Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Details for Mechanism ID: 14507
Country/Region: Zambia
Year: 2013
Main Partner: FHI 360
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USDOD
Total Funding: $1,309,000

DAO Lusaka has been implementing system strengthening and infrastructure improvement programs in the Zambia Defense Force. The direction of the program is to focus on capacity building for improved service delivery, leadership development for sustainability, system strengthening and infrastructure improvement for quality in service delivery.

JSI will assist the ZDF to develop, implement, manage, and evaluate effective and sustainable health supply systems to ensure the continuous availability of ARVs, HIV tests, and laboratory commodities in health facilities in the three branches of the military, increase access at health facilities to laboratory tests such as chemistry, hematology and CD4 counts and ensuring clients who require full HAART have access to the necessary services and commodities, support the ZDF Health System Strengthening Program by procuring cost-effective, high quality laboratory equipment in support of the ZDF ART and PMTCT programs , support the ARV, HIV test and laboratory commodity logistics systems that are managed by the ZDF and Medical Stores Limited by providing capacity building on and quality monitoring of those systems . JSI Logistics Services will also provide procurement services for key laboratory equipment required to meet the ZDF Health System Strengthening Program.

Funding for Care: Adult Care and Support (HBHC): $200,000

TB/HIV activities include programmatic and technical support to increase the number of Service outlets providing treatment for TB to HIV+ individuals (diagnosed or presumed) in a palliative care setting and training HCWs to provide treatment for TB to HIV+ individuals (diagnosed or presumed).Strengthening of linkages between ART and TB clinics in terms of referral is another area being supported.

Funding for Care: Pediatric Care and Support (PDCS): $100,000

Paediatric care and support activities will include providing drugs, food and other commodities for pediatric clients (HIV exposed infants, HIV infected children and adolescents), supporting the needs of adolescents with HIV (ALHIV) (PwP, support groups, support for transitioning into adult services, adherence support, reproductive health services, educational support for in and out of school youth). Activities promoting integration with routine pediatric care, nutrition services and maternal health services, strengthening laboratory support and diagnostics for pediatric clients, ensuring appropriate dispensation of CTX and INH, prophylaxis in infants, children and adolescents.

Funding for Laboratory Infrastructure (HLAB): $0

Laboratory Support. Activities include systems strengthening to ensure the number of Laboratories (testing facilities) with capacity to perform Clinical laboratory tests is increased as well as increasing the number of HCWs trained in the provision of laboratory services.

Funding for Strategic Information (HVSI): $100,000

Strategic Information. Activities include strengthening the quality assurance and quality improvement aspects of all supported service areas, generation of reports that include information on relevant indicators, report on baseline assessment and final project evaluation report

Funding for Health Systems Strengthening (OHSS): $0

Capacity Building for Zambia Defense Force medical Services. Activities include systems strengthening resulting in the Health facilities graduating from intensive assistance by meeting MOH-approved minimum quality and performance criteria in all technical service-delivery areas

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (CIRC): $150,000

Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) activities include increasing the number of Service outlets providing MC services, number of HCWs trained to provide VMMC services ,number of males circumcised as part of the minimum package of VMMC for HIV prevention services

Funding for Testing: HIV Testing and Counseling (HVCT): $500,000

HIV Counseling and Testing. Activities include providing technical support to increase the number of service outlets providing CT according to national or international standards, number of individuals who receiving HIV/AIDS CT and receiving their test results, number of HCWs trained in CT according to national or international standards and training of Military medical assistants in CT according to national or international standards.

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT): $9,000

Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT). Activities include rolling out of Service outlets providing the minimum package of PMTCT services, increasing the number of Pregnant women who are receiving HIV/AIDS CT for PMTCT and receiving their test results, increasing the number of HIV-infected, pregnant women who receive antiretroviral prophylaxis for PMTCT in a PMTCT setting, number of Health Care Workers(HCWs) trained in the provision of PMTCT services according to national or international standards, number of Military medical assistants(MMAS) trained in the provision of PMTCT services according to national or international standards

Funding for Treatment: Adult Treatment (HTXS): $125,000

Adult Care and Treatment. Care and Support. Activities include technical support to increase the number of Service outlets providing HIV-related palliative care (excluding TB/HIV), with a consequent increase in the number of individuals provided with HIV-related palliative care (excluding TB/HIV)-adults and children, capacity building to increase the number of HCWs trained to provide HIV palliative care (excluding TB/HIV),number of HCWs trained to deliver adults ART/OI service according to national or international standards, number of Military Medical Assistants trained to provide adherence counseling and screening for chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension),number of individuals newly initiating on ART during the reporting period.

Funding for Treatment: Pediatric Treatment (PDTX): $125,000

Pediatric Care, Support and Treatment. Activities include technical support to increase the number of Pediatrics newly initiating on ART during the reporting period, number of Pediatrics receiving ART at the end of the period as well as ensuring the number of HCWs trained to deliver pediatric ART services according to national or international standards is increased.

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $223,395
Human Resources for Health $223,395
Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Military Populations
Safe Motherhood
Tuberculosis