Deadline: 18-Feb-2025
Submissions are now open for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to support the Ministry of Health (MOH) to scale comprehensive HIV prevention interventions in select Malawi districts that have high HIV incidence, prevalence, and large gaps in HIV testing.
Implementing a comprehensive HIV prevention program promotes a combination of biomedical, behavioral, and structural interventions to meet the HIV prevention needs of specific population groups and communities. The goal is to reduce the number of new infections through person-centered activities with a greater sustained impact.
Aim
- The provision of combined HIV prevention interventions aim to:
- Provide a broad range of options to the focus populations based on the HIV risk factors
- Promote an enabling environment for service uptake
- Promote the adoption of positive behaviors to reduce HIV risk factors
Funding Information
- Expected total NOFO funding for Year 1: $5,000,000
- Expected number of awards: 1-2. The number of awards is subject to available funds and program priorities
- Duration: They plan to award projects for five 12-month budget periods for a five-year period of performance.
Eligible Activities
- Support implementation of VMMC services to sustainably transition to government-led service provision
- Support scale-up of PrEP and PEP implementation to populations at high risk of HIV infection
- Support implementation of interventions addressing structural barriers for key populations to improve accessibility to HIV services
- Support implementation of evidence-based HIV and violence prevention interventions focused on adolescents and young people
- Support implementation of evidence-based community-based HTS strategies focused on men.
Eligibility Criteria
- This is a fully competitive NOFO, and eligibility is unrestricted. Any and all types of organizations are eligible and encouraged to apply, including but not limited to those listed below:
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations, other than federally recognized tribal governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
- Foreign or non-U.S. based entities.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.