GUINEA Work Plan FY 2018 Project Year 7
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GUINEA 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 Guinea, ENVISION project activities are implemented by Helen Keller International. ENVISION FY18 PY7 GUINEA Work Plan ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ENVISION Project Overview .......................................................................................................................... ii TABLE OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................................................... iv ABBREVIATIONS LIST ..................................................................................................................................... v COUNTRY OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................... 1 1) General Country Background .................................................................................................... 1 a) Administrative Structure ........................................................................................................... 1 a) Other NTD Partners ................................................................................................................... 1 b) Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Epidemic .......................................................................................... 5 2) National NTD Program Overview .............................................................................................. 6 a) Lymphatic Filariasis ................................................................................................................... 7 b) Trachoma ................................................................................................................................... 8 c) Onchocerciasis ......................................................................................................................... 10 d) Schistosomiasis ........................................................................................................................ 12 e) Soil-Transmitted Helminths ..................................................................................................... 13 3) Snapshot of NTD Status in Country ......................................................................................... 14 PLANNED ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................... 15 1) NTD Program Capacity Strengthening ..................................................................................... 15 a) Strategic Capacity Strengthening Approach ............................................................................ 15 b) Capacity Strengthening Objectives and Interventions ............................................................ 15 c) Monitoring Capacity Strengthening ........................................................................................ 16 1) Project Assistance .................................................................................................................... 18 a) Strategic Planning .................................................................................................................... 18 b) Advocacy ................................................................................................................................. 19 c) Mapping .................................................................................................................................. 20 d) MDA Coverage ......................................................................................................................... 20 e) Social Mobilization to Enable NTD Program Activities ............................................................ 22 f) Training .................................................................................................................................... 26 g) Drug and Commodity Supply Management and Procurement ............................................... 27 h) Supervision for MDA ............................................................................................................... 30 i) M&E ......................................................................................................................................... 32 j) Supervision for M&E and DSAs ............................................................................................... 33 k) Dossier Development .............................................................................................................. 33 2) Maps ........................................................................................................................................ 33 APPENDIX 1: Work Plan Timeline................................................................................................................ 38 ENVISION FY18 PY7 GUINEA Work Plan iii APPENIDX 2. Table of USAID-supported Regions and Districts in FY18 ...................................................... 41 TABLE OF TABLES Table 1a. Non-ENVISION NTD partners working in Guinea, donor support, and summarized activities . 3 Table 1b. Table of financial support for MDA per HD in FY18 .................................................................. 4 Table 2a. Historical LF epidemiological MDA coverage rates in HDs ........................................................ 8 Table 2b. Trachoma historical MDA data supported by ENVISION........................................................... 9 Table 2c. Historical SCH MDA coverage rates......................................................................................... 12 Table 2d. PZQ treatment cycle differences according to prevalence rates ............................................ 13 Table 3. Snapshot of the expected status of the NTD program in GUINEA as of Sept. 30, 2017 ......... 14 Table 4. Project assistance for capacity strengthening ......................................................................... 17 Table 5. USAID-supported districts and estimated target populations for MDA in FY18 ..................... 21 Table 6. Social mobilization/communication activities and materials checklist for NTD work planning 25 Table 7. Planned Disease-specific Assessments for FY18 by Disease ................................................... 33 TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1. Guinea LF, OV, SCH, STH, and Trachoma Maps ....................................................................... 34 Figure 2. Guinea LF, OV, SCH, STH, and Trachoma Geographic Coverage Maps ................................... 35 Figure 3. Guinea Progress Toward LF Elimination Map ......................................................................... 36 Figure 4. Guinea Trachoma Progress Toward Elimination Map ............................................................. 37 ENVISION FY18 PY7 GUINEA Work Plan iv ABBREVIATIONS LIST ALB Albendazole APOC African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control ASTMH American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene CDD Community Drug Distributor CDTI Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin CLTS Community-Led Total Sanitation CNTD Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases COR-NTD Coalition