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Examples of Current Projects |
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- Technical Support Facility (TSF) for Southern Africa: This UNAIDS -funded programme facilitates access to timely, high quality short-term technical assistance for scaling up national HIV/AIDS programmes across 14 countries in Southern Africa. The focus areas of the project are programme management and planning, including support to Global Fund Grant Implementation.
In response to the need to demonstrate greater effectiveness and accountability around the HIV response in East and Southern Africa (ESA) there has been a growing demand for capacity building on results based planning and management (RBM). RBM is increasingly being adopted as an established criterion (a) to improve national planning and management processes and (b) to improve harmonization and alignment among stakeholders. In conjunction with UNAIDS, TSF has been supporting the:
- Building of capacity of stakeholders including national counterparts, CSO representatives, UN staff and regional consultants on the practical application of RBM within national and UN processes. RBM training workshops have been anchored within national processes in Rwanda, Zanzibar, Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Namibia
- Promoting knowledge management around RBM through a regional Technical Working Group on RBM
- Development of a toolkit and training guide for practitioners around RBM is currently underway.
- TSF capacity development- an important aspect of the training workshops has been the development of learning teams where regional consultants are identified to be part of a learning team during training workshops with the aim of supporting them to gain knowledge and experience on training around a results based approach to HIV planning in the region.
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- Free State Province Schools-Based Support to Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC), 2009-2010: Together with the Free State Department of Education, this PEPFAR funded project uses the “Circles of Support” model to capacitate communities to identify and use existing resources to support OVC.
This project will train and support 18 child care forums and 90 school-based support teams in the the Lejweleputswa District of the province.
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- The Second National HIV and AIDS Communication Survey 2009 ( NCS 2009): The NCS 2009 aims to provide strategic information on key risk factors for HIV in South Africa, including the extent and nature of multiple concurrent partnerships amongst sexually active adults. The project also will examine the impact of national coverage AIDS communication programming in the country. The NCS 2009 is a partnership between the National Department of Health, through the Khomanani Campaign, Soul City and PEPFAR, through Johns Hopkins Health and Education South Africa (JHHESA). HDA provides technical and managerial support to this project.
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- Community Surveys for John Hopkins Health and Education in South Africa (JHHESA): Community surveys are being conducted in 4 community sites in South Africa. Findings will be used to help local level organisations to refine their HIV/AIDS programming. The project uses both quantitative and tailored complementary qualitative research with key groups such as men who have multiple partnerships, in- and out-of-school youth, hostel dwellers, taxi drivers, traditional health practitioners and tavern owners.
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- STAR FOR LIFE Monitoring and Evaluation Partnership: This partnership develops and implements a range of monitoring and evaluation activities for STAR FOR LIFE, a schools-based HIV prevention initiative currently operational in northern Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban and Namibia. The impact of STAR FOR LIFE after 1 year of implementation was presented at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico, 2008.
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- Costing of AntiRetroviral Treatment Regimens: This costing analysis for the Elizabeth Glazer Paediatric Aids Foundation (EGPAF) takes place in Zambia, Cote d'Ivoire and South Africa. The project aims to provide insights into cost variations of HIV/AIDS treatment services and to inform future planning and management for EGPAF and other stakeholders.
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- Polio Laboratory Containment: The Department of Health in South Africa has appointed HDA to survey all laboratories in South Africa to determine which could potentially store wild poliovirus specimens. This forms part of the country’s obligation towards certifying South Africa as Polio-free, an essential step towards polio eradication across the region.
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| Examples of Past Projects |
- Health in Gauteng: Status Report 2006/2007: Commissioned by the Gauteng Department of Health, South Africa, this project included review, analysis and interpretation of data from the District Health Information System and other data sources. The Status Report was disseminated to policy-makers, managers, NGO's and the public.
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- A Schools-based Model for Care and Support of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, 2007 - 2008: This project, a partnership between HDA, the Eastern Cape Department of Education and LINK Community Development, developed and implemented a schools-based programme in 100 primary schools. Multi-disciplinary teams worked with each school to identify orphans and vulnerable children and to intervene through direct support and community mobilisation.
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- Integrating Human Resources Planning for HIV/AIDS and the Health System, for Ministry of Health in Botswana, 2007: This project, led by Health Partners Southern Africa and funded by CDC/ BOTUSA, formed part of a comprehensive human resource planning exercise. HDA developed planning approaches for HIV/AIDS services. The methodology included a needs assessment, modelling of service needs over the decade, development of staffing norms and structures across key service components, and projection of costs.
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- Evaluating HEARTLINES, 2006: Heartlines is a media initiative which uses television, radio, print and other channels to promote conversations, thought and action around values in South Africa. HDA was the evaluation partner for the first phase of this innovative intervention. The year 1 evaluation included qualitative and quantitative methods to understand impact and provide direction for future programming.
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- Research Management and Technical Support to the South African Government's National AIDS Communication Programme, 2001-2006: HDA provided technical leadership in formative research, qualitative mid-term reviews and monitoring and evaluation of this large-scale programme. As part of this project, HDA, together with JHHESA, successfully initiated the First National HIV and AIDS Communication Survey 2006. This project was jointly funded by the National Department of Health, United States Agency for International Development, and PEPFAR in collaboration with JHHESA. This study was jointly undertaken with the Centre for AIDS Development Research and Evaluation (CADRE). It measured exposure to 19 different AIDS communication programmes. HDA produced provincial-level analyses of the NCS 2006 and a specific report for Khomanani detailing the impact of its various sub-programmes.
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- Development and Management of the Community Action Component of the South African Government's National AIDS Communication Programme, 2004-2006: This intervention provided the core campaigns of Khomanani with a face-to-face communication channel capable of reaching one million people. The project was established in 27 sites across South Africa, reaching vulnerable and hard to reach communities and reinforcing the HIV prevention and care and support messages that were the focus of the mass media campaigns.
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- Identification of Research Gaps for HIV/AIDS for the Department of Social Development, South Africa, 2006: HDA worked with the Department of Social Development to identify research gaps in their HIV/AIDS response and to define a process to address information needs. The project included the development of a searchable database of research that is relevant to Social Development policies and programmes. The database remains housed at the Department and is updated periodically.
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- Circles of Support for Vulnerable Children: A Community and Schools-Based Multi-Sectoral Approach to Meeting Their Needs, 2003-2005: This pilot project in Botswana, Namibia and Swaziland was supported by the European Union and the Southern African Development Community Health Co-ordinating Unit. HDA and local partners developed and implemented a schools-based networking approach to the care and support of orphans and vulnerable children. Elements of the approach and materials have continued to be used and expanded on across the Region.
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- Lower Income Medical Schemes Household Survey, 2005-2006: HDA designed, managed and analysed this survey for the South African Ministerial Task Team on Low Income Medical Schemes. A national sample of low income households was surveyed to assess current health seeking behaviour, needs and preferences for different medical insurance package options. The methodology used a range of standard and innovative techniques to rank preferences and priorities more effectively.
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- Impact Assessment of a New Programming Component on HIV and AIDS for Takalani Sesame, 2005: A community randomised controlled trial was conducted in rural and urban areas in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. The trial aimed to assess the effectiveness of an innovative media intervention in promoting dialogue about HIV between young children and their caregivers.
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- Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in Namibia, 2005: This project, supported by the Namibian National HIV/AIDS Coordination Programme and the European Union, developed training modules for Namibian AIDS programme managers and conducted training and mentoring of colleagues in Namibia to enable them to train a wider group. The training focused on skills to incorporate HIV/AIDS interventions into the mainstream activities of various sectors and work places. Training manuals and materials were printed by the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Namibia.
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- Impact of HIV and AIDS on the Health Sector in Swaziland, 2005: This project was commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Swaziland and supported by the US Agency for International Development. This project, conducted together with JTK Associates, Swaziland, provided information for advocacy and planning purposes in order to facilitate more effective responses to HIV and AIDS by the sector. The assessment used quantitative and qualitative projections of needs and costs related to various services, including ART, TB and in-patient care.
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