Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2007 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 5793
Country/Region: Uganda
Year: 2009
Main Partner: To Be Determined
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Implementing Agency
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $0

Funding for Care: TB/HIV (HVTB): $0

This activity will contribute to Makerere University Faculty of Medicine's activities in Palliative Care: TB/HIV.

As a result of PEPFAR support, the Ministry of Health's [MoH] National TB Reference Laboratory [NTRL]

has been nominated to become a supra national reference laboratory in the region. However, the culture

laboratory requires rehabilitation; under the Ministry of Health (MoH) laboratory service and equipment

standards, "the successful partner" will utilize this funding to rehabilitate this laboratory.

"The successful partner" will assess and implement required infrastructure improvements ensuring that

NTRL's capacity is strengthened to provide quality TB laboratory services at both national and regional

levels.

An additional $2,585,000 is allocated in Laboratory Services for the strengthening of the Central Public

Health Laboratory and District Hospitals and Health Center IVs.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 16902

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

16902 16902.08 Department of Regional 7290 5793.08 Technical $270,000

State / African Procurement Assistance for

Affairs Support National and

Office/Frankfurt

District

Laboratories

Construction

and

Renovations

Emphasis Areas

Construction/Renovation

Human Capacity Development

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Water

Table 3.3.12:

Funding for Laboratory Infrastructure (HLAB): $0

This activity will contribute to the AMREF laboratory strengthening project activities under Laboratory

Infrastructure. Since 2004, AMREF has received PEPFAR funding to improve laboratory staffing capacity at

Health Center IIIs [HC III] and strengthen laboratory services at Health Centre IVs [HC IV] in Uganda. The

primary focus of the AMREF portfolio is to improve national laboratory services. Specific initiatives include:

training for district-level for HC III basic laboratory staff cadre to become Laboratory Assistants;

strengthening the training capacity at specific laboratory assistant training schools; supply laboratory

equipment to district and regional laboratories; and provide in-service training to further develop the

capacity of all laboratory staff working at Ministry of Health (MoH) public facilities, uniformed service

agencies, and FBO/NGO health facility laboratories.

In FY 2009, "the successful partner" in collaboration with CDC-Uganda will allocate $1,085,000 for a

partnership project with AMREF. The project will consist of the rehabilitation of 20 district laboratories.

Using the Ministry of Health (MoH) laboratory service and equipment standards, "the successful partner" will

contract with local firm(s) to assess and implement required infrastructure improvements. These

improvements will ensure that district laboratory capacity will meet the national standards. The laboratories

must be able to support HIV/AIDS care and treatment services, HIV-testing to support VCT, TB screening

and other key tests related to opportunistic infections diagnosis.

In addition "the successful partner" will direct $1,500,000 to construct premises for Ministry of Health's

Central Public Health Laboratories (CPLH). The CPLH will house the coordination units responsible for

different activities in the lab sector.

Finally an additional $267,265 is programmed in HIV/TB for renovations at NTRL.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 15909

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

15909 11497.08 Department of Regional 7290 5793.08 Technical $2,569,000

State / African Procurement Assistance for

Affairs Support National and

Office/Frankfurt

District

Laboratories

Construction

and

Renovations

11497 11497.07 Department of Regional 5793 5793.07 RPSO lab $535,000

State / African Procurement

Affairs Support

Office/Frankfurt

Emphasis Areas

Construction/Renovation

Human Capacity Development

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Water

Table 3.3.16: