Results Based Funding Straightens HIV Eradication Planning; Lessons For KP-led Organizations
We have heard of Results Based Funding (RBF) where mechanisms are put in place for reporting interventions that work, are planned to occur at a specific time and all actors are informed of how outcomes will pan out. It is an incentivization with financial, equipment and material components. These are provided to organizations if agreed results are pointed out and all effort is made to meet them. It also subsidizes such overhead expenses like office space rent, utilities, transport for staff, fuel/mileage for community outreaches, research, development, job and overall security. The International Development Partners behind this model are USA and The European Community in Uganda. However, the downside is that for some organizations, there is pressure to spend say, PEPFAR among the different organizations that received it. There are 4 stories we want to share with you that we, have come to know of. They received money to do HIV work but are not...