Aid in Action
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Collaboration with Government of Rwanda is Key to Success
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Kigali, Rwanda│April 2007
In Rwanda, President Bush’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Emergency Plan/PEPFAR), is co-managed through a steering committee chaired by the Government of Rwanda with multi-sector representation from numerous ministries and civil society groups. Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, Executive Secretary of the Government of Rwanda’s National AIDS Control Commission, calls the PEPFAR Steering Committee “a new form of North-South cooperation.”
“This co-management is a true partnership, in which all partners share capacities and knowledge and create a favorable environment for success, because the Government of Rwanda leads, and coordinates the overall response to HIV/AIDS with the involvement of civil society and all institutions concerned,” Dr. Bingawaho says. “This results in better coordination and utilization of resources through joint planning, monitoring, and evaluation of PEPFAR and other projects…. We’re succeeding in the ‘three ones’ – one governing body, one action plan, one monitoring and evaluation plan.”
Co-management of Emergency Plan implementation enables stakeholder ownership and facilitates rapid scale-up of HIV/AIDS services. By focusing on the relationship among the different program elements, such as community-clinical linkages, and by including local government and counterparts in the planning and management process, the program improves quality and ensures that PEPFAR-supported programs are sustainable and well coordinated with other programs, such as those of the Global Fund.
Spotlight: Rwanda Results
• Under PEPFAR, Rwanda received more than $39.2 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2004, $56.9 million in FY2005, and approximately $72.1 million in FY2006 to support comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care programs.
• PEPFAR Rwanda supports a wide variety of clinical and community activities carried out by more than 30 implementing partners operating in 22 of the country’s 30 districts.
• As of the end of September 2006, 30,000 men, women and children were receiving antiretroviral drugs with PEPFAR support.
• PEPFAR has provided support for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services for women during approximately 404,200 pregnancies to date.
• PEPFAR supported approximately 465,500 counseling and testing sessions in FY 2006.
Originally published in The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - April 2007 Newsletter
PEPFAR Newsletter April 2007
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