Summary
ASSISTING THE MOHSS IN PROVIDING CRITICAL HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND TO ACHIEVE HIV EPIDEMIC CONTROL IN NAMIBIA UNDER THE U.S. PEPFAR - ALIGNED WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF ACHIEVING AN AIDS-FREE NAMIBIAN GENERATION, AS DEFINED IN NAMIBIA?S NATIONAL STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK (NSF) FOR HIV/AIDS RESPONSE, THE CURRENT APPLICATION DETAILS THE APPLICANT?S PLANNED STRATEGIES AND ACTIVITIES TO ASSIST THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES (MOHSS) IN NAMIBIA, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF CRITICAL HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH (HRH) SERVICES AND SUPPORT, INCLUDING THE RECRUITMENT OF HRH STAFF FOR PROJECT ACTIVITIES, STRENGTHENING THE MOHSS? CAPACITY FOR HR MANAGEMENT, SUPPORTING THE RETENTION OF COMPETENT PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF FOR PROJECT ACTIVITIES, AND DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN FOR THE TRANSITIONING OF DONOR-FUNDED HRH FUNCTIONS TO THE NAMIBIAN GOVERNMENT. THE APPLICANT DEMONSTRATES THE WAY IN WHICH ITS? HRH SERVICES WILL AUGMENT THE MOHSS? CAPACITY TO MANAGE HRH AND B