Namibia Mechanism for Public Health Assistance, Capacity, and Technical Support II (NAM-PHACTS II) under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Namibian public health institutions to increase the capacity for a locally-led response to achieve and sustain HIV epidemic control. This will be achieved by providing technical support and capacity building for scaling up targeted case finding strategies (index testing, refined provider-initiated testing, recency testing); improving linkage and same-day antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation among newly diagnosed clients; expanding services for retention, adherence to ART, and viral load (VL) suppression (community adherence groups/ART, multi-month scripting, patient tracing, optimizing antiretroviral medicine (ARV) regimens); preventing new infections through targeted outreach and medical interventions for those most at risk; expanding Tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy (TPT) and expanding TB diagnostics and treatment; providing cervical cancer screening (CCS), treatment, and referral for women living with HIV (WLHIV); increasing indigenous partner capacity and expertise; and providing systems investments to achieve sustained epidemic control.