Table 1.
Stakeholder organizational characteristics, sources of information used, and preliminary budget allocations for HIV and family planning
| Which HIV Activities, If Any, Is Your Organization Involved In? | N | % |
|---|---|---|
| Prevention | 9 | 90% |
| Training | 8 | 80% |
| PMTCT | 7 | 70% |
| Technical assistance | 7 | 70% |
| VCT | 6 | 60% |
| Policy | 6 | 60% |
| Funding | 5 | 50% |
| Treatment | 5 | 50% |
| Blood safety | 1 | 10% |
| Laboratory services | 0 | 0% |
| Which family planning activities, if any, is your organization currently involved in?a | N | % |
| Training | 9 | 100% |
| Policy | 7 | 78% |
| Funding | 6 | 67% |
| Technical assistance | 6 | 67% |
| Service delivery | 4 | 44% |
| Promotion, social | 4 | 44% |
| Commodities | 3 | 33% |
| Marketing | 0 | 0% |
| If you were the minister of health of Rwanda, taking all funding sources together, what percentage would you allocate to? (Open‐ended)b | Average | Range |
| Percentage allocated to HIV (0%‐100%) | 37.5% | 30–60% |
| Percentage allocated to family planning (0%‐100%) | 22.5% | 10–40% |
| Which data sources does your organization use when making decisions about HIV program funding allocation? | N | % |
| Rwanda demographics health and survey | 8 | 80% |
| Health management information system | 8 | 80% |
| Tracnet data | 4 | 44% |
| Behavior surveillance survey | 4 | 44% |
Percentages calculated accounting for nonresponse in denominators.
Abbreviations: VCT, voluntary HIV counseling and testing; PMTCT, prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission.
a
n = 9 respondents.
b
n = 6 respondents (4 stated that they would need more information to answer the question).