PEPFAR Grants for HIV Prevention and Treatment Programs in Zimbabwe

Deadline: 18-Feb-2025

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced its President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Zimbabwe, to sustain and accelerate the HIV response towards epidemic control in Zimbabwe through direct support and technical assistance to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC).

Zimbabwe has recorded significant progress in the prevention and control of HIV infections, achieving HIV epidemic control for the general population. Zimbabwe is on track to end HIV as a public health threat if people living with HIV stay in treatment and program gaps are addressed.

The NOFO also supports collaborative relationships with FBOs, CBOs, and other public health stakeholders.

Objectives

• You will support the Zimbabwe Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) to deliver HIV services, including:
  • Differentiated HIV prevention, testing, linkage to treatment, and retention in care
  • Viral load (VL) monitoring
  • Advanced HIV disease (AHD) management
  • Non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention and control
  • TB-HIV program collaboration
  • Gender-based violence (GBV) response, including post-violence care
  • Cervical cancer screening and treatment.

Priority Areas

• Your work will focus on these key priorities:
  • Keep people living with HIV on treatment
  • Close HIV diagnosis and VL suppression gaps among priority populations
  • Improve access to prevention services for key populations (Female sex workers, men who have sex with men, transgender people, people in prisons and people who inject drugs), children, adolescent girls and young women, and men at high risk for HIV
  • Improve TB and HIV service delivery quality
  • Improve screening for cervical cancer and treatment of pre-cancerous lesions among people living with HIV
  • Eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, viral hepatitis, and syphilis.

Funding Information

• Expected total NOFO funding for Year 1: $10,000,000
• Expected number of awards: 1 to 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

• Collaborate with FBOs and other CBOs to strengthen health systems and enhance collaboration with MoHCC
• Implement integrated and comprehensive HIV programs for all populations to improve prevention service uptake and treatment adherence
• Implement differentiated HIV testing and treatment services for all populations to improve HIV literacy and treatment coverage
• Provide client-centered prevention and treatment services for people living with HIV to improve the prevention and management of comorbidities
• Strengthen MoHCC’s capacity to collect, analyze, and use data to improve program quality.

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:
  • 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.