Project profile — National AIDS Council Common Fund - Phase I

This project represents CIDA’s contribution to Mozambique’s National AIDS Council Common Fund, to support the plans and activities of the National AIDS Council. The National AIDS Council works with a variety of stakeholders – including local, national, and international non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations, government ministries, and the private sector – to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic facing the country. This project supports Mozambican efforts to combat HIV/AIDS through a comprehensive approach to prevention, care, treatment, and support for the people infected and affected by the disease. Through this project, CIDA is working in close collaboration with other donors and the Government of Mozambique to strengthen the effectiveness of its aid. Efforts are focused on effective, transparent, and accountable country systems; increasing coordination and harmonization among donors; and reinforcing mutual accountability. This approach also helps foster greater policy dialogue between CIDA, the Government of Mozambique, and partners, which in turn helps to reinforce efforts for effective, focused aid and long-term development results. Continuous monitoring and evaluation of the common fund is undertaken in coordination with other donors. The results expected from this project include not only nation-wide progress in the area of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, but also in other areas. It aims to achieve improvements in the Government of Mozambique’s ability to manage and administer its health sector, particularly in terms of transparency, sound financial management, and accountability. These improvements are an important factor in ensuring that the Government of Mozambique can maintain the progress achieved.

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Results achieved at end of project activities include: 189 youth centres offering HIV services have been established; an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign targeting youth has been expanded nationally, reaching almost 1 million youth; voluntary counseling and HIV testing facilities available to youth have increased; a plan to address the situation of orphaned and vulnerable children was created and over 260,000 orphans benefited from programs by 2007; funding to civil society organizations working in the area of HIV/AIDS rose to $9.7 million in 2006 from $102,000 in 2004; access to antiretroviral treatment increased to 88,211 in 2007 from 7,414 in 2004; the number of HIV-positive pregnant women receiving treatment increased to 24,320 in 2007 from 8,244 in 2005; and the number of units offering mother-to-child preventative treatment increased to 386 in 2007 from 17 in 2003.