Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 9408
Country/Region: Nigeria
Year: 2008
Main Partner: Christian Health Association of Nigeria
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: FBO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $138,074

Funding for Testing: HIV Testing and Counseling (HVCT): $138,074

The Nigeria Indigenous Capacity Building (NICAB) Project is a collaboration between Christian Health

Association of Nigeria (CHAN) and Management Sciences for Health (MSH) that aims at equipping Nigerian

organizations and service delivery points with the capacity to meet the needs of Nigerians living with

HIV/AIDS. It is a three year project that applies the principles of organizational development to mentor and

build the capacity of indigenous Nigerian institutions to respond to HIV/AIDS in their communities, provide

quality HIV/AIDS services and integrate TB and HIV diagnosis and treatment.

NICAB builds the capacity of twelve mission health facilities that are CHAN member institutions (MIs) and

twenty-four Faith and Community Based Organizations in Abia, Benue, Delta, Oyo, Sokoto and Taraba

States through collaborations with Civil Society Network on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (CiSHAN); the Network of

People Living with HIV/AIDS (NEPWHAN) and the Federation of Muslim Women's Associations of Nigeria

(FOMWAN).

Adhering to the principles of partnership, working through small grants, building cross-cutting linkages and

performance based financing, NICAB build the capacity of selected MIs and CBOs to effectively manage

primary, secondary and referral services, diagnose and initiate appropriate treatment, and build the skills of

care providers, volunteers, and community leaders to establish networks that link hospitals to community

facilities.

NICAB's mentor NGOs that will orchestrate community activities, train health workers to diagnose and treat

HIV in out/in patient departments, do basic medical assessments of signs and symptoms, provide routine

basic nursing care, nutritional assessment and counseling, identification and treatment of danger signs of

common OIs, psychological and spiritual counseling, and referral to social services for education, food

assistance and counseling and make appropriate referrals community health workers in counseling and

testing, community leaders and volunteers in community mobilization and sensitization for stigma reduction,

empower community based service providers with basic treatment literacy, support adherence to TB, OI

and ARV drugs and follow-up lost clients.