According to Save the Children Country Director, Mr Steve Thorne, regions covered through the implementation of the programme include Mbeya, Iringa, Njombe, Ruvuma, Rukwa, Katavi, Tabora, Kigoma, Shinyanga, Simiyu, Kagera, Singida, Dar es Salaam and all key population interventions.
“Save the Children was selected as the Principal Recipient of the grant in the private sector and will complement with the Ministry of Finance and Planning through the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Children and Elderly in collaboration with key stakeholders including National Aids Control Programme (NACP) National TB and Leprosy Programme (NTLP),” Mr Thorne noted.
He was speaking in Dar es Salaam during the signing ceremony of the sub agreements by the four-sub recipients which are Africare, Benjamin Mkapa Foundation (BMF), Amref Health Africa and Management and Development for Health (MDH) which will implement the programme from now to the end of December 2017.
“This event signals the commencement of field implementation by the sub recipients. During the week, each SRs will also be assigned official programme vehicle which has been procured with grant funds to support field programme implementation,” said Chief of Party/Programme Director, Dr Godwin Asuquo from Save the Children.
The NGOs targeted HIV prevention programmes services –HIV counselling and testing to reach 194,688 men, women, young people and children. Also 11,130 men who have sex with men and 124,500 sex workers will be reached with life-saving HIV and TB services, among others.
On her part, Benjamin Mkapa Foundation Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ellen Mkondya Senkoro, noted that her company is fully committed to support the implementation of the programme for the mentioned regions, adding that they are supporting government initiatives for prevention of HIV/AIDS and TB countrywide.
The new AMREF international country director, Dr Florence Temu, said this is all about partnership and collaboration among stakeholders promised to share experience with them in order to achieve the targeted goals.
Save the Child (SC) began working in Tanzania in 1986, in Zanzibar, moving to the mainland in 1994. SC ensures that child rights are upheld through programmes in Child Protection, Health and Nutrition, Child Rights Governance and Education in development and humanitarian emergency contexts.
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