BENIN Work Plan FY 2018 Project Year 7
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BENIN 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 Benin, ENVISION project activities are implemented by RTI International. ENVISION FY18 PY7 Benin Work Plan ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ENVISION Project Overview .......................................................................................................................... ii TABLE OF TABLES ......................................................................................................................................... iv TABLE OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................................................... iv ACRONYMS LIST ............................................................................................................................................ v COUNTRY OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................... 8 1) General Country Background ............................................................................................................ 8 a) Administrative Structure ........................................................................................................... 8 b) Overview of ENVISION support ................................................................................................. 9 2) National NTD Program Overview .................................................................................................... 10 a) Lymphatic Filariasis ................................................................................................................. 10 b) Trachoma ................................................................................................................................ 12 c) Onchocerciasis ........................................................................................................................ 13 d) Schistosomiasis ....................................................................................................................... 15 e) Soil-Transmitted Helminths .................................................................................................... 16 3) Snapshot of PC NTD Status in Benin ............................................................................................... 18 PLANNED ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................... 19 1) NTD Program Capacity Strengthening ............................................................................................ 19 a) Strategic Capacity Strengthening Approach ........................................................................... 19 b) Capacity Strengthening Objectives and Interventions ........................................................... 19 c) Monitoring Capacity Strengthening ........................................................................................ 20 2) Project Assistance ........................................................................................................................... 22 a) Strategic Planning ................................................................................................................... 22 b) NTD Secretariat ....................................................................................................................... 23 c) Building Advocacy for a Sustainable National NTD Program .................................................. 23 d) MDA Coverage ........................................................................................................................ 23 e) Social Mobilization to Enable NTD Program Activities ........................................................... 26 f) Training ................................................................................................................................... 31 g) Drug and Commodity Supply Management and Procurement .............................................. 33 h) Supervision for MDA ............................................................................................................... 34 i) M&E ........................................................................................................................................ 34 j) Supervision for M&E and DSAs ............................................................................................... 35 k) Dossier Development .............................................................................................................. 36 3) Maps................................................................................................................................................ 37 ENVISION FY18 PY7 Benin Work Plan iii APPENDIX 1: Work Plan Timeline................................................................................................................ 41 APPENDIX 2. Table of USAID-supported Regions and Districts in FY18 ...................................................... 43 TABLE OF TABLES Table 1: Snapshot of the expected status of PC NTDs in Benin as of September 30, 2017 ........................ 18 Table 2: Project assistance for capacity strengthening .............................................................................. 21 Table 3: Districts targeted for MDA with USAID support in FY18 ............................................................... 24 Table 4: Social mobilization/communication activities and materials checklist for NTD work planning ... 28 Table 5: Planned DSAs for FY18 by disease ................................................................................................ 35 TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1: Organization of the cascade training for the various MDA campaigns ....................................... 32 ENVISION FY18 PY7 Benin Work Plan iv ACRONYMS LIST AE Adverse Event AFRO Regional Office for Africa (WHO) ALB Albendazole APOC African Program for Onchocerciasis Control ATP Annual Transmission Potential AZT Azithromycin CAME Centrale d’Achat des Médicaments Essentiels CDD Community Drug Distributor CDTI Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin CES Coverage Evaluation Survey Co-RUP Co-Responsable d’Unité Pédagogique (Pedagogical Unit Deputy Chief) CP Conseiller Pédagogique (Pedagogical Advisor) CRP Chef de Région Pédagogique (Head of School District) DDS Direction Départementale de la Santé (Departmental Health Directorate) D-FEAT District Filariases Elimination Action Tool DFID UK Department for International Development DNSP Direction Nationale de la Santé Publique (National Public Health Directorate) (MOH) DPS Direction de la Promotion de la Scolarisation (Schooling Promotion Directorate) DQA Data Quality Assessment DSA Disease-Specific Assessment DSME Direction de la Santé de la Mère et de l’Enfant (Mother and Child Health Directorate) (MOH) ESPEN Expanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (WHO AFRO) EU Evaluation Unit FOG Fixed Obligation Grant FTS Filariasis Test Strip FY Fiscal Year GOB Government of Benin GTMP Global Trachoma Mapping Project HAT Human African Trypanosomiasis HQ Headquarters HZ Hôpital de Zone (Health Zone Hospital)