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.

MatCH aims to build an effective and sustainable health system in SA by 2017, capable of responding to multiple disease burdens through coordinated use of resources and capacity building for successful implementation of national, provincial and district strategies, policies, standards, guidelines and implementation plans. MatCH is the district support partner in eThekwini and Umkhanyakude in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) with a population of 4.1 million people (42% of KZN’s population). The program is designed to become more cost efficient over time, with the intensity and focus of the support reducing after year 3. MatCH’s roving teams provide mentoring in comprehensive HIV-related clinical care, management, monitoring and evaluation and quality assurance to improve TB and HIV patient outcomes. MatCH provides capacity development and training, including technical and managerial skills for provincial, district, sub-district and facility management teams to develop and implement costed workplans and to enhance facilities management, financial and HR planning, commodity and pharmaceutical supply, procurement, forecasting, and infrastructure. Rapid scale-up of successful practices and tools across all facilities will be facilitated through MatCH roving teams. MatCH’s support through human resources, technical assistance, capacity building and health systems strengthening will allow more people to access care and improve health outcomes of patients through capacitating district and sub-district management teams to sustain service delivery and quality of care. Monitoring will be via the District Health Information System and evaluation will include National Core Standards and other assessments, including review against District Health Plans and MatCH’s workplan.

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.