Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 2994
Country/Region: Zambia
Year: 2009
Main Partner: Humana People to People
Main Partner Program: Zambia
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $650,000

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Other Sexual Prevention (HVOP): $200,000

THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:

•Update on current activities

•Plans for fiscal year (FY) 2009 funds

•Increased targets for condom service outlets

This activity will be linked to the CDC activity with Southern Province Health Office for Palliative care

TB/HIV, activity 9017.

From FY 2005 to FY 2007, a public health evaluation was conducted among migrant and non-migrant farm

workers in Southern Province to estimate HIV prevalence and incidence and sexual behaviors that are

associated with HIV infections. Preliminary results show that migrant workers, the family they leave behind

in their hometowns, and the temporary families they are likely to establish in their place of work are in need

of targeted HIV prevention interventions. Additionally, people living in the area that cater for large influx of

migrant workers need to be targeted with specific HIV interventions. The complete results from the baseline

survey will be available in time to inform the tailoring of appropriate prevention activities.

Migrant workers, mobile populations, their families, and the people they live among while they are working

are prone to experience social environments that cultivate risky behaviors for HIV and sexually transmitted

infection (STI) transmission and acquisition. Activities through this funding mechanism focus on

encouraging behavior change by producing materials and targeted messages, working with peer educators

and/or trained clinical providers to educate the target populations about the risks of STIs, creating a

personal awareness of one's risks for becoming infected with HIV, understanding the importance of

attending counseling and testing (CT) regularly, the importance of correct and consistent condom use, and

the importance of reducing the number of sexual partners. By the end of FY 2008, approximately 5,000

individuals will be reached through community outreach that promotes HIV/AIDS prevention through other

behavior change practices beyond abstinence and/or being faithful. In addition, 75 people will be trained to

promote HIV/AIDS prevention through other behavior change practices beyond abstinence and/or being

faithful. Fifteen (15) condom outlets will be established to distribute condoms to migrant workers and their

partners in conjunction with education sessions.

The majority of people are reached through education sessions for adult men and women that cover a

range of topics including: basic facts about HIV and STIs, understanding the CD4 count, Antiretroviral

Therapy (ART), couples counseling, and immune-suppression, practice talking with a spouse about sex,

STIs, attending couples counseling, and ways to seek out friends and families who are living with HIV to be

open to them and encourage them to have good nutrition, adhere to treatment regimens, and prevention of

further transmission of HIV. This will be done through collaborating with the USAID supported New

Partners Initiative program, Men Taking Action and other partners in the district. These activities promote

behavior change and combat stigma. An additional important component of the activities is to establish

condom outlets and procure condoms for distribution at major access points for migrant workers and their

partners and train them on consistent and correct use of condoms. People who engage in transactional sex

and exchange sex for money and/or goods with multiple or concurrent sex partners are known to frequent

areas where migrant workers live and activities are needed to empower them to use condoms with their

clients. STI testing and treatment for genital ulcers and syphilis will be carried out in order to reduce the risk

of HIV transmission for workers at an established site within the district for easy access by referred clients.

Additional activities include organizing recreational activities to provide workers with alternative meeting

places rather than at bars, working with widows to ensure that they are tested for HIV and receive

appropriate care, and support.

In FY 2009, DAPP will continue implementing this activity to expand HIV prevention, care, and treatment

programs among migrant and non-migrant farm workers in Southern Province.

In order to ensure sustainability of the program and to promote lasting behavior change, Total Control of the

Epidemic (TCE) program will recruit Passionates, which are volunteers who will continue with the activities

in the workplaces after the program has finished and will work with the Provincial and District Health Offices

in Southern Province and work within their Zambia National HIV and AIDS Strategic Framework (ZASF) for

activities in FY 2009. Additionally, many large farms in Southern Province have established basic HIV

programs for their workers and the total control of the epidemic will work through these programs to create

the capacity for their expansion and get support from DAPP in Zambia head offices. The project will also

work with Ministry of Health in dissemination of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, CT, ARV,

and tuberculosis (TB) information. Other partners will be invited to give lessons in workshops with the

target group. The Passionates who have been trained as TB treatment supporters will mobilize TB patients

within the farms to seek and adhere to treatment.

Targets set for this activity cover a period ending September 30, 2009.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 17575

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

17575 17575.08 HHS/Centers for Development Aid 7170 2994.08 DAPP - 1 U2G $200,000

Disease Control & People to People PS000588

Prevention Zambia

Table 3.3.03:

Funding for Testing: HIV Testing and Counseling (HVCT): $450,000

THIS ACTIVTY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:

•Update on current activities

•FY 2009 plans to include a larger coverage area and increased targets in the same district

Activity Narrative

This activity also relates to activities in counselling and testing (HVCT # 3667.08 and #8814.08) and sexual

prevention (HVOP # 17575.08)

Development Aid People to People (DAPP) has been operating in Zambia since 1986. The mission of

DAPP is to implement projects that give people knowledge, skills, and tools that will empower them and

their families to face the challenges of everyday life and improve quality of life. Through this funding

mechanism, DAPP, operating under the Total Control of the Epidemic (TCE) model, will continue with their

collaboration with the Ministry of Health since inception in FY 2006. DAPP program design and

implementation is innovative, at grassroots level, offering a one-on-one communication, and mobilization

strategy for HIV prevention and behavior change. These program implements a personalized community

oriented house-to-house counseling and testing (CT) with emphasis on prevention and behavior change,

and referrals to care and treatment services.

The project, to date, has reached 20,087 people with counseling and testing services. Sixty-nine people

including 55 field officers have been trained in CT following the national training manual. By the end of the

fiscal year 2008 half of Mazabuka district will be covered with door to door approach and an anticipated 125

000 people will be reached with CT and prevention messages.

In FY 2009, DAPP will work closely with the Mazabuka District Health Team (DHMT) to scale up the house-

to-house CT services to the rest of Mazabuka district to ensure full coverage of the whole district. An

additional 50 local residents will be trained as field officers to cover the new half of the district. It is

anticipated that 15,000 people will be tested for HIV/AIDS and receive results by the end of FY 2009. Links

to referrals for care, treatment and support which include PMTCT, TB, STI and pediatric CT/ART services

have been established and will continue working. In close collaboration with the district health management

team DAPP will run an integrated model of mobile clinic that is inclusive of CT, PMTCT, and ART services.

DAPP has a history of building effective community partnerships allowing for referral from CT to community

networks and initiatives, including income generating activities.

DAPP TCE works with community volunteers (passionates) that are trained in psychosocial CT. All

volunteers trained in previous years will carry on the program in the initial half of the district where these

activities began even as we move to cover the rest of the district in FY 2009. These will be working under

the supervision of the health centers and the hospitals. The passionates will carry on with monitoring the

established activities during the three years of activities.

In FY 2009 a total of 40 support groups will be running that were established in the previous years. DAPP

programs initiate income generating activities that are designed to be self sustaining because they are

initiated and implemented by communities. An example is the piggery that was successfully started with

contributions from community members to buy a male and female pig. This set gave rise to eight piglets

that where further distributed to PLWHA/members as a male and female set. This multiplier effect has

helped many PLWHA and their families to support on-going costs. The passionates are involved with

implementation of income generating projects and ensuring sustainable outcomes.

TCE programs are gradually sustainable following the three years of formal implementation by DAPP. The

formal program has finished in the first three years ending in FY 2008 and capacity has been built on

individuals for sustainability of the program. The program in FY 2009 will continue implementing house-to-

house prevention and CT activities, link to mobile ART and community income generating activities to reach

the second half of the district, ensuring full coverage of the whole of Mazabuka.

In the first three years of implementation, over 150 people were trained in HIV CT and behavior change

communication through the training community volunteers or "passionates" and these will continue to reach

150,000 people with communication programs. These individuals who are trained are from within the

community where they are working and they will continue to impart their knowledge and experiences to

members of their communities after the formal program is ended. It is anticipated that the income

generating activities started in the program will help sustain some of the minimal costs of running programs

at community level. The community volunteers will be seen as role models and experts in HIV/AIDS in their

communities and are often approached by community members for support regarding HIV/AIDS. With any

additional plus up funds DAPP would like to carry out some evaluations of their program in Mazabuka.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 15516

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

15516 3675.08 HHS/Centers for Development Aid 7170 2994.08 DAPP - 1 U2G $450,000

Disease Control & People to People PS000588

Prevention Zambia

8998 3675.07 HHS/Centers for Development Aid 5005 2994.07 DAPP - 1 U2G $350,000

Disease Control & People to People PS000588

Prevention Zambia

3675 3675.06 HHS/Centers for Development Aid 2994 2994.06 DAPP $250,000

Disease Control & People to People,

Prevention Namibia

Emphasis Areas

Gender

* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs

* Increasing women's access to income and productive resources

Human Capacity Development

Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Human Capacity Development $50,000

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Water

Table 3.3.14:

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $50,000
Human Resources for Health $50,000