Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2010 2011 2012 2013

Details for Mechanism ID: 10811
Country/Region: Tanzania
Year: 2011
Main Partner: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Main Partner Program: Françcois Xavier Bagnoud Center
Organizational Type: University
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $831,500

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT): $831,500

Mainland: Support the MOHSW to plan and conduct annual implementing partner meeting in order to enhance communication, dissemination of materials, sharing best practices, and refining strategies to effectively link mothers and infants to care & treatment.

Continue to manage PMTCT partner website as a forum to share and make accessible materials and information on PMTCT for the benefit of Tanzania implementing partners and other PMTCT stake holders.

Continue to manage PMTCT partner listserv to distribute Tanzania specific information and publications related to PMTCT and critical international publications that are directly relevant to scale-up and quality improvement of PMTCT services.

Expand on and supplement the PMTCT partner catalogue developed in FY 2010 by developing a comprehensive PMTCT partner database describing partner services per district/site to supplement the broad PMTCT partner catalogue developed in FY 2010.

Support the MOHSW to complete regularly scheduled reports, meetings, site supervision, distribution of PMTCT materials, and transition this capacity to a focal point in the MOHSW to ensure sustained activity.

Zanzibar: Provide support to MOHSW to roll-out revised guidelines, develop and revise supervision checklist, develop job aids and SOPs.

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $831,000
Human Resources for Health $831,000