Deadline: 4 October 2016
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an agency of Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking applications from eligible organisations for a program entitled “Delivering Comprehensive Services to Achieve HIV Epidemic Control in Sub-national Units in Nigeria under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)” with an aim to sustain and enhance the delivery of comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment services to result in increased access to treatment and reduced new infections in Nigeria.
The program seeks to achieve ambitious outcomes and requires utilization of innovative and cost-effective strategies and models of service delivery. It also aims to improve monitoring of HIV service delivery, as well as routine utilization of data for continuous improvement of program quality.
The program supports development and implementation of a sustainability plan to increase the GON’s investments in the national and state HIV programs.
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 inter-current 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;
- 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: $200,000,000
- Total Project Period Length: 5 year(s)
Focus Activities
- Implement a woman- and girl-centered approach;
- Increase impact through strategic coordination and integration;
- Strengthen and leverage key multilateral organizations, global health partnerships and private sector engagement;
- Encourage country ownership and invest in country-led plans;
- Build sustainability through investments in health systems;
- Improve metrics, monitoring and evaluation;
- Promote research, development and innovation
Eligibility Criteria
Unrestricted
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit their applications electronically via given website.
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