Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2010 2011

Details for Mechanism ID: 9624
Country/Region: Tanzania
Year: 2011
Main Partner: National AIDS Control Program - Tanzania
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Host Country Government Agency
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $3,439,432

Funding for Care: Adult Care and Support (HBHC): $150,000

With these funds NACP will strengthen and improve community Home-based Care/ Palliative Care program in Tanzania. This will be accomplished by strengthening coordination and collaboration between donors, local government authorities and implementing partners, provision of guidance for implementation of integrated high-quality care and support for PLHIV from the time of diagnosis throughout the continuum of illness and ensuring that the services are accessible. NACP will develop, update, print and distribute guidelines and tools, coordinate trainings, monitor and evaluate program as well as supportive supervision. With $50,000 funding NACP will support and coordinate the roll out of Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention (PHDP/PwP) whilst providing supportive supervision.These activities are at National level.

Funding for Treatment: Adult Treatment (HTXS): $300,000

For FY11 funding, NACP will collaborate and coordinate with IPs in the country for provision of comprehensive Care and Treatment services. This will be accomplished through regular meetings with partners to provide policy and technical guidance, printing, revision and dissemination of guidelines and M&E tools, including adoption of new WHO recommendations. NACP/CTU will continue to work with authorities from regional and district level, to maintain HIV AIDS program and empower local authorities to create ownership of the program. Funds will also be used to assist implementation of quality improvement guidelines and tools including training of health care providers and monitoring and evaluation.

Funding for Testing: HIV Testing and Counseling (HVCT): $400,000

NACP will continue to support a capacity building plan for national NACP/CSSU HTC staff in M&E, Quality Assurance for HTC services, study tours, program management. NACP will support the coordination of HTC services, development/adaption of new HTC guidelines, QA HCT guidelines, ME tools and training material development/review, SOPs for HCT services, supervisory visits, mentoring visits. They will also coordinate HCT meetings, trainings for National HTC supervisors, TOT teams, Training teams, RHMTs and CHMTs, dissemination of the HCT guidelines, materials and ME tools to RHMTs and CHMTs.

Funding for Treatment: Pediatric Treatment (PDTX): $100,000

For FY11 funding, NACP will collaborate and coordinate with IP's in the country for provision of comprehensive Pediatric Care and Treatment services. This will be accomplished through regular meetings with partners to provide policy and technical guidance, printing, revision and dissemination of guidelines and M&E tools, including adoption of new WHO recommendations. NACP/CTU will continue to work with authorities from regional and district levels to maintain HIV/AIDS program and empower local authorities to create ownership of the program. Funds will also be used to assist with the implementation of quality improvement guidelines and tools including training of health care providers and monitoring and evaluation.

Funding for Strategic Information (HVSI): $500,000

The FY 11 funding will enable NACP to implement the newly revised CTC2 patient monitoring system for HIV/AIDS care and treatment, HIV drug resistance threshold surveys, and select MARPs size estimation studies. The funds will also be used to procure supplies and reagents for MARPs studies.

The FY 11 NACP funding has been reduced by 31% in line with the SI budget reductions according to the PFIP and the one time funds received in FY10.

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (CIRC): $50,000

Support of MC Technical Working Group and coordination of MC services nationally

Transfering funding from Mechanism 9719, MOHSW to Mechanism 9949, NACP.

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Abstinence/Be Faithful (HVAB): $200,000

Continue support for coordination of IEC/BCC efforts (AB component) on Tanzania mainland; Funding level increased to enable effective coordination of IEC/BCC utilizing the skills and knowledge gained from USG capacity strengthening efforts.

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Other Sexual Prevention (HVOP): $200,000

Continue support for coordination of IEC/BCC efforts (OP component) on Tanzania mainland; Funding level increased to enable effective coordnation of IEC/BCC utilizing the skills and knowledge gained from USG capacity strengthening efforts.

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT): $1,209,282

1) Support MOHSW to coordinate and lead PMTC/RCH partners implementation.($140,000), 2) Support RCHS/EPI to coordinate facilitation of identification of HEI.($100,000) 3) Print the reviewed EID lab request forms ($80,000).

Funding for Care: TB/HIV (HVTB): $330,150

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. Co-lead the Early Mortality Reduction study with NTLP and other collaborating stakeholders. Strengthen collaboration between NACP, NTLP, GFATM, and other stakeholders involved in TB/HIV interventions. Services will be coordinated at the National Level.

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $2,749,005
Human Resources for Health $2,749,005
Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
End-of-Program Evaluation
Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS activities and services
Mobile Populations
Tuberculosis