Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 9404
Country/Region: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2010
Main Partner: Ministry of Health and the Fight Against AIDS - Côte d'Ivoire
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Host Country Government Agency
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $610,000

Funding for Strategic Information (HVSI): $300,000

None

Funding for Health Systems Strengthening (OHSS): $310,000

The Cote d'Ivoire Ministry for the Fight Against AIDS (MLS) was created in 2001 to serve as the executive secretariat of the National AIDS Council, the principal governmental policy-making, strategic-planning, and coordination body of the response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Côte d'Ivoire. The mission of the MLS is to coordinate a comprehensive and effective multi-sector and decentralized national response to HIV/AIDS, and it thus plays a principal role in bringing together stakeholders to define national policy and strategies for the care, treatment, and prevention of HIV/AIDS.

Funding in the OHSS budget code is being increased (modestly, in absolute terms) from FY 2009 to support the MLS to continue and strengthen its coordination of the national response to HIV/AIDS. Highlights among proposed FY 2010 activities include the development of a new National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan 2010-2013, followed by the development of a Partnership Framework with the U.S. government, and coordination of National HIV Testing Day.

Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
End-of-Program Evaluation
Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS activities and services
Military Populations
Workplace Programs