Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2011 2012 2013

Details for Mechanism ID: 12757
Country/Region: Tanzania
Year: 2011
Main Partner: RTI International
Main Partner Program: South Africa
Organizational Type: Private Contractor
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $650,000

Funding for Strategic Information (HVSI): $100,000

RTI will provide technical assistance to NIMR to ensure that the identified national research and evaluation agenda priority items have been initiated. RTI will also provide technical assistance to facilitate cross organization coordination with TACAIDS and other stakeholders. RTI technical assistance will result in enhanced data management at NIMR Mwanza and improved use of research findings.

RTI technical assistance will support the production of a routine monitoring framework that tracks progress in data management, IRB performance, protocol writing, research report writing and data dissemination and use. Funding for RTI support to NIMR has been reduced by 41% in line with the overall SI reduction.

Moved funding from Mechanism 31 to Mechanism 14 in order to combine mechanisms for a single partner

Funding for Health Systems Strengthening (OHSS): $250,000

RTI will be supporting implementation of the National Research and Evaluation Agenda by strengthening the ethics boards at the national and local levels. Also they will continue to support evaluation and research capacity building by training HCWs in areas of public health evaluation.

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Abstinence/Be Faithful (HVAB): $50,000

AB component of review will improve and harmonize USG prevention program M&E tools, including potential introduction and integration of outcome measurements where possible, creating linkages and harmonization with national monitoring systems where possible.

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Other Sexual Prevention (HVOP): $50,000

OP component of review, improvement and harmonization of USG prevention program M&E tools, including potential introduction and integration of outcome measurements where possible. Linkage and harmonization with national monitoring systems where possible.

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT): $200,000

MOBIS will continue to conduct PMTCT costing study and will carry out midterm/end-of-the-year evaluation to document program performance ($ 200,000).

Subpartners Total: $0
Ifakara Health Institute: NA
Tanzania Essential Strategies Against AIDS: NA
Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
End-of-Program Evaluation