Abstract
Capacity-related challenges facing institutions at all levels hinder their ability to assume ownership and ensure sustainability of the HIV and AIDS responses. The aim of this research was to demonstrate how customized capacity building using evidence from Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool (OCAT) resulted in an increase in institutional capacity for HIV and AIDS coordination at a sub national level. Baseline assessment of organizational capacity of then Nasarawa State Action Committee on AIDS (NASACA) using Technical and Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool (TOCAT) among Management staff of the agency was carried out in June 2006 and compared with another assessment carried out in May 2009 after customized technical assistance facilitated by the Department for International Development (DFID)/Strengthening Nigeria’s Response to HIV AIDS Programme (SNR). In most of the domains assessed, there were improvements. Organization capacity assessment tools and processes were effective in strengthening the institutional capacity of NASACA to coordinate HIV response in the state. The customized technical assistance was effective in addressing identified gaps in HIV and AIDS response coordination in Nasarawa State.
BAKO I A, ATUMA E, SAKA M J. (2014) Using Evidence to Build Organizational Capacity for HIV Response Coordination in Nasarawa State, Nigeria , International Review of Management and Business Research, Volume 3, Issue 1.
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