Afya Hatua Project

AFYA HATUA is a five-years project (2021 to 2026) funded by PEPFAR through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support the Government of Tanzania (GoT) efforts of reaching HIV Epidemic Control through comprehensive facility and community-based HIV prevention, care, and treatment (PCT) services including ART, PMTCT, HTS, PrEP, Methadone assisted treatment (MAT), Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (in Kigoma and Shinyanga) and DREAMS in Shinyanga. Afya Plus scope of work primarily focus on supporting the Government to deliver safe and quality VMMC services across six Councils in Shinyanga Region to achieve the following objectives: –

1. Increasing access to, and utilization of comprehensive package of VMMC services by reaching adolescents and adult men 15 years and above in the supported six Councils/SNUs.
2. Employing innovative approaches for recruitment and demand creation for VMMC services to reach the targeted populations while adhering to COVID-19 pandemic prevention protocols.
3. Integration of COVID-19 vaccination as part of VMMC comprehensive services at facility and community settings.
4. Strengthening quality assurance/quality improvement systems of the VMMC program from national to facility level in Shinyanga region in line with WHO/PEPFAR /National standards.