Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2007 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 5006
Country/Region: Mozambique
Year: 2007
Main Partner: U.S. Department of State
Main Partner Program: Regional Procurement Support Office - Frankfurt
Organizational Type: Other USG Agency
Funding Agency: enumerations.State/African Affairs
Total Funding: $1,500,000

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Blood Safety (HMBL): $1,500,000

This activity is also linked with activity sheets 8196 and 8194.

In 2004/5, the USG supported the Ministry of Health (MoH) National Blood Transfusion Program (NBTP) team to develop a five-year strategic plan to re-design blood transfusion services, moving toward a network model of service delivery. Consequently, the Minister of Health decided in-line with international WHO guidelines and recommendations to support the establishment of an independent National Blood Transfusion Service. This activity would provide funding to the Regional Procurement Support Office to support the MoH to design and construct a facility which would bring the Blood Transfusion Services Directorate and the National Referral Blood Bank together under one unit.

This activity aims to: 1) Improve the coordination of services between these two bodies; 2) Establish an improved national blood safety training facility; 3) Strengthen the coordination of the National Blood Transfusion Quality Assurance and monitoring and evaluation program; and 4) Improve overall service and coordination of the National Referral Blood Bank.

These four objectives rely on the timely completion of the construction phase of this project. Indeed, to achieve progress on these objectives in FY 07, early funding is strongly needed to ensure that construction faces no delay and can start immediately. Construction will require an upfront capital cost to develop competitive bids and to hire contractors, who will in turn produce facility designs, hire sub-contractors, procure materials, and begin contruction on a foundation for the facility.