SolidarMed AIDS South East Africa SMART III 2011-2012

Combating HIV/AIDS and providing universal access to quality HIV/AIDS care and treatment are part of the Goal 6 of the Millennium Development Goals. Decentralization and task shifting are means by which SMART contributes to access to HIV services. Task shifting from doctors to nurses in Anti Retroviral Treatment (ART) initiation and follow-up, by training of nurses in these topics, has allowed the scale-up of ART services. There is both international and national focus on the co-management of TB/HIV. SMART III is intensively addressing this issue.

The project in brief

Directorate/federal office responsible	SDC
Credit area	Humanitarian aid
Project partners	Contract partner Swiss Non-profit Organisation Solidarmed
Budget	Current phase Swiss budget CHF    55’550 Swiss disbursement to date CHF    55’550
Project phases	Phase 6 01.06.2012 - 31.12.2012   (Completed) Phase 5 01.06.2011 - 31.05.2012   (Completed) Phase 4 01.01.2011 - 31.12.2012   (Completed)

Further technical details

• Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	POPULATION POLICIES/PROGRAMMES & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
  Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	STD control including HIV/AIDS
  Type of support	Official development assistance (ODA)
  Type of collaboration	Bilateral cooperation
  Finance type	Aid grant
  Aid Type	Project and programme contribution
  Tied/untied aid	Untied aid
  Project number	7F03667