Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Details for Mechanism ID: 13355
Country/Region: Tanzania
Year: 2011
Main Partner: Ministry of Health and Social Welfare - Tanzania
Main Partner Program: Zanzibar AIDS Control Program
Organizational Type: Host Country Government Agency
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $2,868,000

Funding for Care: Adult Care and Support (HBHC): $100,000

Strengthen and improve community Home-Based Care / Palliative Care program in Zanzibar. This will be accomplished through:-

(1) Strengthening coordination and collaboration between donors, Local Government Authorities (LGA's) and implementing partners

(2) Providing guidance for provision of integrated high-quality care and support for PLHIV from the time of diagnosis throughout the continuum of illness

(3) Ensuring that the services are accessible

(4) Developing, updating, printing and distributing guidelines and tools

(5) Coordinating trainings

(6) Monitoring and evaluating programs

(7) Providing supportive supervision at national level

Funding for Treatment: Adult Treatment (HTXS): $495,000

Coordination of care and treatment services in Zanzibar. ZACP will continue to work with authorities from the regional and district level, to maintain HIV/AIDS program and empower local authorities to create ownership of the program. Funds will also be used for management of HIV/HBV co-infection at Mnazi Mmoja CTC through identification of HIV and HBV co-infection persons and treatment, development of SOPs, printing of guidelines, training materials, training, supportive supervision, adminstrative support and data management.

Funding for Testing: HIV Testing and Counseling (HVCT): $350,000

Continue support for VCT Mnazi Mmoja, PITC, mobile CT for MARPs and in prisons in Zanzibar.

Funding for Strategic Information (HVSI): $400,000

The FY 11 funding will enable ZACP to implement the revised HIV/AIDS patient monitoring system for care and treatment, size estimation of MARPs studies in Pemba and Unguja. The funds will also be used to procure supplies and reagents for MARPs studies.

The FY 11 funding has decreased by 15% as a result of the SI reductions linked to PFIP priorities and one time funds that were available in FY10.

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Blood Safety (HMBL): $400,000

Program oversight, coordination and implementation, including training and M&E, for Zanzibar.

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Abstinence/Be Faithful (HVAB): $60,000

Continue support for coordination of IEC/BCC efforts (AB component) on Zanzibar; Slight decrease in funding amount in view of ZACP pipeline and pending recruitment of ZACP BCC specialist.

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Other Sexual Prevention (HVOP): $60,000

Continue support for coordination of IEC/BCC efforts (OP component) on Zanzibar; Previously funded for AB only - funding now split between AB & OP to allow for broader and more comprehensive approach to stregthen condom promotion efforts on Zanzibar.

Funding for Prevention: Injecting and Non-Injecting Drug Use (IDUP): $400,000

Coordination and services for MARPs in Zanzibar in MOH facilities, including MARPs rehabilitation facility. $100,000 subgrant to DSAPR to support MAT, NSP and DU/IDU M&E

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT): $557,000

Implement PMTCT and improve MCH services (see PF package): The PF funds will support the implementing partner (IP) to meet the objective of scaling-up quality PMTCT services by:-

(1) Strengthening the linkages and referrals of HIV+ women and children to care and treatment services and other health and community programs

(2) Integrating PMTCT and ART

(3) Having the partner complement FP and Focused Antenatal Care (FANC)

(4) Having the PMTCT partner complement Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) package

(5) Having the partner complement Newborn Health package.

(6) Supporting EID transportation of samples including DBS and sending back the results to the clients.

(7) Improving infrastructure through construction and renovation (8) Improving the procurement of MCH-related equipment, drugs and supplies through a central procurement system

(9) Strengthening M&E systems to track and document the impact of the PMTCT program

(10) Providing training and improving retention rates of health care workers

(11) Strengthening and expanding interventions to improve maternal and child survival

(12) Supporting new activities such as Cervical cancer screening

(13) Creating community demand

Funding for Care: TB/HIV (HVTB): $46,000

Review, update, finalize, print and distribute adopted WHO guidelines, patient monitoring system (PMS) tools, support training of health care providers on the new PMS tools, coordinate pilot and subsequent implementation of Three I's. Strengthen collaboration between NACP, NTLP, GFATM, and other stakeholders involved in TB/HIV interventions. Services will be coordinated at the National Level.

Subpartners Total: $0
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare - Zanzibar, Tanzania: NA
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare - Zanzibar, Tanzania: NA
Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $803,040
Human Resources for Health $803,040
Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Mobile Populations
Tuberculosis