Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 11393
Country/Region: Zambia
Year: 2009
Main Partner: To Be Determined
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Implementing Agency
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $0

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Abstinence/Be Faithful (HVAB): $0

This activity narrative is a draft and will be revised upon finalization of the follow on SHARe project

This activity will be a follow on to JSI SHARe project focusing on implementing comprehensive AB

programs religious, traditional political and women's organizations. This activity will link to other program

areas including HVCT, OHPS, HVOP. This activity will strengthen and expand the capacity of the

organizations to implement AB programs that support the Government of the Republic of Zambia and the

United States Government (USG) goals.

The project will implement comprehensive AB programs in religious, traditional political and women's

organizations. Appropriate AB prevention models will be promoted to various groups of adults. AB

prevention will be closely coordinated with counseling and testing (CT) mobilization, so that individuals

know their status, and for those that are negative counseled on how to maintain their negative status. The

communities in which the organizations operate in will be involved in developing innovative community AB

prevention approaches such as drama, peer group discussions and social mobilization events ensuring that

the programs are responsive to local needs. Support to AB strategic planning and policy development will

be provided to the organizations.

The project will work with the organizations to strengthen technical and management capacities and

mobilization of financial resources. Activities will include participatory analysis of their current sustainability

levels, sharing of successful sustainability strategies and the development of sustainability plans. The

project will work with the organizations to ensure that HIV/AIDS policies, work plans, and budgets are

developed to sustain their HIV/AIDS activities through government, other donor funding and the private

sector.

In FY 2009, the Project will train persons in AB. Trained educators will reach individuals with AB prevention

messages in workplaces and outreach communities. The project will all focus on improving supportive

supervision to ensure quality of care and to encourage trained peer educators to intensify efforts to reach

out to more individuals and improve reporting.

New/Continuing Activity: New Activity

Continuing Activity:

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Funding for Sexual Prevention: Other Sexual Prevention (HVOP): $0

This activity narrative is a draft and will be revised upon finalization of the follow on SHARe project

This activity will be a follow on to JSI SHARe project focusing on strengthening religious, traditional, political

and community leaders to implement Other Prevention activities and facilitate social change to reduce

sexual transmission. The project will design and implement Other Prevention activities in accordance with

the OGAC abstinence, being faithful and correct and consistent use of condoms (ABC) guidance.

Community involvement will ensure that the activities are responsive to local needs. For example,

traditional leaders will promote the discontinuation of harmful traditional practices, such as widow cleansing,

dry sex, and early marriage. The project will focus on increased involvement of women in the

implementation of Other Prevention activities.

Other Prevention programs will provide education to address HIV high risk behaviors among Most at Risk

Populations (MARPs) that go beyond abstinence and being faithful (AB) and focus on partner reduction,

correct and consistent use of condoms and knowing one's status. Emphasis will be placed on information

on behavior change focusing on promoting respectful relationships between men and women. The project

will address the needs of vulnerable groups such as women and orphans and vulnerable children (OVC).

Peer educators will be trained to implement Other Prevention education, promote condom use, refer for STI

management, prevent and treat sexual and gender-based violence, promote partner reduction, and create

referral links to Post-exposure Prophylaxis, counseling and testing (CT) and antiretroviral therapy (ART).

Sites with high risk groups will be linked to socially marketed and free condoms through collaboration with

the District Health Management Team and the Society for Family Health. CT will be made available on-site

during training and sensitization activities. Information on prevention, care and treatment services will also

continue to be provided.

Sustainability of the Partners will be ensured through strengthening of technical and management

capacities and mobilization of financial resources. Activities will include participatory analysis of their

current sustainability levels, sharing of sustainability strategies of successful NGOs, development and

implementation of sustainability plans.

New/Continuing Activity: New Activity

Continuing Activity:

Emphasis Areas

Workplace Programs

Human Capacity Development

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Water

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Funding for Testing: HIV Testing and Counseling (HVCT): $0

By increasing the number of people who know their HIV status, CT programs are the cornerstone of efforts

to prevent the spread of HIV. The challenge now is to increase the availability and use of CT services by

ordinary citizens in an environment where over 65% of Zambians live in the rural areas which are greatly

underserved by HIV/AIDS treatment care and support services.

SHARe/TBD will continue to focus on extending outreach mobile CT services to religious, traditional,

political and community organizations. This activity will link to other program areas including HVAB, OHPS,

and HVOP.

The project will seek creative ways to engage and connect the religious, traditional, political and women

leaders to CT through community sensitization and mobile CT. The project will focus on working with these

organizations to access rapid test kits through the District Health Management Teams and Medical Stores

Ltd in order to expand nationwide CT services. CT providers will link HIV positive clients to ART and

palliative care services in their respective communities to ensure continuity of care.

The Project will assist the organizations to provide on-site, facility-based and mobile CT services, create

links for referrals to off-site services where on-site facilities are not available, link to the District Health

Management Teams logistic management system and other sources for a consistent supply of CT test kits

and reagents, and network with prevention, care and treatment sites. Is this a new thing here - opt out?

The Project will work with the Ministry of Health to promote adoption of the CT opt-out/provider-initiated

approach to offer CT within all antenatal services, at TB clinics, and during annual medical exams.

New/Continuing Activity: New Activity

Continuing Activity:

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