Deadline: 26 November 2017
The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control-CGH is inviting applications from Ethiopian Public Health Institutes for a grant program to strengthen the Capacity for Laboratory Systems, Strategic Information, and Technical Leadership in Public Health for the National HIV/AIDS Response in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia under PEPFAR.
Goals
- 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 and use 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; and
- 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
Application budgets are limited to $3,200,000 direct costs and must reflect the actual needs of the proposed project
Strategies
- Strengthen Quality Assured National Laboratory and Specimen Referral Systems for HIV and TB Core Tests
- Strengthen and Implement Population and Facility Based Surveillance Systems and Surveys
- Provide Management, Technical Guidance, and Capacity Building to Support Laboratory and Surveillance Activities
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted electronically via given website.
For more information, please visit Grants.gov.