Tanzania Work Plan FY 2018 Project Year 7
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Tanzania Work Plan FY 2018 Project Year 7 October 2017–September 2018 ENVISION is a global project led by RTI International in partnership with CBM International, The Carter Center, Fred Hollows Foundation, Helen Keller International, IMA World Health, Light for the World, Sightsavers, and World Vision. ENVISION is funded by the US Agency for International Development under cooperative agreement No. AID-OAA-A-11-00048. The period of performance for ENVISION is September 30, 2011, through September 30, 2019. The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the US Agency for International Development or the United States Government. ENVISION Project Overview The US Agency for International Development (USAID)’s ENVISION project (2011–2019) is designed to support the vision of the World Health Organization (WHO) and its member states by targeting the control and elimination of seven neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), including lymphatic filariasis (LF), onchocerciasis (OV), schistosomiasis (SCH), three soil-transmitted helminths (STH; roundworm, whipworm, and hookworm), and trachoma. ENVISION’s goal is to strengthen NTD programming at global and country levels and support ministries of health (MOHs) to achieve their NTD control and elimination goals. At the global level, ENVISION—in close coordination and collaboration with WHO, USAID, and other stakeholders—contributes to several technical areas in support of global NTD control and elimination goals, including the following: • Drug and diagnostics procurement, where global donation programs are unavailable • Capacity strengthening • Management and implementation of ENVISION’s Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) • Disease mapping • NTD policy and technical guideline development • NTD monitoring and evaluation (M&E). At the country level, ENVISION provides support to national NTD programs by providing strategic technical and financial assistance for a comprehensive package of NTD interventions, including the following: • Strategic annual and multi-year planning • Advocacy • Social mobilization and health education • Capacity strengthening • Baseline disease mapping • Preventive chemotherapy (PC) or mass drug administration (MDA) • Drug and commodity supply management and procurement • Program supervision • M&E, including disease-specific assessments (DSAs) and surveillance. In Tanzania, ENVISION project activities are implemented by IMA World Health (IMA). ENVISION FY18 PY7 Tanzania Work Plan ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ENVISION Project Overview .......................................................................................................................... ii TABLE OF TABLES ......................................................................................................................................... iv TABLE OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................................................... iv ACRONYMS LIST ............................................................................................................................................ v COUNTRY OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................... 7 1) General Country Background ...........................................................................................................7 a) Administrative Structure ..................................................................................................................7 b) NTD Implementing Partners and Collaborators ...............................................................................8 2) National NTD Program Overview .................................................................................................. 12 a) Lymphatic Filariasis ....................................................................................................................... 12 b) Trachoma ....................................................................................................................................... 15 c) Onchocerciasis ............................................................................................................................... 16 d) Schistosomiasis .............................................................................................................................. 18 e) Soil transmitted Helminths ............................................................................................................ 19 3) Snapshot of NTD Status in Country ............................................................................................... 21 PLANNED ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................... 22 1) NTD Program Capacity Strengthening ........................................................................................... 22 a) Strategic Capacity Strengthening Strategy .................................................................................... 22 b) Capacity Strengthening Objectives and Interventions .................................................................. 22 c) Monitoring and Evaluating Proposed Capacity Strengthening Interventions ............................... 24 2) Project Assistance .......................................................................................................................... 26 a) Strategic Planning .......................................................................................................................... 26 b) NTD Secretariat ............................................................................................................................. 27 c) Building Advocacy for a Sustainable National NTD Program ........................................................ 27 d) Mapping ........................................................................................................................................ 28 e) MDA Coverage ............................................................................................................................... 28 f) Social Mobilization to Enable NTD Program Activities .................................................................. 30 g) Training .......................................................................................................................................... 33 h) Drug and Commodity Supply Management and Procurement ..................................................... 34 i) Supervision for MDA ..................................................................................................................... 35 j) M&E ............................................................................................................................................... 36 k) Supervision for M&E and DSAs ..................................................................................................... 37 l) Dossier Development .................................................................................................................... 38 APPENDIX 1: Work Plan Timeline................................................................................................................ 39 ENVISION FY18 PY7 Tanzania Work Plan iii APPENDIX 2. Table of USAID-supported Regions and Districts for MDA in FY18 -MDA ............................. 41 APPENDIX 3. Table of USAID-supported Regions and Districts for DSAs in FY18 ....................................... 45 TABLE OF TABLES Table 1: Non-ENVISION NTD partners working in country, donor support, and summarized activities..10 Table 2: Snapshot of the expected status of the NTD program in Tanzania as of September 30, 2017..21 Table 3: Measuring progress of capacity strengthening…… ............................................................... ..24 Table 4: Project assistance for capacity strengthening ......................................................................... 24 Table 5: USAID-supported districts and estimated target populations for MDA in FY18 ..................... 29 Table 6: Social mobilization/communication activities and materials checklist for NTD work planning..31 Table 7: Planned DSAs for FY18, by disease .......................................................................................... 37 TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1: MOHCDGEC leadership and governance levels ........................................................................ 7 ENVISION FY18 PY7 Tanzania Work Plan iv ACRONYMS LIST AFRO Africa Region Office, WHO ALB Albendazole APOC African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control CCHP Comprehensive Council Health Plan CDC U.S. Centers for Disease Control CDD Community Drug Distributor CDTI Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin CHMT Council (or District) Health Management Team CNTD Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases DC District Council DED District Executive Director DEO District Education Officer DFID UK Department for International Development DMO District Medical Officer DSA Disease-Specific Assessment EPIRF WHO Epidemiological Data Reporting Form EU Evaluation Unit FLHF Frontline Health Facility FLHW Frontline Health Worker CTND Filariasis Programmes Support Unit (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) FTS Filariasis Test Strips FY Fiscal Year GAELF Global Alliance for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis GoT Government of Tanzania GTMP Global Trachoma Mapping Project HKI Helen Keller