Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 12503
Country/Region: Uganda
Year: 2010
Main Partner: Not Available
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $0

The main objectives of the TBD Comprehensive PMTCT program are to:

1) Provide, through the Government of Uganda district systems, comprehensive PMTCT services throughout the antenatal, maternity, postnatal and infant periods, including HIV screening, diagnosis, staging and ART prophylaxis for HIV-infected pregnant women and their newborn infants and HAART initiation for those eligible for treatment. The comprehensive services include: RH, TB screening, Family planning, coordination of lab services (EID, CD4 tests), nutrition, IYCF and primary prevention.

2) Strengthen linkages and coordination between PMTCT and reproductive health at the national and local levels

The program under this mechanism will target pregnant women and their families in the districts of: Amuria, Katakwi, Kaberamaido, Soroti, Kumi, Jinja. The program will be implemented through the national systems by the district health teams under the supervision and coordination of the Ministry of health (MOH)

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT): $0

The national PMTCT policy guidelines (2006-2010) focus on supporting the implementation of the 4-pronged WHO PMTCT strategy (primary prevention, family planning, provision of ARV prophylaxis, and care and support). The overall goal of the PMTCT program under this mechanism is to scale up integrated, effective and sustainable PMTCT services in the Central region of Uganda. The program will target pregnant women and their families in the districts of: Mubende, Mityana, Luwero, Nakasongola, Wakiso, Nakaseke, Kalangala, Masaka, Sembabule, Lyantonde, Sembabule, Mukono, Mpigi, Rakai and Kampala. In these districts about 420,862 (5.2%) women are expected to be pregnant and about 27,356 (6.5%) of them are expected to be HIV positive. The program will be implemented through the national systems by the district health teams under the supervision and coordination of the Ministry of health (MOH).

The FY2010 goals are to: reach about 80% of all HIV-positive women with ARV prophylaxis; strengthen RH systems; improve efficiency and quality of PMTCT services and service delivery systems; increase utilisation, demand and accessibility of PMTCT services. This mechanism will work with district and contribute to the achievement of national and PEPFAR goals for PMTCT. The FY2010 targets are to: provide PMTCT services through 297 health facilities, counsel and test 371,370 (80%) pregnant women and give them results, and provide ARV prophylaxis to 24,137 (80%) HIV-positive women (4,827 [20%] HAART, 19,309 [80%) Combivir). SD NVP will only be provided to HIV positive pregnant women who present at the first ANC visit with advance gestation age. In addition this mechanism will assess all the 24,137 HIV positive pregnant women for ARV services and 19,309 (64%) of HIV exposed infants will receive PMTCT ARVs. Further, this mechanism will target to reach 19,309 HIV exposed infants with Early Infant HIV diagnosis (EID) from 6 weeks of age and will provide nutritional supplementation to 9,051(30%) of HIV positive pregnant women. Funds will be used to implement the following activities:

Continued scale up of PMTCT services to all Health Center III's in the selected districts

Providing Antenatal ART services

Scaling up combined therapy and improving adherence support

Strengthening EID and linkage to Pediatric care and treatment

Integrating Family planning into PMTCT services

Strengthening M&E with a focus on program outcomes

Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF)

Supporting maternal nutrition (macro & micro) to reduce Anemia

Integrating TB screening in ANC/MCH

Integrating PMTCT with MCH

Increasing support for primary in ANC prevention

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $0
Construction/Renovation $0