GH22-2262: advancing sustainable implementation of high-quality HIV services in select counties in the republic of kenya under the president's emergency plan for aids relief (pepfar) - the…

GH22-2262: advancing sustainable implementation of high-quality HIV services in select counties in the republic of kenya under the president's emergency plan for aids relief (pepfar) - the government of makueni county is pleased to submit this project application in response to CDC funding opportunity announcement (nofo) no.CDC-RFA-GH22-2262. The county has since collaborated with the national government, USG agencies, pepfar i.PS, global fund and UN agencies to scale up provision of comprehensive HIV services as part of the devolved constitutional functions. The county will leverage its broad constitutional mandate and ongoing collaborations with CDC and CDC i.PS to scale up implementation of high impact HIV prevention, care and treatment programs towards sustainable epidemic control. The goal of the project is to improve makueni county government's ability to manage, sustain, and transition financing of HIV services to accelerate progress towards sustainable epidemic control and the 95:95:95 targets. The county will maximize organizational and leadership capacity for direct oversight and management of HIV services delivery in the county and implement high quality ,evidence -informed HIV prevention, case finding and clinical care services along the HIV/TB clinical cascade. The county will through this project collaborate with and CDC i.PS to strengthen capacity to:- 1.provide direct oversight and management to implement and sustain the HIV service delivery program at the county level. 2.strengthen county financial management systems to manage and finance sustainable HIV service delivery, including HRH components. 3.identify and enroll plhivs through targeted HIV tests and linkage strategies. 4.provide comprehensive HIV prevention, care and treatment, including the prevention and treatment of TB 5. Identify HIV infected pregnant and breastfeeding women. 6.implemented HIV prevention services among key and priority population. 7.strengthen laboratory systems for quality and timely HIV/TB related testing within the county. 8.track, collect and report data in alignment with q.i performance monitoring and surveillance activities. 9. The county government of makueni offers three cross cutting approaches to achieve the project strategies. 10.county led collaboration and coordination. 11.build capacity at all levels of the health system for sustainable county-led response. 12.rigorous data use and robust q.i /QA for accountability, quality and successful scale up.