Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Details for Mechanism ID: 7241
Country/Region: Tanzania
Year: 2011
Main Partner: PharmAccess Foundation
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Private Contractor
Funding Agency: USDOD
Total Funding: $5,038,389

Funding for Care: Adult Care and Support (HBHC): $505,000

PharmAccess will provide facility based care services including the intergration of positive prevention services, supporting nutritional assessment and counseling in all Tanzania Peoples' Defense Forces (TPDF) facilities as well as to improve linkages with other services.

Funding for Care: Orphans and Vulnerable Children (HKID): $150,000

1) Provide quality care services and support for 400 Orphans and Vulnerable Children of Military Personnel in barracks surrounding TPDF hospitals in operational regions. 2)Link older OVC with lifeskills and economic strengthening opportunities in Mbeya region. 3)Work with the social welfare officer to support the re-intergration of children with their families in Mbeya region.

Funding for Treatment: Adult Treatment (HTXS): $2,025,000

Focus on quality HIV services at existing sites in the eight military hospitals in the country. This will be accomplished through regular supportive supervision, clinical and nutrition mentoring, patient monitoring, and ensuring uninterrupted supply of drugs and reagents through the central procurement mechanism, capacity building of local partners in financial accountability, technical support, program oversight and M&E. Funds will also be used for facilities and community linkages. PharmAccess works in eight regions; Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, Mwanza, Arusha, Singida, Mara, Tanga and another region, and currently covers patients.

Funding for Testing: HIV Testing and Counseling (HVCT): $700,000

Continue CT services at 8 TPDF hospitals & 10 health centres, and initiate CT services at 10 health centres. Retrain a total of 164 clinicians, nurse-counselors, lab technicians and pharmacists. Refurbish 3-4 counseling rooms for the 10 new sites and maintenance at the 8 hospitals and 15 already active satelites sites. Provide condoms & STI drugs and training for nurse-counselors from each CT site for home visits, and organize HIV/AIDS sensinstization campaign. Advocate CT post-test clubs, organize home visits and home-base care services. 60k taken away as part contribution to PPP.

Funding for Care: Pediatric Care and Support (PDCS): $54,000

These funds are proposed for the following activities: Scale up cotrimoxazole (CTX) prophylaxis for HIV-exposed and infected children; provide nutrition assessment, counseling and support; provide prevention, diagnosis and management of tuberculosis and other opportunistic infections (OI's); provide palliative care and psychosocial support. The funds will be used to improve linkages to Community Based Care including: under 5 child survival interventions and community HIV supported services. These activities will be achieved through training and on-site mentorship, establishment of coordinating committees with community-based organizations, advocacy and community mobilization. These activities will take place in military settings in Tanzania.

Funding for Treatment: Pediatric Treatment (PDTX): $216,000

These funds are proposed for the following activities: Implement updated WHO treatment guidelines to improve access to pediatric ART, including treatment of all HIV infected children <24 months;enhance the identification and diagnosis of HIV for infants and children through EID, PITC in in-patient and out-patient settings, immunization, OVC, and TB/HIV clinics; improve follow-up services for HIV-exposed infants and children and track and retain children in care and treatment; monitor response and adherence to treatment. These activities will be achieved through training, on-site mentorship, advocacy, community mobilization, and updating of tools for tracking and retention. These activities will take place within military settings in Tanzania with the aim of enrolling 452 new children on ART.

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (CIRC): $150,000

Continuation of support to maintain MC services for both military and civilian populations at selected facilities sites in Mbeya and the Makambako military site in Iringa.

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Abstinence/Be Faithful (HVAB): $240,000

Continue to support provision of a comprehensive HIV/AIDS education program, based on life-skills modules which were developed by the Tanzania Peoples Defense Forces (TPDF) through Emergency Plan funding with PharmAccess. Address GBV, male involvement and issues around alcohol.

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Other Sexual Prevention (HVOP): $286,200

PharmAccess will adapt and distribute IEC and life skills materials obtained from the UN and other African military program by a dedicated TPDF taskforce. Execute prevention programs targeting high-risk behavior. Strenthen PWP. Distribute condoms and include prevention education as part of counseling and testing services at post/camp treatment clinics.

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT): $519,189

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): $193,000

Maintain services related to implementation of the Three I's. It is estimated that around 20% of new patients enrolling into ART would present signs and symptoms of advanced HIV diseases and diagnosing TB among this group remains difficult as the routine diagnostic tests (AFB smear microscopy and/or chest X ray) are neither very sensitive nor very specific and undiagnosed TB remains a major cause of mortality in this group. To enhance TB diagnosis in this group, there is a high need of investing in sophisticated TB diagnostic tests e.g. Liquid culture and Line Probe Assays. To increase access to this service, PAI-DOD will coordinate transportation of sputum and/or blood samples to CTRL or Mbeya Referral Hospital for Liquid culture and LPAs. PAI-DOD should ensure TB screening and recording in the CTC2 is happening throughout the supported sites. The services will continue being provided in the TPDF and National service.

Subpartners Total: $0
Tanzania Peoples Defence Force: NA
Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $1,460,000
Construction/Renovation $270,000
Food and Nutrition: Commodities $150,000
Gender: Gender Based Violence (GBV) $240,000
Human Resources for Health $800,000
Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Addressing male norms and behaviors
Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS activities and services
Increasing women's legal rights and protection
Malaria
Child Survival Activities
Military Populations
Safe Motherhood
Tuberculosis
Workplace Programs
Family Planning