Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Details for Mechanism ID: 14235
Country/Region: Ukraine
Year: 2014
Main Partner: Frontline AIDS (formerly International HIV/AIDS Alliance)
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $1,000,000 Additional Pipeline Funding: $250,000

NOTE: The following is taken from summaries released by PEPFAR on the PEPFAR Data Dashboard. They are incomplete summary paragraphs only and do not contain the full mechanism details. When the full narratives are released, we will update the mechanism pages accordingly.

(1) Significant SI data needs and capacity needs remain in Ukraine. The GoU does not support KPs surveys; while GFATM Rd10 grant supports basic KPs surveys, the research plan does not cover all data needed to track the epidemic and target interventions. In recent years, national and regional HIV M&E centers have been set up; however, capacity gaps of national/regional GoU staff in multiple M&E areas were found in a 2011 assessment. The goal of the Ukrainian NGO-SI project is to generate strategic information on the HIV epidemic and to increase national and regional capacity to collect and use these data.

The NGO-SI mechanism will contribute to the achievement of all three of the goals of Ukraine’s Partnership Framework goals: directly to goals 3 (strengthened national and local ability to achieve National AIDS Program objectives); and indirectly to goals 2 (improved quality and cost effectiveness of HIV prevention, care, and treatment services for KPs) and 1 of (reduction of HIV transmission among KPs).

(2) Planned activities are not limited to any specific region within Ukraine. The main target audience includes epidemiologists, clinicians, basic scientists, and NGO program staff.

(3) The capacity building activities are extensively using ToT approach to help achieve sustainability.

(4) The activities leverage GF funding in SI and are designed to build capacity of GOU for sustainability

(5) The project will report on a custom capacity building indicator that will measure USG TA contributions to the PF goals. Indicator disaggregations will inform programmatic decisions.

(6) The project expenditures have been well managed; therefore the requested funds should be utilized without significant carryover.

(7) No shift of pipeline to this IM is planned.

Mechanism Allocation by Budget Code for Selected Year
Strategic Information (HVSI) $1,000,000
Mechanism Target Information

Since COP2014, PEPFAR no longer produces narratives for every mechanism it funds. However, PEPFAR has now included performance targets or indicator information for each mechanism based on the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) system. The MER guidance is available on PEPFAR's website https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. Note that COP years 2014-2015 were under a previous version of the MER system and the indicators and definitions may have changed as of the new 2.0 guidance.

This mechanism has no published performance targets or indicators.

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $500,000
Human Resources for Health $500,000