About the Costing Task Order for HIV/AIDS Programs
Data for Decisionmaking for HIV/AIDS Programs, to be known as the Costing Task Order (TO) under the Health Policy Initiative IQC, is a three-year project designed in response to PEPFAR Country Teams' requests for a mechanism to generate data on cost-effective interventions for HIV services and programs to support evidence-based decisionmaking. The task order can support USAID/Washington and USAID/Missions in the area of HIV and AIDS and, as needed, in family planning/reproductive health and maternal health.
Overview
The project is designed to strengthen host country strategic information capacity and US Government (USG) information systems and, to this end, will:
- Provide national, regional, and local leaders and stakeholders with reliable costing and modeling data to be used to design policies and provide for programmatic decisionmaking for health service delivery and system priorities.
- Provide direct technical assistance to USAID Missions, other USG-supported programs, and multilateral organizations to evaluate and assess resource allocation for public health programming and cost-effective policy priorities.
- Conduct training to bolster in-country expertise among policy national, regional, and local leaders and stakeholders to utilize, analyze, interpret, and present timely and accurate costing and modeling data for evidence-based decisionmaking and advocacy within their respective regions.
- Publish, disseminate and present relevant information to: (1) inform and equip USAID and other USG field staff and host government policymakers with cost data for decisionmaking and information and analysis for program planning, and (2) document processes for replicating this work.
Technical Activity Areas:
The Costing TO team has identified a number of technical areas where we are likely to provide technical assistance. These areas include:
- Estimating national HIV/AIDS resource needs
- Costing National Strategic Plans
- Estimating the costs of pediatric and adult treatment
- Estimating the costs of prevention programs (e.g., male circumcision, PrEP, PMTCT)
- Conduct socioeconomic impact assessments
- Costing programs for orphans and vulnerable children
- Calculating the costs of capacity development, including estimating human resource requirements
- Costing Global Fund applications
- Providing regional training in costing and modeling
- Providing country training in costing and modeling
How to Participate:
Costing Task Order Programs can be accessed through field support (Task order #AID-OAA-TO-10-00012). If you have any questions about this new mechanism, please feel free to contact the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR), Mai Hijazi (mhijazi@usaid.gov).
The lead implementing partner on this task order is the Futures Group with partners the Futures Institute and Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA). Project contacts are Dr. Steven Forsythe, Project Director (sforsythe@futuresinstitute.org) and Rachel Sanders, Deputy Director (rsanders@futuresgroup.com).
Please copy COTR Mai Hijazi on all communications to the lead implementing partner, Futures Group.
Useful Links:
Software and Models: To learn more about HIV-related costing and modeling software, click here.
International AIDS Economics Network (IAEN): The Health Policy Initiative’s Costing TO supports and contributes to the IAEN. The IAEN provides a global mechanism to debate and inform the vital economic issues and policy steps necessary to reach a solution to the HIV epidemic. To learn more about the network, click here.