CDC/PEPFAR: Supporting Antiretroviral Treatment through Improved Information, Linkage, and Quality of Care in Ukraine

Deadline: 2 October 2017

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking applications for its project entitled “Supporting Antiretroviral Treatment through Improved Information, Linkage, and Quality of Care in Ukraine under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)” to improve the HIV MIS in Ukraine to allow data driven decision making in Ukraine to improve HIV services.

The key element of the national HIV/AIDS program is ART scale up contributing towards strategic goals of treatment cascade. This project will build on the successful creation of a HIV medical information system through the ACCESS project by scaling up implementation of the MIS to treatment sites in all 12 PEPFAR focus oblasts, including capacity building of healthcare workers, improving information management, analysis and use. The project will also develop and implement a laboratory information system module. In addition, the project will work with the treatment sites to implement quality improvement and facility index testing activities in coordination with other PEPFAR and Global Fund supported activities.

Expected Project Results

The major expected project results are:

Functional HIV MIS is operated by a GOU affiliated Operator at treatment sites in the 12 PEPFAR priority regions and Vinnitsa;
MIS data used by sites, GoU, PEPFAR , and other stakeholders;
Laboratory module implemented;
Quality improvement activities are implemented at all supported treatment sites;
High coverage facility index testing is performed at supported sites.

Strategies

Strategy 1: Develop new modules and electronic functionality in the existing HIV MIS system
Strategy 2: Support National eHealth strategy development and ensure HIV MIS interoperability with other electronic systems
Strategy 3: Optimize capacity of HIV service providers to adapt and implement effective testing, care and treatment models
Strategy 4: Build capacity of the GoU to manage and sustain HIV MIS

Funding Information

Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding: $1,700,000
The Approximate Project Period Funding/Estimated Total Funding for the Total 5 year Project Period is none. Award ceilings for years 2-5 will be set at continuation.

Eligibility Criteria

Unrestricted
The following entities are eligible to apply for this NOFO:
- Government Organizations:
  - Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States)
- Non-government Organizations:
  - Alaska Native health corporations
  - Tribal epidemiology centers
  - Urban Indian health organizations
  - Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education)
  - Nonprofit without 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education)
  - Research institutions (that will perform activities deemed as non-research)
- Colleges and Universities
- Community-based organizations
- Faith-based organizations
- For-profit organizations (other than small business)
- Hospitals
- Small, minority, and women-owned businesses
- All Other