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| Dr Mrisho in a group photo with the Kisarawe Community in the fight against HIV and AIDS |
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| Minaki High School students when hosted TACAIDS officials last week |
TANZANIA is likely to experience a serious retardation motion in the fight against HIV and AIDS should a vividly pull out of long time donors in the war against the pandemic not get prompt local-based replacement.
The warning was sounded over the weekend by the Executive Chairperson of the Tanzania Commision for AIDS (TACAIDS) Dr Fatma Mrisho when she paid a courtesy call to the Pwani Regional Commissioner, Ms Mwantumu Mahiza.
Dr Mrisho revealed, “ As we are talking now, I have just met the representatives from CIDA and DANIDA—both of whom have confirmed to me that they will no longer contribute to the National Multi-sectroral Strategic Framework (NMSF)—coming the year 2015,”
This translates into that, we as nation; need to get a prompt replacement of the funding, failure of which, all the achievements we recorded in the fight against HIV and AIDS for more than 20 years will experience a heavy blow, remarked Dr Mrisho
The Danish and Canadian Governments through their international support funds, DANIDA and CIDA respectively, make a group of other bilateral donors who have been contributing tirelessly to the NMSF for many years.
Speaking at Kibaha Township, Dr Mrisho called on all the District councils to start mobilizing own funds to address the looming threat of donors pull out
She said, while TACAIDS and other local players were currently working hard to see to it that the long awaited AIDS Trust Fund (ATF) become operational, local councils should start raising funds from their own sources to attend to the already established HIV/AIDS related interventions
The NMSF is the strategy designed by the government through TACAIDS for addressing HIV and AIDS interventions in the regional councils all-over the country.
Some of the interventions are the provision of life prolonging drugs for people living with HIV (ARVs), care and support for people affected or affected by HIV, home-based care for HIV positive people and care of HIV-orphaned kids.
Likewise, another key donor—the US President Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)—which has been at a fore hand to support anti-AIDS interventions in the country is slowly reducing its support. According to PEPFAR, AIDS is no longer an emergency case; hence, local efforts can easily handle the issue in sustaining the already established infrastructures.
According to TACAIDS Consolidated Budget Recurrent & Development- 2010/2013, Tanzania received a total of about 575 million USD per year for HIV and AIDS national programme.
Funds received in the country were contributed as follows: donor support 98% and Government 2 % of the national programme. 5% contribution by Government includes donors who supports through General Budget Support.
The Government captures funds for HIV and AIDS according to the modality of funding, as most of the funds by donors are coming into the country through direct project implementation only 28% of the funds are captured in the Government books.
The major supporters of HIV and AIDS National response are the US Government (PEPFAR) 72%, and the Global Fund 20%, NMSF Grant from CIDA and DANIDA 4%, and the UN Family 2%
The warning was sounded over the weekend by the Executive Chairperson of the Tanzania Commision for AIDS (TACAIDS) Dr Fatma Mrisho when she paid a courtesy call to the Pwani Regional Commissioner, Ms Mwantumu Mahiza.
Dr Mrisho revealed, “ As we are talking now, I have just met the representatives from CIDA and DANIDA—both of whom have confirmed to me that they will no longer contribute to the National Multi-sectroral Strategic Framework (NMSF)—coming the year 2015,”
This translates into that, we as nation; need to get a prompt replacement of the funding, failure of which, all the achievements we recorded in the fight against HIV and AIDS for more than 20 years will experience a heavy blow, remarked Dr Mrisho
The Danish and Canadian Governments through their international support funds, DANIDA and CIDA respectively, make a group of other bilateral donors who have been contributing tirelessly to the NMSF for many years.
Speaking at Kibaha Township, Dr Mrisho called on all the District councils to start mobilizing own funds to address the looming threat of donors pull out
She said, while TACAIDS and other local players were currently working hard to see to it that the long awaited AIDS Trust Fund (ATF) become operational, local councils should start raising funds from their own sources to attend to the already established HIV/AIDS related interventions
The NMSF is the strategy designed by the government through TACAIDS for addressing HIV and AIDS interventions in the regional councils all-over the country.
Some of the interventions are the provision of life prolonging drugs for people living with HIV (ARVs), care and support for people affected or affected by HIV, home-based care for HIV positive people and care of HIV-orphaned kids.
Likewise, another key donor—the US President Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)—which has been at a fore hand to support anti-AIDS interventions in the country is slowly reducing its support. According to PEPFAR, AIDS is no longer an emergency case; hence, local efforts can easily handle the issue in sustaining the already established infrastructures.
According to TACAIDS Consolidated Budget Recurrent & Development- 2010/2013, Tanzania received a total of about 575 million USD per year for HIV and AIDS national programme.
Funds received in the country were contributed as follows: donor support 98% and Government 2 % of the national programme. 5% contribution by Government includes donors who supports through General Budget Support.
The Government captures funds for HIV and AIDS according to the modality of funding, as most of the funds by donors are coming into the country through direct project implementation only 28% of the funds are captured in the Government books.
The major supporters of HIV and AIDS National response are the US Government (PEPFAR) 72%, and the Global Fund 20%, NMSF Grant from CIDA and DANIDA 4%, and the UN Family 2%
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