Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 3623
Country/Region: Tanzania
Year: 2009
Main Partner: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $2,000,000

Funding for Care: TB/HIV (HVTB): $2,000,000

ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:

TITLE: PATH Tanzania TB/HIV Project

In FY09 Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) will continue working with Ministry of Health

through national TB and Leprosy program and national AIDS Control program in collaboration with other

TB/HIV implementing partners in the country. At health facility level PATH will support coordination between

Health care providers working at TB and HIV services to ensure continuum of care for HIV infected TB

patients. PATH will also continue to support the TB/HIV coordinators and officers at the zonal and district

level. Implementation of provider initiated HIV testing and counseling (PITC) in TB clinical settings will be

strengthen with improved referral, linkage and patients follow up to make sure that all TB-HIV co infected

patients referred to HIV services do access the services. PATH will work with MOHSW and other

implementing partners in the development and finalization of TB/HIV guidelines including guidelines for

Pediatric TB/HIV, implementation of TB infection control, and provision of Isoniazid preventive therapy.

PATH will continue support human capacity development through trainings of health care providers on

TB/HIV co- management including HIV rapid testing, recording and reporting, implementation of Isoniazid

Preventive Therapy (IPT) and TB infection control (IC). Districts will be supported to develop and implement

TB infection control plans. Supportive supervision and mentoring will be strengthen to improve quality of

services. All TB patients will be given health education on HIV prevention. Condoms will be promoted and

provided with prevention messages to all HIV infected patients. HIV co-infected TB patients will be

encouraged to disclose their HIV sero status to sexual partners and encourage partner to take HIV test.

Patients will be liked to STI, PMTCT and family planning services. Intensified TB case finding will be

implemented involving private pharmacies, traditional healers and village health workers in enhancing TB

screening. TB diagnostic services will be improve and for a facility that does not provide diagnostic services,

fixed sputum specimens will be transported to diagnostic facilities and return the smear results back. The

national TB laboratory network will be strengthened by improving internal and external quality assurance.

These efforts will be complemented with enhanced engagement of the private sector in TB control,

strengthened collaboration with care and treatment staff, advocacy and campaigns. Public-Public and

Public-Private Mix (PPM) efforts will involve private sector facilities, prisons and community in the

implementation of TB infection control in HIV clinics and congregate setting. Advocacy materials on

infection control including cough etiquette and hygiene messages targeting the community and health

workers will be printed and distributed to all PATH supported facilities. In FY09 TB/HIV services will be

scale up to least 5 new services outlets in existing 26 supported districts. Coordination, management and

information exchange meeting will continue to be supported at all levels. Operational survey with people

with TB/HIV will be conducted to determine service needs and preferences to improve access to available

TB/HIV care. Management staff and coordinators will be supported to attend local and international training,

Community involvement and awareness on TB and TB/HIV activities and community mobilization will be

strengthen as a strategy to enhance community involvement, promote client-centered care, combat stigma,

encourage TB and TB/HIV testing, and advocate for resources for TB and TB/HIV. Village Health Workers

will be supported to implement TB/HIV Advocacy Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) activities

in their communities.

NEED and COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE: HIV/AIDS greatly contributes to the TB burden in Tanzania. TB

causes about 30% of deaths in PLHA. TB/HIV co-infection occurs in more than 46% and 50% of TB patients

and PLHA respectively. Collaborative TB/HIV services have yet to cover all the districts in Tanzania, and

scale up in the private sector is very limited. The goal of NTLP is to reach the whole country by June 2008.

Since 2006, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, (PATH) in collaboration with National TB and

Leprosy Programme (NTLP), National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) and Association of Private Health

Facilities in Tanzania (APHFTA) has spearheaded TB/HIV services scale-up in Tanzania. Backed with local

government support, and equipped with a strong, decentralized, fully integrated team that coordinates

TB/HIV services, PATH has the experience and capacity to scale-up TB/HIV services to 16 new districts as

requested by Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW).

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: By June 2007, PATH scaled up TB HIV services in 18 districts, trained 44

coordinators and 181 health care providers on TB/HIV, and established collaborative TB/HIV services in

121 outlets. Support was provided to develop training materials, TB/HIV tools, and a National TB/HIV

manual. A Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) study to develop a National TB/HIV Advocacy,

Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) Strategy was completed and regional-based training teams

were established; more than 5,888 TB patients were counseled and tested for HIV and received their

results.

ACTIVITIES: To improve quality of services, PATH will strengthen technical supervision, on-the-job training,

and provide training to health care providers. PATH will support infection-control practices and undertake

setting-up services ‘under one roof.'. PTH will utilize supervision findings and program indicators to improve

the quality of services. With CSH/TB funding, districts will be supported to develop and implement TB

infection control plans.

1. Scale-up integrated TB/HIV services in eight new districts and enhance services in the existing 18. This

will take services closer to communities through 112 new service delivery outlets. 1a. Rapid facility

assessment and selection of seven sites per district for introducing TB/HIV services in seven regions:

Arusha (Karatu and Ngorongoro districts), Pwani (Rufiji district), Zanzibar North (North A & B districts)

Zanzibar South (Central, South districts), Zanzibar Town/West (Town, West districts), Pemba North

(Micheweni , Wete districts), and Pemba South (Chakechake, Mkoani districts).

1b. Coordinate and strengthen services in 18 current project districts through regular technical support,

quality control, and increasing service delivery outlets. 1c. Carryout minor renovations to establish services

"under one roof" in 10 facilities. 1d. Support establishment of District and Regional TB/HIV Collaborating

Committees in eight districts and six regions respectively.

2. Strengthen human capacity by recruiting coordinators and training health care providers on TB/HIV. 2a.

Recruit and deploy one Project Technical Officer to provide technical and managerial support, two Zonal

Activity Narrative: TB/HIV Coordinators (ZTHCs) to coordinate TB/HIV services in Arusha region and the Islands of Zanzibar,

and eight District TB/HIV Coordinators (DTHCs) to coordinate services in the eight new districts. Services in

Zanzibar's 10 districts will be coordinated by five DTHCs, each covering two districts (a region) according to

Zanzibar TB/Leprosy Programme (ZTLP) structure. This is indispensable for ensuring achievement of

project targets. 2b.Train 30 TB/HIV Coordinators, 13 District TB/Leprosy Coordinators (DTLCs), and 678

health care providers on TB/HIV using regional facilitators. 2c. Refresher training on TB/HIV and new HIV

testing algorithm for 200 health care providers.

3. Strengthen community awareness on TB and TB/HIV, and mobilize them to reduce stigma and promote

HIV testing. 3a. Support introduction of TB and TB/HIV in primary school health education curriculum in

collaboration with the MoHSW National School Health Programme (NSHP) under Reproductive and Child

Health Section (RCHS) unit in seven districts (six in Pwani and two in Dar es Salaam regions). 3b. Finalize,

publish, and distribute 100 copies of National TB/HIV ACSM Strategy in collaboration with MoHSW and

other stakeholders. 3c. Train Village Health Workers on TB/HIV and facilitate establishment of 16

community-based IEC committees. 3d. Develop, print, and disseminate three different community and

patient TB/HIV education materials according to National TB/HIV ACSM Strategy. 3e. Introduce TB

‘Photovoice' (uses visual images and accompanied stories) in three pilot districts (Kisarawe, Misungwi,

Arumeru) as a strategy to enhance community involvement, promote client-centered care, combat stigma,

encourage TB and TB/HIV testing, and advocate for resources for TB and TB/HIV.

4. Strengthen Public-Public and Public-Private Mix (PPM) according to Private Sector TB/HIV Strategy in

collaboration with NTLP, APHFTA and other stakeholders. Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, and Arusha regions

will be the focus as these regions contribute about 36% of the national TB burden. $ 67,000

4a. Finalize, print and distribute 100 copies of Private Health Sector TB/HIV Strategy. 4b. Establish 20 new

private collaborative TB/HIV services delivery outlets in Arusha, Dar es Salaam, and Mwanza regions.

LINKAGES: PATH works closely with regional and district authorities and management teams, and is

represented in National TB/HIV Steering Committee, Information Education and Communication (IEC),

TB/HIV Tools working groups and TB planning. Linkages will be established with the NSHP, and Regional

and District School Health Coordinators who will facilitate training of school teachers on TB/HIV and monitor

implementation. TB/HIV scale-up will be linked to implementation of TB activities funded with USAID Child

Survival funds.

CHECK BOXES: Areas of emphasis selected reflect planned activities that include capacity building, minor

facility renovations, and wraparound agreements with NTLP and APHFTA. Council Health Management

Teams (CHMTs) will be supported in planning and incorporating TB/HIV activities in Comprehensive

Council Health Plans (CCHPs). Activities are engendered and target both adults and school children, and

focus on areas where TB burden is high.

M&E: NTLP data collection, recording, and reporting tools will be used. Data quality and timely quarterly

reporting will be supervised by ZTHCs in collaboration with Regional TB and Leprosy Coordinators

(RTLCs). DTHCs will be trained to use the Electronic TB Register (ETR). DTHCs and ZTHCs will conduct

regular monthly and quarterly supportive supervision to delivery sites respectively. National level supportive

supervision will be done in collaboration with NTLP and RTLCs. Quarterly reports will be compiled and

shared with stakeholders. About 7% of budget will support M&E.

SUSTAINAIBLITY: PATH will support districts to integrate TB/HIV activities in CCHPs and budgets. To

improve administrative capacity, PATH will support CHMTs to build their technical and managerial capacity

to manage the program. The facilities will provide staff and health infrastructure. TB/HIV scale-up is

implemented in the public and private sectors as a standard national package. DTHCs and ZTHCs will be

eventually absorbed in district staff establishment according to National TB/HIV Policy. Development of

national tools, strengthening of CHMT capacity, involvement of local government, and sensitization of local

leaders and communities will create ownership and strengthen the health system

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 13573

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

13573 5117.08 U.S. Agency for Program for 6552 3623.08 $2,000,000

International Appropriate

Development Technology in

Health

7791 5117.07 U.S. Agency for Program for 4573 3623.07 $1,444,000

International Appropriate

Development Technology in

Health

5117 5117.06 U.S. Agency for Program for 3623 3623.06 $550,000

International Appropriate

Development Technology in

Health

Emphasis Areas

Health-related Wraparound Programs

* TB

Human Capacity Development

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Water

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