SI.

The 2008 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) will collect data from a nationally representative

sample of approximately 36,000 women of reproductive age 15-49 and approximately 12,000 men 15-59.

The NDHS will be implemented by the National Population Commission (NPC), which also implemented the

2003 NDHS. The MEASURE DHS program of Macro International Inc. in Calverton Maryland, U.S.A. will

provide technical assistance through its contract with the U.S. Agency for International Development

(USAID). The survey will be funded by USAID and DFID. Whereas Macro will be responsible for all

technical aspects of the survey, preparation of draft questionnaires and instruction manuals, data

processing programs and plans for tabulation and analysis, NPC will take responsibility for operational

matters including planning and conducting fieldwork, processing of collected data and writing and

distribution of reports. NPC will furnish the necessary central office space for survey personnel.

Macro and NPC will seek advice on the survey design from various institutions and stakeholders, especially

the Federal Ministry of Health. For this purpose, NPC will call a Stakeholders' Meeting to which it will invite

representatives from important users, technical institutions and international bodies like the Federal Ministry

of Health, the Planned Parenthood Association of Nigeria, the Federal Office of Statistics, all the USAID-

funded implementing partners, various universities, and donor organizations like UNFPA, UNICEF, DFID,

USAID, JICA, and others.

The 2008 NDHS has been expanded to include questions on malaria, orphans and vulnerable children

OVC), and TB/HIV. The malaria questions relate to transmission prevention through use of nets by

household members, antimalarial drug use during pregnancy, and antimalarial treatment for fever in

children five years of age and younger. In addition to collecting information on orphanhood, the 2008 NDHS

contains an OVC module that also includes information on vulnerable children. The OVC module is

designed to collect information on care and support to children identified as orphans and vulnerable

children. Likewise, the survey will collect information on care and support to adults who have been sick for

three or more months within the past twelve months. Additional questions to assess knowledge, practices

and attitudes regarding TB and HIV/AIDS also have been added to the questionnaires. These questions will

address knowledge of transmission modes, prevention, treatment, and knowledge of the link between TB

and HIV.

Three reports will be prepared for the NDHS: a preliminary report, a final report, and a summary (Key

Findings) report.

The preliminary report will be produced 1-3 months after the end of fieldwork. It will be brief and consist

primarily of the approximately 12-15 tables specified in the model DHS preliminary report. Text

accompanying the report will not exceed 15 pages. This report will be in English and will be prepared jointly

by NPC and Macro staff. Approximately 500 copies will be reproduced; NPC will be responsible for

distributing copies to institutions and organizations in Nigeria that it feels would be interested in the

preliminary results, and Macro will be responsible for distribution to USAID and interested organizations in

the U.S.

The final report will be published within 9 months after the end of fieldwork. It will consist of a single volume

of approximately 300 pages in length. The report will be in English and will be written by personnel from

various organizations (e.g., Federal Ministry of Health, university staff, the National Food and Nutrition

Commission, etc.) with technical assistance from Macro staff as needed. NPC will organize a report-writing

workshop with all the designated authors. NPC senior staff and Macro staff will present the tables and

explain how to analyze the data and give pointers on technical writing. The draft report resulting from this

workshop will be edited by NPC and Macro staff and then be presented to a larger group of reviewers within

Nigeria. Macro will be responsible for pulling together all comments and producing the final version of the

report. Approximately 5,000 copies of the final report will be printed by Macro, 4,000 of which will be

shipped to Nigeria for distribution by NPC. Printers in Nigeria may be identified to print copies for distribution

in Nigeria.

The Key Findings report will be published at the same time as the final report. This report will contain a

succinct summary of the main survey findings aimed at policymakers and program managers. The report

will be part of the DHS series of summary reports. The writing of this report and its publication will be the

responsibility of Macro staff, with input and review by NPC.

In addition to these printed materials, the data will also be distributed in the form of CDs prepared at Macro

headquarters in Calverton and shipped to Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health, university staff, the National

Food and Nutrition Commission, etc.

Funding for Strategic Information (HVSI): $2,000,000

Activity Narrative: This activity will be achieved with OVC and SI input. The activities relate to both Strategic

Information (M&E, HMIS, Survey/Surveillance, and Reporting) and OVC programs, and will contribute to the

following priority areas: Child Survival, Family Planning, Malaria, Safe Motherhood, OVC, and TB/HIV.

The 2008 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) will collect data from a nationally representative

sample of approximately 36,000 women of reproductive age 15-49 and approximately 12,000 men aged 15-

59.

The NDHS will be implemented by the National Population Commission (NPC), which also implemented the

2003 NDHS. The MEASURE DHS program of Macro International Inc. in Calverton Maryland, U.S.A. will

provide technical assistance through its contract with the U.S. Agency for International Development

(USAID). The survey will be funded by USAID and DFID. Whereas Macro will be responsible for all

technical aspects of the survey, preparation of draft questionnaires and instruction manuals, data

processing programs and plans for tabulation and analysis, NPC will take responsibility for operational

matters including planning and conducting fieldwork, processing of collected data and writing and

distribution of reports. NPC will furnish the necessary central office space for survey personnel.

Macro and NPC will seek advice on the survey design from various institutions and stakeholders, especially

the Federal Ministry of Health. For this purpose, NPC will call a Stakeholders' Meeting to which it will invite

representatives from important users, technical institutions and international bodies like the Federal Ministry

of Health, the Planned Parenthood Association of Nigeria, the Federal Office of Statistics, all the USAID-

funded implementing partners, various universities, and donor organizations like UNFPA, UNICEF, DFID,

USAID, CDC, JICA, and others.

The 2008 NDHS has been expanded to include questions on malaria, orphans and vulnerable children

(OVC), and TB/HIV. The malaria questions relate to transmission prevention through use of nets by

household members, antimalarial drug use during pregnancy, and antimalarial treatment for fever in

children five years of age and younger. In addition to collecting information on orphanhood, the 2008 NDHS

contains an OVC module that also includes information on vulnerable children. The OVC module is

designed to collect information on care and support to children identified as orphans and vulnerable

children. Likewise, the survey will collect information on care and support to adults who have been sick for

three or more months within the past twelve months. Additional questions to assess knowledge, practices

and attitudes regarding TB and HIV/AIDS also have been added to the questionnaires. These questions will

address knowledge of transmission modes, prevention, treatment, and knowledge of the link between TB

and HIV.

Three reports will be prepared for the NDHS: a preliminary report, a final report, and a summary (Key

Findings) report.

The preliminary report will be produced 1-3 months after the end of fieldwork. It will be brief and consist

primarily of the approximately 12-15 tables specified in the model DHS preliminary report. Text

accompanying the report will not exceed 15 pages. This report will be in English and will be prepared jointly

by NPC and Macro staff. Approximately 500 copies will be reproduced; NPC will be responsible for

distributing copies to institutions and organizations in Nigeria that it feels would be interested in the

preliminary results, and Macro will be responsible for distribution to USAID and interested organizations in

the U.S.

The final report will be published within nine months after the end of fieldwork. It will consist of a single

volume of approximately 300 pages in length. The report will be in English and will be written by personnel

from various organizations (e.g., Federal Ministry of Health, university staff, the National Food and Nutrition

Commission, etc.) with technical assistance from Macro staff as needed. NPC will organize a report-writing

workshop with all the designated authors. NPC senior staff and Macro staff will present the tables and

explain how to analyze the data and give pointers on technical writing. The draft report resulting from this

workshop will be edited by NPC and Macro staff and then be presented to a larger group of reviewers within

Nigeria. Macro will be responsible for pulling together all comments and producing the final version of the

report. Approximately 5,000 copies of the final report will be printed by Macro, 4,000 of which will be

shipped to Nigeria for distribution by NPC. Printers in Nigeria may be identified to print copies for distribution

in Nigeria.

The Key Findings report will be published at the same time as the final report. This report will contain a

succinct summary of the main survey findings aimed at policymakers and program managers. The report

will be part of the DHS series of summary reports. The writing of this report and its publication will be the

responsibility of Macro staff, with input and review by NPC.

In addition to these printed materials, the data will also be distributed in the form of CDs prepared at Macro

headquarters in Calverton and shipped to Nigeria. These materials will be distributed to staff at the Federal

Ministry of Health, university staff, the National Food and Nutrition Commission, among others.