USAID/Guatemala: Seeking Applications for Improved Health and Nutrition Activity

Deadline: 8 January 2019

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for a cooperative agreement from qualified entities to implement the Improved Health and Nutrition Activity.

The purpose of the activity is to achieve significant and sustainable improvements in nutrition and health outcomes of target select municipalities of the WH which will result in reductions of stunted children, and maternal and child morbidity and mortality, and keeping low the prevalence of anemia and micronutrient deficiencies. This will occur as the result of improving service delivery and strengthening health systems, especially of human resources for health (HRH) in Guatemala.

Objectives & Illustrative Results

• Improved Access to and Utilization of Quality Health Services
  • Effective implementation of activities that promote optimal health and increase the adoption and monitoring of:
    • relevant nutrition-specific actions,
    • the high impact practices for FP,
    • WASH services,
    • community-based, culturally appropriate maternal and birth preparedness and emergency services, and
    • treatment of childhood illnesses.
  • As appropriate, these tasks will be integrated with health, community, and agricultural services.
  • Implementation of community-led digital and mobile solutions to fill gaps in service availability.
  • Implementation of innovative approaches to reach in and out of school youth and overcome barriers to obtaining FP and RH information, counseling and services.
  • Establishment of private partnerships that improve and expand access to FP, RH, health, and nutrition, products, and supplies for hygiene and health.
  • Improved oversight and delivery of health services and social programs from the municipal and subnational MOH authorities
• Strengthened Health Systems, Governance, and Human Resources for Health
  • Municipal governance strengthened at the DAS and the DMS in planning, administering, coordinating, monitoring and financing the health system.
  • Improved integration and planning of services and surveillance of health and nutrition issues and indicators.
  • Improved collection, analysis and reporting of health and nutrition indicators for data for decision making to improve quality, accessibility and coverage of key interventions.
  • Public and private platforms for improved HRH strengthened.
  • Quality improvement and quality team approaches scaled up to improve quality and coordinated delivery of evidence-based health and nutrition services at the local level.
  • Standards and practices of referral and linkages to all levels of the health system established with regular reporting and quality assessment.
  • Partnerships with academia established to increase demand for and quality of nurse and midwifery education and to increase the number of indigenous-speaking nurses and midwives working in the WH.

Award Information

• Award Ceiling: $17,702,000
• Award Floor: $17,000,000

Eligibility Criteria

• USAID/Guatemala (USAID) envisions a comprehensive health program to identify and support rapid scale up of evidence-based interventions through improvement of service delivery and strengthening of local health systems based on full and open competition.
• It is a requirement that the organization is legally registered in the country of Guatemala. If the applicant is a U.S. Organization and it is not registered in the country at the time of the award, the registration process should be completed during the first year of project implementation or sooner. USAID defines a “local entity” as an individual, a corporation, a nonprofit organization, or another body of persons that:
  • Is legally organized under the laws of Guatemala;
  • Has as its principal place of business or operations in Guatemala;
  • Is majority owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of Guatemala; and
  • Is managed by a governing body the majority of who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of the country receiving assistance.
• For purposes of this section, ‘majority owned’ and ‘managed by’ include, without limitation, beneficiary interests and the power, either directly or indirectly, whether exercised or exercisable, to control the election, appointment, or tenure of the organization’s managers or a majority of the organization’s governing body by any means.
• USAID welcomes applications from organizations that have not previously received financial assistance from USAID.

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted via email at the address given on the website.

For more information, please visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=310517