Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2009 2010

Details for Mechanism ID: 12210
Country/Region: Tanzania
Year: 2010
Main Partner: Not Available
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USDOD
Total Funding: $0

Goal: To strengthen organizational capacity on improving Home Based Care services delivery Objectives are: 1) To empower partners with knowledge and skills on organizational and financial management and costing. 2) To improve quality of Home Based Care (HBC), 3) to facilitate roll out of national recording and reporting system for palliative care Health Systems Strengthening This program will support four local organizations which are SONGONET, RODI, KIHUMBE and Mbeya HIV Network Tanzania (MHNT) to facilitate trainings that will build their capacity on management (planning, leadership, costing, performance improvement, staffing, and finance. HBC trainings will be conducted to organizational staff that will include reporting and recording systems. However, this program will support purchase of equipments such as computers and other devices. IM Strategy to become more cost-efficient over time TBD will assist LGA and other stake holders in DOD supported regions to leverage resources that will bring about cost effective as well as sustainable environments. This can be reached through strategic scale up which will align with comprehensive trainings to providers. Providers whom will be capacitated by TBD will avail to provide a contribution in council's plans, decisions and other program implementations. Geographic coverage & target population TBD will work in three regions of Southern highlands of Tanzania (Mbeya, Rukwa and Ruvuma). Population and HIV prevalence vary by regions; Mbeya population 4,328,955 , prevalence 9.2, Rukwa population 1,141,743, prevalence 4.9 and Ruvuma population 1,117,166 prevalence 5.9(population according to 2002 national census and prevalence according to HIV/AIDS Malaria Indicator survey 2007-08).This program is targeting all DOD partners in these respective regions.

Partnership Framework

This program will adhere to PF Goal number five which is (To ensure human resource capacity necessary for achievement of quality health and social services at all levels). TBD will Increase number of qualified human resources by conducting regular comprehensive trainings to local partners this will help to optimize manpower to address health and HIV & AIDS needs and expansion of integrated HRMIS to districts to allow them to manage workforce. Trained health workers, community health workers, and PLHIV will contribute to supplementation of health and social workforce. This program will support task shifting approaches that have been demonstrated to be effective

Monitoring and Evaluation plans. Through prime partners, TBD will continue to support trainings on monitoring and evaluation, and utilizing the trained staff on M&E to collect, compile, analyze, utilize data for program decisions and reporting. Further trainings will be conducted to more M&E persons aiming at maintaining data accuracy, integrity, reliability and precision. TBD will play a greater role of ensuring that established National Data Management Systems are properly used..

Funding for Care: Adult Care and Support (HBHC): $0

With the one off funding DOD will strengthern the implementing partners, KIHUMBE, MHN, Songonet and RODI on organizational, financial, technical and management capacities. All these four are local partners, and they will greatly benefit from this strengtherning activity as they are receiving PE{FAR funds from multiple program areas and they are implementing programs in high prevelence regions of Mbeya, Ruvuma and Rukwa.