Eighth Annual President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Track 1.0 ART Program Meeting

Maputo, Mozambique, August 10-12, 2010 

Tuesday, August 10th

Track 1.0 ART Program Updates and Achievements

Morning Session Moderator: Tedd Ellerbrock, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Welcome and opening remarks - Dr. Gertrudes Machatine, Director for Planning and Cooperation, Ministry of Health Mozambique, Ambassador Leslie Rowe, Ambassador to Mozambique, United States Embassy
• The Latest Treatment Numbers and Transition Highlights - Tedd Ellerbrock, CDC

ART Program Updates by USG Multinational ART Implementing Partners

Format: 15 minute presentation followed by a 10 minute discussion per partner

• EGPAF Project HEART Track 1.0 Program Update Nicole Buono, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
• AIDSRelief Program Update - Herby Derenoncourt, CRS and Martine Etienne-Mesubi, Institute of Human Virology
• FHI's Global ART Program: Today's Snapshot and Tomorrow's Vision Kwasi Torpey, Family Health International

ART Program Updates by USG Multinational ART Implementing Partners

Format: 15 minute presentation followed by a 10 minute discussion per partner

• Harvard and APIN Program Update - Phyllis Kanki, Harvard School of Public Health
• ICAP ART Program Update - David Hoos, International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs, Columbia University

• Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Program Update: Strategies Toward Sustainability - Russell Giese, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

CDC Country Team Meetings—Track 1.0 ART Program Transition

Implementing Partners meet with CDC Country Teams and CDC, HRSA HQ to discuss transition issues for that country.

Wednesday, August 11th

Track 1.0 Transition Updates: Early Lessons Learned and Promising Practices

Morning Session Moderator: Bob Ferris, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

• A Standards-based Approach to National ART Program Supervision to Assure Quality Care and Sustainability of U.S. Government Support to National ART Programs - Tom Spira, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

ICAP Transition Panel: Early Lessons Learned and Promising Practices

Moderator: Klaus Sturbeck

• Supporting the Regional Health Bureaus in Ethiopia - Zenebe Melaku, ICAP Ethiopia
• The District Mentorship Initiative in Tanzania - Redempta Mbatia, ICAP Tanzania
• Supporting Districts and the Provincial Medical Officer in Kenya - Mark Hawken, ICAP Kenya
• Facility Supervision in Rwanda by the District Health Management Teams - Ruben Sahabo, ICAP Rwanda
• Supporting Provincial Health Departments and Districts in Mozambique - Antonia Mussa, ICAP Mozambique

EGPAF Panel: Early Lessons Learned and Promising Practices from Project HEART – Perspectives from National, Provincial, District and Local Partners

Moderator - Cathrien Alons

• Early Lessons Learned and Promising Practices from Project HEART – Perspectives from National, Provincial, District and Local Partners - Cathrien Alons
  

• EGPAF: A Global Update on Transition Strategies and Implementation - Stephen Lee, EGPAF Global
• Funding Decentralized HIV Services in Cote d’Ivoire - Kone Idrissa, Health Services Payment Authority, MOH, Cote d'Ivoire
• Lessons from the District Approach - Cristo Nkya, District Medical Officer, MOH, Tanzania
• Absorption of Personnel: Experience from Guateng Province - Zukiswa Pinini, Gauteng Province, DOH, South Africa
• Lessons Learned from an Organizational Capacity Assessment - Geoffrey Silwizya, Center for Infectious Disease Research Zambia, CIDRZ, Zambia
• Early Lessons Learned about Transitioning to MOH, Regional/Provincial/District Health Authorities - John Donahue, AIDSRelief & Phyllis Kanki, Harvard University

Reflections on the Panel Presentations

Moderated Group Discussion

Track 1.0 Transition Updates: Early Lessons Learned and Promising Practices

Afternoon Session Moderator: Philippe Chiliade, Health Services and Resources Administration

• Update on the Global Health Initiative (GHI) - Donald Shriber, Center for Global Health, CDC

AIDSRelief Panel: Investing in Different Models of Local Ownership to Ensure Sustainable Patient Care

• Michele Broemmelsiek - AIDSRelief Global
• Dhally Menda - CHAZ, Zambia
• Pascal Manyuru, MEDS, Kenya
• Ruth Stark - CRS, South Africa

Harvard University Panel: Transition Updates from Local Partners

• The NGO Model - John Lichten, Harvard School of Public Health
• APIN: Development and Status - Prosper Okonkwo, CEO APIN, Nigeria
• Botswana Harvard Partnership: Development and Status - Ria Madison, COO, BHP, Botswana
• Transition Issues - Mark Barnes, Harvard University
• Early Lessons Learned about Transitioning to Faith-Based Organizations and NGO Partnerships - Nicole Buono, EGPAF & David Hoos, ICAP

Reflections on the Panel Presentations

Moderated Group Discussion

Closing Remarks - Rafi Morales, Health Services and Resources Administration

Thursday, August 12th

Monitoring Track 1.0 Transition: Country Ownership and Sustainability

Morning Session Moderator: Lisa Nelson, CDC Mozambique

Track 1.0 Implementing Partners: Approaches to Transition Monitoring

• The Site Capacity Assessment Tool and Other Mechanisms to Monitor Transition Status - Bobby Jefferson, Futures
• Utilizing Facility Data for Program Monitoring - Valerie Koscelnik, ICAP
• Monitoring & Evaluation Strategies in Harvard Partnerships - Toyin Jolayemi, APIN-Nigeria & Mary Mwanyika-Sando, MDH-Tanzania
• Monitoring Project HEART Transition - Rozalin Wise, EGPAF

USG Approaches to Transition Monitoring

• CDC Rwanda Transition Monitoring Approach - Felix Kayigamba, CDC Rwanda
• CDC Mozambique Transition Monitoring Approach - Charity Alfredo, CDC Mozambique
• Cross-cutting Capacity Building Needs of Proposed Local Partners Based on 7 ClASS Assessments - Philippe Chiliade, HRSA
• Update on Provincial and District Capacity Work Group - Janna Brooks, CDC

Closing Summary of Meeting - Tedd Ellerbrock, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention