Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2012 2013 2014 2015

Details for Mechanism ID: 13564
Country/Region: Nigeria
Year: 2013
Main Partner: Federal Ministry of Health - Nigeria
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Host Country Government Agency
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $5,064,417

FMOH will support the Human Resource for Health (HRH) branch to improve on the national Human Resource Informatics Systems (HRIS) started in COP 11. FMOH will also collaborate with 5 states of the federation to establish and strengthen state HRH branches. FMOH will support strengthening of the existing government of Nigeria collaborating centers for leadership and management training and support of 2 FMOH staff to attend the training. FMOH will support the planning and hosting of the 2012 national HRH conference and continual strengthening of the national Health Systems Technical Working group. FMOH will also support the following activities of the government of Nigeria, advocacy visits for the formation of a national patient management monitoring system (PMMS), HIV incidence study, 2012 ante natal care sentinel survey and HIV drug resistance threshold survey. The National Human Research Ethics Committee (NHREC) will be supported to develop a national research policy regulating HIV/AIDS researches involving human subjects in the country. FMOH will also be strengthened to develop a laboratory networks and establish a repository center for specimens and data for surveillance activities and capacity of 6 TB zonal reference laboratories will also be strengthened., A national sample repository center will be developed and institutionalized A National Reference Laboratory to oversee laboratory services in Nigeria will also be established.

Funding for Laboratory Infrastructure (HLAB): $900,000

In line with WHO recommendations, FMoH will work with appropriate Implementing Partners to develop and standardize an EQA reagent repository that will support evaluation of HIV labs ability to collect, process, store and transport samples for HIV serology, viral load assays, TB and malaria testing. FMoH will support CPHL to house the EQA panel in 6 regional reference laboratories and provide technical assistance to HIV, TB and malaria laboratories in Nigeria. FMoH and its partners will pursue accreditation of the EQA labs by the Medical and Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN). FMoH will support CPHL to expand the National Reference Laboratory network from a single site in Zaria to 6 zonal HIV reference laboratories. FMoH will build on its partnership with appropriate PEPFAR Implementing Partners and local Universities to establish one reference laboratory in each geo-political zone. SICDHAN will support the reference laboratories to achieve ISO certification and other accreditations as appropriate. FMOH will develop HIV/AIDS related laboratory protocols and training packages for the implementation of reference laboratories that build upon existing methodologies in Nigeria. A technical review and dissemination of laboratory guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) at National and State levels will be conducted in the first two years of implementation of this project. FMoH and its partners will train 40 laboratory staff on molecular assay to support viral load estimation and Early Infant Diagnosis (EID), as well as in TB/HIV-related laboratory diagnosis to enable effective supervision of HIV/TB centers such as the National Reference Laboratory in Zaria. Also, FMoH will support a national harmonization meeting of laboratory protocols, plans, and an implementation framework based on scientifically proven methodologies. FMoH will collaborate with appropriate partners to mentor the Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL) and other Nigerian HIV/AIDS laboratories towards MLSCN and international accreditation, in line with National and International best practices. In addition, CHPL will be strengthened to develop and implement an accreditation program for HIV/AIDS laboratories in Nigeria.

Funding for Strategic Information (HVSI): $2,160,929

FMOH will be supported to carry out the following activities of the government of Nigeria, advocacy visits for the formation of a national patient management monitoring system (PMMS), HIV incidence study, 2012 ante natal care sentinel survey and HIV drug resistance threshold survey

Funding for Health Systems Strengthening (OHSS): $2,003,488

FMOH will support the Human Resource for Health (HRH) branch to improve on the national Human Resource Informatics Systems (HRIS) started in COP 11. FMOH will also collaborate with 5 states of the federation to establish and strengthen state HRH branches. FMOH will support strengthening of the existing government of Nigeria collaborating centers for leadership and management training and support 2 FMOH staff to attend the training. FMOH will support the planning and hosting of the 2012 national HRH conference and continual strengthening of the national Health Systems Technical Working group. . The National Human Research Ethics Committee (NHREC) will be supported to develop a national research policy regulating HIV/AIDS researches involving human subjects in the country.

Subpartners Total: $0
Solina Health Ltd: NA
Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $700,697
Gender: Gender Equality $400,697
Human Resources for Health $300,000
Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Increase gender equity in HIV prevention, care, treatment and support
enumerations.Malaria (PMI)
Child Survival Activities
Safe Motherhood
Tuberculosis
Family Planning