Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2011 2012 2013 2014

Details for Mechanism ID: 13502
Country/Region: Kenya
Year: 2011
Main Partner: University of California at San Francisco
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: University
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $3,137,623

This cooperative agreement was awarded in FY2009 from FOA PS09-990. The activity was written into COP 2009 as a TBD "PS-09-990" (mechanism ID: 12232.09, mechanism system ID: 12232). This mechanism is now being submitted in COP 2010 as a continuing implementing mechanism with request for a new mechanism system ID.

Surveillance:

UCSF will provide technical assistance to the GoK and implementing partners on a variety of HIV surveillance activities.

Developing a protocol that will measure the readiness of Kenya to move from relying ANC sentinel surveillance to estimate prevalence to using PMTCT data.

Surveillance of MARPs including MARPs protocol review, finalizing MARPs protocol and MARPs technical assistance and capacity building.

Manuscript preparation support for the Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey 2007

Surveillance needs assessment for surveillance capacity building with MoH and other implementing partners

Developing a plan for building surveillance capacity and assisting NASCOP to build up a surveillance team.

Developing a surveillance matrix and a strategic surveillance plan for Kenya, including incidence surveillance, STI surveillance, mortality surveillance, case reporting and clinical outcomes surveillance, pediatric surveillance

Developing an epidemiologic profile for Kenya that is constantly being updated

Preparations for next Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey

Informatics:

UCSF will work with the MoH and NASCOP to support the ongoing informatics activities which include:

Developing standards for Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems in Kenya and establishing a framework for systems interoperability.

Integration of key national electronic sub-systems which include a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Pharmacy systems. This will be demonstrated in at least two geographical locations (district or province) at different levels of health facilities. Internationally recognized standards such as HL7, LOINC, and ICD 10 coding should be included in the framework.

Building local capacity to support and use EMR/HMIS applications. This will entail the training of staff at local health facilities, regional level and at the national level. This activity will also include the ongoing capacity training workshops in selected technical in informatics topics as a way of ensuring sustainability.

Supporting the Division of HMIS to fully develop a data warehouse at the MOH. Support will be directed to all HIV programs and will include training MOH.

Supporting informatics activities in Nyanza province, including integration of Demographic Surveillance System (DSS) and health facilities.

Funding for Strategic Information (HVSI): $2,937,623

Futures Group International recently received an award to support the implementation of the informatics component of the Kenyan SI activities. Some specific that the reprogrammed funds will be used to accomplish are:

Supporting the upgrade of IQCare to implement the EMRs standards defined by the TWG. The Ministries of Health have expressed an interest in adapting IQCare as the "default" systems for MOH facilities with no existing EMR as the current CDC informatics partner phases out.

UCSF will support an expanded surveillance portfolio as well as informatics activities. Informatics support was not funded in the previous fiscal period. The activities to be supported through this implementing mechanism are listed below:

Surveillance:

UCSF will provide technical assistance to the GoK and implementing partners on a variety of HIV surveillance activities.

Developing a protocol that will measure the readiness of Kenya to move from relying ANC sentinel surveillance to estimate prevalence to using PMTCT data.

Surveillance of MARPs including MARPs protocol review, finalizing MARPs protocol and MARPs technical assistance and capacity building.

Manuscript preparation support for the Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey 2007

Surveillance needs assessment for surveillance capacity building with MoH and other implementing partners

Developing a plan for building surveillance capacity and assisting NASCOP to build up a surveillance team.

Developing a surveillance matrix and a strategic surveillance plan for Kenya, including incidence surveillance, STI surveillance, mortality surveillance, case reporting and clinical outcomes surveillance, pediatric surveillance

Developing an epidemiologic profile for Kenya that is constantly being updated

Preparations for next Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey

Informatics:

UCSF will work with the MoH and NASCOP to support the ongoing informatics activities which were previously supported by University of Washington/ITECH. These include:

Developing standards for Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems in Kenya and establishing a framework for systems interoperability.

Integration of key national electronic sub-systems which include a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Pharmacy systems. This will be demonstrated in at least two geographical locations (district or province) at different levels of health facilities. Internationally recognized standards such as HL7, LOINC, and ICD 10 coding should be included in the framework.

Building local capacity to support and use EMR/HMIS applications. This will entail the training of staff at local health facilities, regional level and at the national level. This activity will also include the ongoing capacity training workshops in selected technical in informatics topics as a way of ensuring sustainability.

Supporting the Division of HMIS to fully develop a data warehouse at the MOH. Support will be directed to all HIV programs and will include training MOH.

Supporting informatics activities in Nyanza province, including integration of Demographic Surveillance System (DSS) and health facilities

The Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey showed that HIV is still a major problem in Kenya and there is wide geographical variation in prevalence. STIs that are known to be associated with the risk of HIV acquisition and transmission are also common. This calls for strong HIV and STI surveillance systems to monitor these diseases. UCSF will help the GoK to strengthen its surveillance and routine monitoring systems through these expanded activities.

Funding for Health Systems Strengthening (OHSS): $200,000

Reprogramming $112,000 in OHSS from TBD/ASPH-follow on Emory.