Audit of USAID Ethiopia’s PEPFAR-Funded Activities and Commodities for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT OF USAID/ETHIOPIA’S PEPFAR-FUNDED ACTIVITIES AND COMMODITIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HIV AUDIT REPORT NO. 9-663-09-008-P June 25, 2009 WASHINGTON, DC l Office of Inspector General June 25, 2009 MEMORANDUM TO: USAID/Ethiopia, Acting Mission Director, Gerald A. Cashion FROM: IG/A/PA Director, Steven H. Bernstein /s/ SUBJECT: Audit of USAID/Ethiopia’s PEPFAR-Funded Activities and Commodities for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (Audit Report No. 9-663-09-008-P) This memorandum transmits the final report on the subject audit. In finalizing this report, we considered your comments and have included them as appendix II. The report includes five recommendations to strengthen USAID/Ethiopia’s activities and commodities for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, funded by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. On the basis of your comments and target completion dates, we concur that management decisions have been reached on four of the five recommendations. Please provide a target completion date for recommendation 3 within 30 days of receipt of this report, and coordinate final actions on recommendations 1 through 5 with USAID’s Audit, Performance and Compliance Division (M/CFO/APC). I appreciate the cooperation and courtesy extended to my staff during this audit. ...