Deadline: 28-Feb-22
The Centers for Disease Control – CGH is offering grants under “Mubende Regional Mechanism for Reaching and Sustaining Epidemic Control in the Republic of Uganda under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)”.
This NOFO will support implementation of comprehensive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) prevention, care, and treatment programs for epidemic control in Mubende Region.
Activities will include implementation of HIV services including HIV case finding especially among men, young people, and key populations (KP); HIV care and treatment; TB prevention, diagnosis, and treatment; prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT); management of advanced HIV disease (AHD) and integration of services for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to increase convenience of receiving HIV services; voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC); HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP); and related laboratory and strategic information (SI) services, including viral load (VL) testing and recency surveillance, through a health systems strengthening approach.
The recipient will work with the Ministry of Health (MOH) to strengthen the capacity of Regional Referral Hospitals (RRH) and districts for effective and sustainable decentralized response, and with faith and community-based partners to improve people-centered service delivery.
The purpose of this NOFO is to achieve and sustain HIV epidemic control, reduced TB incidence, lower rates of HIV and TB-related mortality and morbidity, as well as increase early detection, prevention, and control of public health threats in all supported districts in the Mubende Region. Additionally, the purpose of the NOFO is to achieve the 95-95-95 UNAIDS targets through improved and resilient healthcare systems and sustained GOU capacity to plan, implement, and monitor high-quality HIV, TB, and other public health threats.
Funding Information
- Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding: $20,000,000
- Total Period of Performance Length: 5 year(s)
- Estimated Award Date: September 30, 2022
- Budget Period Length: 12 month(s)
Eligibility Criteria
- 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
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=335219