Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 11964
Country/Region: Dominican Republic
Year: 2010
Main Partner: Not Available
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $0

1. The CDC will provide TA to the MOH in order to develop and apply more rigorous software development project management methodology to their current data collection system.

2. The CDC will also assist the MOH in developing discrete roles for their software development team, i.e. project manager, systems / business analyst, developer, and training / support specialists to manage a help desk.

3. Support will be provided to the MOH so that sites can have a local installation of SIAI on their computers which gets synchronized to a national database when the internet is available so their ability to use the system is not interrupted when internet is down

4. Training to current and prospective users will be provided in the use of SIAI or any other software that will be implemented.

Funding for Treatment: Adult Treatment (HTXS): $0

In FY 2009, USG and other agencies provided support to MOH to update PMTCT, CT, Treatment and Care Norms. The norms are ready to be printed and published. In FY2010, health workers will be trained to implement the norms. NGOs and FBOs have received TA and support to provide emotional, psychological and social support and home-based care (HBC). TA has been provided to NGOs and networks of PLWH to introduce nutrition training, home-based care of patients, partner disclosure, and prevention with positive, stigma and discrimination.

With FY 2009 PFIP funds and FY 2010 USAID will continue to support for the diagnosis and treatment by supplying CD4 equipment, reagents and supplies. Funds will be provided to MSH/SPS to strengthen procurement and logistics system for laboratory supplies. MSH/SPS in collaboration with other USG will implement information system to avoid stock outs and ensuring the timely transportation of needed supplies.

The CDC will porvide support to the Ministry of Health in order to icnrease their capcity to develop and implement data collection systems in order to track patients and use the information for decision making.

Subpartners Total: $0
Ministry of Health - Ukraine: NA
Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $0
Human Resources for Health $0