A costing analysis of community-based programs for children affected by HIV/AIDS: results from Zambia and Rwanda

How to make sustainable community-based programmes for children affected by HIV/AIDS

By: Dougherty L, Forsythe S, Winfrey W, Buek K & Chatterji M
Published by: US Agency for International Development (USAID) , 2005
Via: Eldis

This paper analyses the programmatic costs of CARE Rwanda’s and Bwafwano Zambia’s two community-based programmes for children affected by HIV/AIDS in Rwanda and Zambia in order to provide information on the current costs of the two programmes. The paper also discusses additional costs related to scaling up the existing programmes and outlines issues relating to long-term sustainability of programmes for children affected by HIV/AIDS. The paper argues that estimating the costs associated with delivering services to orphans and children with chronically ill care givers can provide policymakers and programme managers with information essential for successfully managing programmes and ensuring programme sustainability. The paper outlines some points considered important when using costing analyses to inform programme expansion and sustainability.