Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 4475
Country/Region: South Africa
Year: 2007
Main Partner: Northern Cape Department of Health
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Host Country Government Agency
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $0

Funding for Treatment: ARV Drugs (HTXD): $0

This activity was approved in the FY 2006 COP, is funded with FY 2006 PEPFAR funds, and is included here to provide complete information for reviewers. No FY 2007 funding is requested for this activity.

PEPFAR funds allocated to ARV Drugs ($40,000) are for the procurement, distribution and pharmaceutical management of ARV drugs at Northern Cape DOH (NCDOH) ARV treatment sites and programs in the Northern Cape province in order to expand ARV treatment for eligible HIV-positive individuals. The Northern Cape DOH (NC DOH) submitted a request to the USG/South Africa for assistance with its public sector ARV rollout. Right to Care (RTC) is providing that assistance. The NCDOH will supply all of the first line drugs for this program. The funds set aside here are earmarked for exceptional conditions under which a patient may require alternative treatments. In particular treatment for patients who are intolerant of NRTI due to lactic acidosis, and for women in pregnancy with TB who are unable to tolerate nevirapine, Efavirenz and Kaletra and may require a triple nucleoside treatment regimen. This activity requires a modest amount of funding as few patients meet the exceptional situations. Funding for these ARV Drugs will now be covered under the Follow-On to the Right To Care Program ARV Drugs program area (#7546) therefore there is no need to continue funding this activity with FY 2007 COP funds.

Funding for Treatment: Adult Treatment (HTXS): $0

This activity was approved in the FY 2006 COP, is funded with FY 2006 PEPFAR funds, and is included here to provide complete information for reviewers. No FY 2007 funding is requested for this activity.

PEPFAR funds allocated to ARV Services ($1,710,000) are for the Northern Cape province Department of Health (NCDOH) to strengthen the capacity of health care providers to deliver ARV Treatment services to eligible HIV-positive individuals and to improve the overall quality of clinical and community-based health care services. The NCDOH submitted a request to the USG/South Africa for assistance with its public sector ARV rollout. Right to Care (RTC) is providing that assistance. Funding for these ARV Services will now be covered under the Follow-On to the Right To Care Program ARV Services program area (#7545) therefore there is no need to continue funding this activity with FY 2007 COP funds.