Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 12260
Country/Region: Zambia
Year: 2010
Main Partner: Not Available
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $0

PMTCT one time plus-up funds are being added to support:

Ten percent of the proposed plus-up funds will support national efforts to improve access and uptake to PMTCT, pediatric HIV care, and infant feeding services through a harmonized and integrated monitoring and evaluation system and operations research to identify barriers to uptake of services. Cost information on pediatric HIV/AIDS care and treatment is limited, though Zambia partners have used several approaches for adult care and treatment. Understanding and documenting the reasons and cost of PMTCT failures will assist in advocacy for improvements in coverage.

Funding for Strategic Information (HVSI): $0

Resources requested under this area will be utilized to conduct operations research to identify areas of program implementation which are succeeding, and those which need further assistance. Funds will also be utilized to identify gaps in service provision and to gain a greater understanding of health seeking behavior around PMTCT services.

One-time funding will be considered for:

5.1 Assessment of complete costs of care for infected children, including ART costs, inpatient and outpatient services costs, with modeling of long-term survival and cost scenarios;

5.2 Cost-benefit analysis comparing the additional costs of earlier HAART for pregnant women or complex PMTCT regimes based on pediatric cost data;

5.3 Qualitative and anthropological analysis of missed opportunities for PMTCT and PMTCT failures across the cascade, including the social, cultural, laboratory and clinical factors that contribute to infant infection; and

5.4 Analysis and dissemination of information using Next Generation PMTCT indicators to assess program effectiveness including the impact of COP funding increases for operational costs and these one-time plus-up funds.

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