Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2010 2011 2012

Details for Mechanism ID: 7254
Country/Region: Tanzania
Year: 2011
Main Partner: Mbeya Regional Medical Office
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Host Country Government Agency
Funding Agency: USDOD
Total Funding: $7,043,676

Funding for Care: Adult Care and Support (HBHC): $700,000

Mbeya regional medical office (RMO) will coordinate and provide facility based care services in all facilities in the region where care and treatment programs are set up. This will include the intergration of positive prevention services supporting nutritional assessment and counseling. Mbeya RMO will support improving linkages of facilities with other services including home based care in Mbeya region.

Funding for Treatment: Adult Treatment (HTXS): $4,325,000

Maintain quality HIV services at existing sites and scaling up to cover private hospitals and previously underserved areas. This will be accomplished through regular supportive supervision, clinical and nutrition mentoring, patient monitoring, and ensuring uninterrupted supply of drugs and reagents through central procurement mechanism, capacity building to local partners in financial accountability, technical support, program oversight and M&E. Partner works in eight districts and currently covers 24,000 patients on treatment. Many efforts are taken in the TB/HIV and prevention program including PITC and PMTCT, therefore, we expect an increase in the number of new HIV positive patients referred to existing Care and Treatment Clinics. Additional funds will be used to support passive growth of approximately 500 new patients coming to existing care and treament clinics managed by Mbeya Region.

Funding for Care: Pediatric Care and Support (PDCS): $80,000

These funds are proposed for the following activities: Scale up cotrimoxazole (CTX) prophylaxis for HIV-exposed and infected children; provide nutrition assessment, counseling and support; provide prevention, diagnosis and management of tuberculosis and other opportunistic infections (OI's); provide palliative care and psychosocial support. The funds will be used to improve linkages to Community Based Care including: under 5 child survival interventions and community HIV supported services. These activities will be achieved through training and on-site mentorship, establishment of coordinating committees with community-based organizations, advocacy and community mobilization. These activities will take place in Mbeya.

Funding for Treatment: Pediatric Treatment (PDTX): $520,000

These funds are proposed for the following activities: Implement updated WHO treatment guidelines to improve access to pediatric ART, including treatment of all HIV infected children <24 months;enhance the identification and diagnosis of HIV for infants and children through EID, PITC in in-patient and out-patient settings, immunization, OVC, and TB/HIV clinics; improve follow-up services for HIV-exposed infants and children and track and retain children in care and treatment; monitor response and adherence to treatment. These activities will be achieved through training, on-site mentorship, advocacy, community mobilization, and updating of tools for tracking and retention. These activities will take place in Mbeya with the aim of enrolling 2174 new children on ART.

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT): $1,225,676

Implement PMTCT and improve MCH services (see PF package): The PF funds will support the implementing partner (IP) to meet the objective of scaling-up quality PMTCT services by:-

(1) Strengthening the linkages and referrals of HIV+ women and children to care and treatment services and other health and community programs

(2) Integrating PMTCT and ART

(3) Having the partner complement FP and Focused Antenatal Care (FANC)

(4) Having the PMTCT partner complement Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) package

(5) Having the partner complement Newborn Health package.

(6) Supporting EID transportation of samples including DBS and sending back the results to the clients.

(7) Improving infrastructure through construction and renovation (8) Improving the procurement of MCH-related equipment, drugs and supplies through a central procurement system

(9) Strengthening M&E systems to track and document the impact of the PMTCT program

(10) Providing training and improving retention rates of health care workers

(11) Strengthening and expanding interventions to improve maternal and child survival

(12) Supporting new activities such as Cervical cancer screening

(13) Creating community demand

Funding for Care: TB/HIV (HVTB): $193,000

Maintain services related to implementation of the Three I's. It is estimated that around 20% of new patients enrolling into ART would present signs and symptoms of advanced HIV disease and diagnosing TB among this group remains difficult as the routine diagnostic tests (AFB smear microscopy and/or chest X ray) are neither very sensitive nor very specific and undiagnosed TB remains a major cause of mortality in this group. To enhance TB diagnosis in this group, there is a high need of investing in sophisticated TB diagnostic tests e.g. Liquid culture and Line Probe Assays. To increase access to this service, Mbeya RMO will coordinate transportation of sputum and/or blood samples to Mbeya referral Hospital for Liquid culture and LPAs. The reagents for these tests will be procured by SCMS. Mbeya RMO should ensure TB screening and recording in the CTC2 is happening throughout the supported sites. Mbeya RMO will participate in the pilot and subsequent scale up of Three I's. Service will continue being provided in Mbeya region

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $657,750
Construction/Renovation $142,370
Human Resources for Health $515,380
Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Malaria
Child Survival Activities
Safe Motherhood
Tuberculosis
Family Planning