Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Details for Mechanism ID: 10019
Country/Region: Nigeria
Year: 2013
Main Partner: Safe Blood for Africa Foundation
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $443,281

SBFAF will conduct activities that will continue to provide insight into the knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, behaviors, practices, cultural norms, and sources of information about blood donation. This information will provide the necessary mechanism required to develop more strategies for appropriate behavior change communication to boost donor recruitment and retention. A media driven social behaviour change communication (SBCC) strategy will be implemented to promote voluntary non-remunerated blood donation (VNRBD) across the country through addressing identified factors undermining VNRBD. There will be support and promotion of youth club activities in order to develop and maintain a sustainable pool of regular voluntary non-remunerated blood donors. The hospital linkage program activities with tertiary hospitals will be intensified and linkages will be made with sites offering HTC and comprehensive HIV services to refer eligible safe blood donors to NBTS centres and to ensure that blood safety is included in the comprehensive services. Mentoring, training and re-training of NBTS staff in existing NBTS centers will be provided to give additional support in operational areas. Community participation and support in the promotion of voluntary blood donation will be supported in the effort to promote sustainability of the blood safety program. Support will be provided to the NBTS in its pursuit to gain autonomy. This will be in the form of policy development, advocacy and full participation in stakeholder's fora. SBFAF will provide training on blood component production and technical assistance in the set up and running of a blood component laboratory in the country.

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Blood Safety (HMBL): $443,281

SBFAF will conduct activities that will continue to provide insight into the knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, behaviors, practices, cultural norms, and sources of information about blood donation. This information will provide the necessary mechanism required to develop more strategies for appropriate behavior change communication to boost donor recruitment and retention. A media driven social behaviour change communication (SBCC) strategy will be implemented to promote voluntary non-remunerated blood donation (VNRBD) across the country through addressing identified factors undermining VNRBD.

There will be support and promotion of youth club activities in order to develop and maintain a sustainable pool of regular voluntary non-remunerated blood donors.

The hospital linkage program activities with tertiary hospitals will be intensified and linkages will be made with sites offering HTC and comprehensive HIV services to refer eligible safe blood donors to NBTS centres and to ensure that blood safety is included in the comprehensive services.

Mentoring, training and re-training of NBTS staff in existing NBTS centres will be provided to give additional support in operational areas.

Community participation and support in the promotion of voluntary blood donation will be supported in the effort to promote sustainability of the blood safety program. Support will be provided to the NBTS in its pursuit to gain autonomy. This will be in the form of policy development, advocacy and full participation in stakeholder's fora.

SBFAF will provide training on blood component production and technical assistance in the set up and running of a blood component laboratory in the country.

SBFAF will provide technical assistance to ensure appropriate MIS platform is deployed to enable a robust M&E system in all areas of NBTS programming.

SBFAF will provide capacity building in the development of an external quality assurance system and to ensure that the NBTS domesticate same.

Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Child Survival Activities
Military Populations
Mobile Populations
Workplace Programs