Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2010 2011 2012

Details for Mechanism ID: 10070
Country/Region: Tanzania
Year: 2010
Main Partner: Baylor College of Medicine
Main Partner Program: International Pediatric AIDS Initiative-Tanzania
Organizational Type: University
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $3,200,000

Funding for Care: Orphans and Vulnerable Children (HKID): $500,000

Baylor will a pilot Community Pediatric OVC program to ensure a better and meaningful referral linkages between HIV and OVC from both the facility to the community.

The program will link with the child survival wrap around programs to ensure comprehensive services to the under five children in the target districts.

To facilitate the process, the program will recruit a social worker to support community component of OVC care and engage him/her to ensure the pilot is drafted and executed.

The program will also train MVCC and other community IMCI service providers on the basic aspects of identification, caring and supporting HIV/ AIDS child.

Pilot Community Pediatric OVC program to ensure meaningful referral linkages. 1.Develop user friendly training guidelines and train MVCC and caregivers 2.Set up and support HIV+ OVC referral system

Funding for Care: Pediatric Care and Support (PDCS): $500,000

Maintain and improve quality of existing pediatric HIV Care services. This will be achieved through provisison of CTX, Screening and Treatment for OIs, Nutritional Assessment and support and Linkages with other programs such as OVC and HBC, PMTC, TB/HIV. The services will be provided in the Lake zones and Sourthern Highlands Zones

Funding for Treatment: Pediatric Treatment (PDTX): $2,200,000

Maintain and improve quality of existing pediatric HIV services. This will be achieved through support supervision visits, inservice training including on site mentorship, infrastructure devolopment and supplies of essential commodities including drugs. The work will occur in Mbeya and Mwanza. The additional funding will be used to impove enrollment of children in Care and Treatment. This will be achieved through in-service training for the care providers to improve their skills and confidence in managing Pediatric cases focusing on onsite mentorship. The activity will be condued in the Lake & Southren highlands zones.

Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Malaria
Child Survival Activities