Technical Support Facility (TSF) Southern Africa

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Type of Organization

Other (Please describe below)

Mode of Service Provision

Other Basis

Language(s) Organization Provides Services In

English, French, Portuguese and other regional languages

Countries of Operation

Angola Botswana Comoros Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe

Description

The Southern Africa Technical Support Facility (TSF) was established in 2005 to improve access to timely, high quality short-term consultants to support scaling up of national HIV and AIDS responses. TSF services are available to National AIDS Commissions, Health and other Ministries, as well as their international and national partners in the HIV and AIDS response.

The TSF is supported by UNAIDS and its cosponsors as part of their strategy to help to strengthen co-ordination and capacity for effective responses at country level. The TSF is managed by Health and Development Africa (Pty) Ltd (HDA),

The programme covers 14 Southern African countries and currently provides 3000 days of quality assured, short term consultant support per annum to HIV and AIDS programmes. This includes working with countries in proposal development and grant implementation for the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. Over 70% of assignments are done by regional consultants and the TSF has an active capacity development programme for consultants and country partners in various aspects of programme planning, management, implementation and M&E.

The TSF also hosts the database of HIV/AIDS Prevention consultants for UNAIDS www.hivpreventionexperts.org

Contact Information

Address: Building D, 4th Floor, Sunnyside Ridge Park, 32 Princess of Wales Terrace, Parktown 2193
Contact Person: Dr. Anthony Kinghorn
Email: akinghorn@tsfsouthernafrica.com
Telephone: +27 11 484 8217, ext. 129
Fax: +27 11 484 6782
Website: www.tsfsouthernafrica.com

Areas of Expertise: Technical Areas

Items marked with a "tick" have been identified by the organization as areas they can provide Technical Assistance.

Costing and Budgeting

  Global Fund Proposals
  National HIV&AIDS Plans
  Sub-National HIV&AIDS Plans

Counseling and Testing

  CICT– VCT
  PITC

Community System Strengthening

  Capacity Development– Programme Implementation
  Capacity Development– Programme Planning
  Capacity Development– Networks of People Living With HIV&AIDS
  Faith Communities
  Private Sector

Global Fund

  M&E Plan
  Grant Negotiation
  PSM Plan

Higher(er)-risk Populations

  Mobile Populations
  Refugees

Human Rights and Law

  Capacity Development– CSOs on HIV and Human Rights
  Capacity Development– Human Rights Institutions on HIV and Human Rights
  Capacity Development– Legal Institutions on HIV and Human Rights
  Capacity Development– Social Service Institutions on HIV and Human Rights
  Capacity Development– Social Service Institutions on HIV and Non-Discrimination

Health Systems Strengthening (HSS)

  Health Financing
  Health Information
  Leadership and Governance
  PSM
  Health Services
  Health Workforce

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)

  Assessment
  Data Auditing
  Data Use
  National and Sub-National Databases
  Data Dissemination
  Planning
  Routine Programme Monitoring
  Evaluation and Research
  Organizational Structures With M&E Functions

Mainstreaming

  Decentralized Level
  Workplace Policy
  Workplace Programmes
  National Development Plan
  Sector Programmes

Organizational Development

  Business/ Work Planning
  Governance
  Human Resource Development
  Human Resource Management
  Partnership Development

Programme and Financial Management

  Financial Management
  Programme Management
  Technical Support Planning

Prevention

  Behavior Change Communication (BCC)
  Male Circumcision
  School-based Education
  HIV Transmission in Health Care Settings
  Gender, Men and Boys
  Non-formal Education
  People Living With HIV and AIDS
  Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission
  Sexual Transmission of HIV
  Linkage with Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)
  STI Diagnosis and Treatment
  Gender, Women&Girls
  Young People

Security&Humanitarian Responses

  Humanitarian Situations
  Displaced Populations

Strategic Information

  M&E of Health Sector Response
  HIV&AIDS and STI Surveillance
  Operational Research
  Behavioural Surveillance

Strategic and Operational Planning

  National Technical Support Plans
  National AIDS Operational Planning
  Programme or Sector Review
  Proposal Development (non Global Fund)
  Global Fund Proposal Development
  National AIDS Strategic Planning

Training

  Training