Health Systems and Finance Advisor

Added: Mar 16, 2015 2:41 am

USAID is part of the USG President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) inter-agency team in Botswana, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of State, Department of Defense, and the Peace Corps. The Botswana PEPFAR program is organized around the four pillar programs of the USG-GOB Partnership Framework and the Botswana National Strategic Framework II for HIV/AIDS: Prevention; Systems Strengthening; Treatment, Care and Support; and Strategic Information.  The Botswana interagency PEPFAR team implements a sustainable, evidence-based, results-oriented program, leveraging the particular technical expertise of each agency. USAID manages a large part of the Systems Strengthening portfolio, which includes: 1) support to the Ministry of Health to strengthen supply chain management, human resources for health, quality improvement, and health financing; 2) support to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development to strengthen monitoring systems and policy implementation; 3) support to NACA to strengthen monitoring systems; 4) support to the Gender Affairs Department (Ministry of Labor and Home Affairs) to strengthen GBV district referral and monitoring systems; and, 5) support to civil society organizations (CSO) to improve organizational development and their ability to deliver HIV-related services in their communities including: orphans and vulnerable children (OVC); TB prevention and treatment; HIV counseling and testing (HTC); positive health, dignity and prevention (PHDP for people living with AIDS); prevention, care and treatment for sex workers and other key populations; and prevention and treatment for GBV.  The USAID Botswana PEPFAR program supports these activities at the national, district and community levels.