Table 1. Core CHBC ( Community Home Based Care ) Activities

Core Elements / Core Activities
Education/Training
(Target groups: PLWHA,
family members,
community health workers,
community volunteers,
administrative staff) / -  Curriculum development
-  Educational management and curriculum delivery
-  Outreach activities
-  Education to reduce stigma
-  Mass media involvement
-  Evaluation of education
-  Hire venue
-  Transportation of participants and trainers
-  Preparation of materials( Labor
Provision of care
(Service package) / -Basic physical care (care for Orphans, Aids widows and PLWHA)
-Palliative care
-Psychosocial support and counseling
-Treatment of tuberculosis and opportunistic infections
-Food supplementation
-Hollistic care
Administration / Network of services and resources
Ensuring access to referral services
-  Transportation to referral services
-  Payment waivers (ability to pay)
Coordination with facilities
-  Discharge planning
-  Written referral
Benefits to families: cash allowances, caregiver compensation (in-kind, honorarium)
Supply and storage of HBC kits, necessary drugs and commodities, and equipment
Staffing: supervision, recruitment, staff rotation between HBC and community clinic
to avoid burn-out
Budget and financial management including income-generating activities
Monitoring and evaluation
-  Quality assurance
-  Monitoring and supervision( of non-professional caregivers)
-  Evaluation
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES / MONTH
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12
Identification of PHLHA (Children and women) / X
Identification of caregivers and family members / X / X
Education and training / X
Screening and testing / X / X / X / X
Access to care / X / X / X / X / X / X / X / X / X / X / X / X
Home visits / X / X / X / X / X / X / X / X / X / X / X / X
Clinical and medical visits and check-up / X / X / X / X / X / X / X / X / X / X / X
Diagnoses and treatment / X / X / X / X
Medication management / X
Equipment and supplies / X / X / X
Communication / X / X / X
Monitoring and Evaluation / X / X / X / X / X / X / X / X

Table 2. Breakdown of CHBC Cost Franc CFA

Core Elements / Core Activities / Needs / Quantity / Unit cost in f cfa / Total cost in f cfa
Education and training
(Target groups: PLWHA,
family members,
community health workers,
community volunteers,
administrative staff) / -Hire of Venue / 1month / 100 000
152.449 EUR / 100 000
152.449 EUR
-Training training materials (books, pens, manuals etc… / Data collection and writing / 1month / Lump sum / 100 000
152.449 EUR
-Transportation for 3 trainers / Transportation to training hall / 1 month / 50 000
76.2245 EUR / 150 000
228.674 EUR
-Preparation of materials Handouts / 1,000 brochures about parental disclosure of HIV / 1month / 100 000 / 100 000
152.449 EUR
-Stationery / Internet services, media coverage, flyers etc… / unlimited / Lump sum / 150 000
228.674 EUR
Transportation for participants / Transportation to training hall / 1month / Lump sum / 250 000
381.123 EUR
Staffing / -Staff Payment(Labor) / 3 staff workers
Our staff are mostly volunteers and need to be encouraged and motivated / 12months / 50 000
76.2245 EUR / 1 800 000
2,744.082 EUR
-Home visits(We will make about 150 home visits to control and care for patients / 2 visits per week / 12months / 25 000 / 300 000
457.347 EUR
Provision of Care / -Basic nursing care / -Provision of basic and prescribed drugs / Once a month for 12months / Lump sum / 500 000
762.245 EUR
-Provision of TB Dots, STD, / Lump sum / 300 000
457.347 EUR
-medication and turning Bedridden patients (gloves, spirit, disinfectants etc..) / 12months / Lump sum / 50 000
76.2245 EUR
-bathing and toiletries / 12months / Lump sum / 50 000
76.2245 EUR
-Adherence Support of ART drugs / 12months / Lump sum / 150 000
228.674 EUR
-Constant medical visits and checkup(( Mount Mary Clinic, PMI Buea and Solidarity Clinic) for 50 patients / -transport for 50 patients once a months to health facilities / 12months / 10 000
15.2449 EUR / 250 000
381.123 EUR
Consultation fees / 12months / 10 000
15.2449 EUR / 300 .000
457.347 EUR
-Home care / cooking, sweeping, fetching water, fetching firewood, health / 12months / Lump sum / 200 000
304.898 EUR
education , on HIV/AIDS prevention and control / unlimited / Lump sum / 50 000
76.2245 EUR
-Food supplement / We will distribute more than 100 food packets / unlimited / Lump sum / 500 000
762.245 EUR
Support for Orphans and vulnerable children / We will work with approximately 5 children in Buea whose parents died of AIDS / -Provide psychosocial and economic support(school fees) / 12months / Lump sum / 200 000
304.898 EUR
-screening and testing / 30 000 x 5 / 150 000
228.674 EUR
Grand Total / 5 650 000

GRAND TOTAL = 5 650 000 F CFA =(8.613,36 EUR)