DHHS/CDC: Strengthen Capacity of South African Government’s Department of Health and Implementing Partner

Deadline: 12-Mar-21

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is inviting applications for Strengthen Capacity of South African Government’s Department of Health and Implementing Partners to Deliver Quality Differentiated, Advanced Clinical Care (ACC) for Unstable HIV and TB/HIV Patients in the Republic of South Africa (SA) under PEPFAR.

The purpose of this NOFO is to improve early identification, retention, and VL suppression of HIV and TB/HIV co-infected clients in SA through innovative support to health care providers through virtual platforms or face-to face learning by expert clinicians. This will be accomplished by supporting better management of complicated and unstable HIV and TB/HIV co-infected adolescent, pediatric, and adult patients.

Goals & Priorities

HHS/CDC focuses primarily on two or three major program areas in each country. Goals and priorities include the following:

Achieving primary prevention of HIV infection through activities such as expanding confidential counseling and testing programs linked with evidence-based behavioral change and building programs to reduce mother-to-child transmission;
Improving the care and treatment of HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and related opportunistic infections by improving STI management; enhancing laboratory diagnostic capacity and the care and treatment of opportunistic infections; interventions for intercurrent diseases impacting HIV infected patients including tuberculosis (TB); and initiating programs to provide anti-retroviral therapy (ART);
Strengthening the capacity of countries to collect, use, and share surveillance data and manage national HIV/AIDS programs by expanding HIV/STI/TB surveillance programs and strengthening laboratory support for surveillance, diagnosis, treatment, disease monitoring, and HIV screening for blood safety;
Developing, validating, and/or evaluating public health programs to inform, improve, and target appropriate interventions, as related to the prevention, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS, TB, and opportunistic infections.

Funding Information

Approximate total fiscal year funding: $ 10,000,000

Eligibility Criteria

Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity).
Government Organizations:
- State governments or their bona fide agents (includes the District of Columbia)
- Local governments or their bona fide agents
- Territorial governments or their bona fide agents in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau
- State controlled institutions of higher education
- American Indian or Alaska Native tribal governments (federally recognized or state-recognized)
- Non-government Organizations
- American Indian or Alaska native tribally designated organizations
- Other
- Ministries of Health
In addition to the entities listed above, 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 (FBOs)
- For-profit organizations (other than small business)
- Hospitals
- Small, minority, and women-owned businesses
- All Other