Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 5014
Country/Region: Zambia
Year: 2007
Main Partner: U.S. Department of State
Main Partner Program: Regional Procurement Support Office - Frankfurt
Organizational Type: Other USG Agency
Funding Agency: enumerations.State/African Affairs
Total Funding: $200,000

Funding for Treatment: Adult Treatment (HTXS): $200,000

Related activities: This activity is directly related to Activity 3693. As this mechanism requests that funding be transferred directly to Post, Embassy Lusaka will administer this activity, and CDC/Zambia will serve as the technical lead and requisitioner.

The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) supported structural enhancements, which began in 2005 under this activity, will be completed in December 2006, for the University Teaching Hospital's (UTH) Pediatric and Family Center of Excellence for HIV/AIDS Care (COE) and CDC co-located offices. The COE activities supported by PEPFAR have been ongoing in different offices throughout the UTH, and pediatric care and treatment activities will be transferred to the renovated facility in 2007. In FY 2006, this activity supported modifications to the project to ensure safe structural enhancements and adjustments to drainage challenges at the facility. In addition, funds also supported procurement of critical office furniture and equipment. To build on these enhancements, CDC will improve work flow and patient access to care by connecting the National Infant Diagnosis Reference Laboratory and the COE. By contracting with the RPSO, CDC will renovate an existing facility to create a "one stop shop" model for pediatric HIV care. Facility renovations to the malnutrition ward will be implemented as it is located in-between the pediatrics center and laboratory. This activity will also provide supplies, equipment, and labor to ensure that the renovations are adequate to improve the comprehensive model for delivery of pediatric and family HIV/AIDS care.

CDC will also work with RPSO on infrastructure enhancements in the Southern Province where there is need for a new laboratory to support antiretroviral services at the Livingstone General Hospital. In addition, support will be provided for new outpatient clinics in Choma, at the Choma District Hospital and in the Eastern Province.

Ongoing and future maintenance and support of the renovated structures will be provided by the UTH and related Provincial Health Offices to ensure sustainability of this activity.

Emphasis Areas: Infrastructure-- 51-100 % effort Target Groups: USG Staff Health Care Providers People Affected by HIV/AIDS Coverage: Lusaka Southern Province Eastern Province