Deadline: 07-Oct-2024
The Agency for International Development has launched the USAID integrated Delivery of Tuberculosis Service (iDOTS) Activity Program to reach every person with TB, cure those in need of treatment, prevent new infections and progression to active disease, while scaling-up innovations in detection, care, and treatment, and fostering local ownership to sustain TB programs that contribute to integrated primary health care services and pandemic preparedness in supported states.
Goals
- The goal of the USAID/Nigeria Integrated Delivery of TB Services (iDOTS) Activity is to reduce TB incidence and mortality through data-driven, locally led, and accountable strategies to contribute towards the achievement of the end TB strategy targets set for 2030, and in alignment with the USAID Global TB Accelerator Plus.
Focus
- The primary focus of iDOTS is to assist the country to find, treat and notify TB patients, including drug resistant TB cases, and prevent the progression of TB infection to TB disease among persons at high risk of TB disease.
- The major strategies are to:
- Identify high risk groups and geographic locations that constitute hotspots for the spread of TB to provide targeted screening and treatment services;
- Partner with federal and state ministries of health and other relevant government agencies as well as the formal and informal private health sector, to expand and strengthen services to screen, diagnose, treat, and notify TB patients.
- Promote the integration of TB services with other relevant health services including screening for non-communicable diseases, particularly comorbidities that affect treatment outcomes, by deploying a patient-centered approach during the implementation of community and facility-based interventions, in collaboration with relevant state and non-state actors.
- Support the Nigerian government’s health sector reform strategies as they pertain to ensuring quality services are provided to targeted beneficiaries, as well as adopting a pre-emptive approach to ensuring that the health system in supported states is resilient and able to handle any outbreak of infectious diseases.
- Adopt a flexible approach to programming that is responsive to the social determinants of health, environment and climate issues as they affect transmission and treatment of TB.
- Adopt an evidence-based and data-driven approach to planning and implementation of all interventions while building on lessons learned from previous investments but also introducing context relevant innovations through research and implementation science
Funding Information
- USAID/Nigeria intends to award Two Cooperative Agreements to cover the following geographic areas:
- USAID iDOTS Region 1: Anticipated Total Estimated Amount- $45M
- USAID iDOTS Region 2: Anticipated Total Estimated Amount- $45M
- Subject to funding availability and at the discretion of the Agency, USAID intends to provide up to $90 million for USAID iDOTS Regions 1 and 2, over a five-year period.
Geographic Focus
- The iDOTS activity will be implemented in 18 states in Nigeria, organized into two regions. One award will cover Region 1 (eight states in the northern region), and the other will cover Region 2 (ten states in the southern region) of Nigeria with flexibility to shift geographic coverage at the workplan level as need arises.
- iDOTS region 1: Bauchi, Benue, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Nasarawa, Plateau and Taraba;
- iDOTS region 2: Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Cross River, Delta, Imo, Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Oyo and Rivers.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility is restricted to local organizations.
- USAID iDOTS also supports USAID’s Acquisition and Assistance Strategy and localization targets, by limiting award eligibility to prime local entities and promoting investments in local Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and Faith Based Organizations (FBOs). Consistent with the overall vision for localization, USAID iDOTS will encourage the successful applicants to expand the number of new and underutilized partners sub-granted to implement USAID iDOTS at local level and promote sustainability by working with CBO networks and Government of Nigeria (GON) structures.
- USAID defines a “local entity” as an individual, a corporation, a nonprofit organization, or another body of persons that:
- Is legally organized under the laws of; and
- Has as its principal place of business or operations in; and
- Is
- majority owned (51% or more) by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of; and
- managed by a governing body, the majority of who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of Nigeria.
- To be eligible for award of a Cooperative Agreement, in addition to other conditions of this NOFO, organizations must have a politically neutral humanitarian mandate, a commitment to non-discrimination with respect to beneficiaries and adherence to equal opportunity employment practices. Non-discrimination includes equal treatment without regard to race, religion, ethnicity, gender, and political affiliation. Applications will not be accepted from individuals.
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