Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2010 2011 2012

Details for Mechanism ID: 10110
Country/Region: Nigeria
Year: 2012
Main Partner: Population Council
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $698,058

Population Council shall continue to provide HVAB, HVOP,HTC and CHTC to Most at risk populations (MARPs) and their partners and other vulnerable populations in communities. Population Council will use a combination of behavioral, biomedical and structural strategies both at individual and community levels to provide comprehensive prevention services to MARPs and will report numbers of individual reached in accordance with current monitoring indicators. Councils service delivery is targeted at the MARPs: Men who have sex with men (MSM), Injecting drug Users (IDU), Client of female sex workers (CFSW), vulnerable populations and partners of MARPs. To achieve the HTC target and maintain quality in the number of services that will be provided in communities, service providers must be knowledgeable and skilled.HTC services at the community will include a functioning referral system to identified health facilities at primary level like primary health care facilities and private institutions. The services will ensure that HIV positive patients and clients are linked to care and treatment services, and that HIV negative clients and patients are linked to prevention services. Population Council will report monitoring and evaluation activities and data collection collected regularly and routinely with standardized MIS tools. Population Council will conduct regular supervision to sites/fields and will ensure and maintain data completeness and accuracy through this process. Population Council will provide a comprehensive progress report on the following PEPFAR HTC indicator as requested by CDC. As part of supervision, regular on-site monitoring and supervision shall be conducted in order to ensure data quality.

Global Fund / Programmatic Engagement Questions

1. Is the Prime Partner of this mechanism also a Global Fund principal or sub-recipient, and/or does this mechanism support Global Fund grant implementation? No

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Abstinence/Be Faithful (HVAB): $27,767

POPULATION COUNCIL is required to describe in detail the strategies employed to provide comprehensive prevention services with the AB funds received. In particular, they should pay attention to the combination prevention approach they employed as outlined in the National HIV/AIDS Prevention Plan 2010 2012 which should include Behavioral, Bio-medical and Structural Interventions. They will be expected to describe in detail the population groups and the drivers of the epidemic they target with their mix of interventions. The report should include results achieved against FY12 targets on NGI P8.1.D (general population reached with comprehensive combination prevention interventions) and P8.2D (general population reached with AB interventions), challenges encountered if any and measures taken to overcome the challenges. The partner will be expected to address in detail what quality improvement interventions they have included in their programs as well as a description of their monitoring and evaluation tools.The partner should also address collaborations with Government of Nigeria (whether at federal, state or local government level) and other partners; efforts at integration with other programs such as HCT, PMTCT, Blood Safety, Continuum of Care and Treatment and Reproductive Health (including Family Planning, Maternal Newborn and Child Health); referrals and linkages with other services.

Funding for Testing: HIV Testing and Counseling (HVCT): $40,896

PopCouncil should provide comprehensive progress report on: HIV Testing and Counseling (HTC) services carried out to MARPs at Service Delivery Points (SDPs) offering HTC services and at TB DOT sites and determine percentage contribution to the overall FY12 HTC target; couples testing and counseling (CHTC) activities; number of health workers trained on HTC and CHTC; number of sites providing HTC services according to national and international standards; Quality assurance (QA) measures on counseling and testing components of its service delivery and M&E activities carried at the sites. Detail report should include those tested positive to HIV and disaggregation of the population served by gender, age (<15 and 15+) and type of SDP (hospital-based, stand-alone and mobile).The partner should also address the impact, if any, of collaborations with Government of Nigeria (whether at federal, state or local government level) and other partners; efforts at integration with other programs such as Continuum of Care and Treatment and Reproductive Health (including Family Planning, Maternal Newborn and Child Health); referrals and linkages with other services. In addition, PopCouncil should mention strategies adopted to ensure sustainability of programs at all levels of service delivery and involvement of local communities.

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Other Sexual Prevention (HVOP): $629,395

POPULATION COUNCIL should describe in detail the strategies employed to provide comprehensive prevention services with the OP funds received. In particular, they should pay attention to the combination prevention approach they employed as outlined in the National HIV/AIDS Prevention Plan 2010 2012 which should include Behavioral, Bio-medical and Structural Interventions. They will be expected to describe in detail the population groups and the drivers of the epidemic they target with their mix of interventions. The report should include results achieved against FY12 targets on NGI P8.3D (MARPs reached with comprehensive combination prevention interventions), challenges encountered if any and measures taken to overcome the challenges. The partner will be expected to address in detail what quality improvement interventions they have included in their programs as well as a description of their monitoring and evaluation tools.POPULATION COUNCIL should also describe collaborations with Government of Nigeria (whether at federal, state or local government level) and other partners; efforts at integration with other programs such as HCT, PMTCT, Blood Safety, Continuum of Care and Treatment and Reproductive Health (including Family Planning, Maternal Newborn and Child Health); referrals and linkages with other services.

Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Addressing male norms and behaviors
Mobile Populations