Deadline: 13-Jan-23
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for a Cooperative Agreement from qualified entities to implement USAID/Cameroon’s Systems to End the Malaria Burden through Meaningful Engagement (SEMBE I) Eligibility for this award is restricted to local entities only.
Systems to End the Malaria Burden through Meaningful Engagement – I (SEMBE I) seeks to strengthen the capacity of the Cameroonian government and local stakeholders to lead and promote local solutions in the fight against malaria. SEMBE I is a five-year cooperative agreement that will be issued to a local entity (as defined in series 303.6 of USAID’s Automated Directives System) to lead malaria prevention, control, and elimination activities in the Far North Region of Cameroon.
The SEMBE I activity will initially contribute to the following priorities outlined in Cameroon’s National Strategic Plan (NSP) for Malaria Control, 2019-2023:
- Reduce malaria morbidity and mortality by 60% from 2015 levels by 2023;
- Reduce malaria incidence from 2015 levels by 60% by 2023;
- Reduce malaria transmission to a very low level (pre-elimination threshold) in some health districts in the Sahelian zone of the country by 2023.
Goal
Reduce malaria-related morbidity and mortality by improving the capacity of the National Malaria Control Program and other local entities to lead the prevention, control, and elimination of malaria in the Far North Region of Cameroon.
Intermediate Results
- Increased access to and utilization of quality malaria diagnosis, ITNs and drug-based prevention and treatment services at the facility and community level;
- Increased adoption of prevention- and treatment-seeking behaviors for malaria and other febrile illnesses;
- Increased access to and utilization of quality malaria data;
- Health systems strengthened to optimize planning, coordination, and management of local response to malaria and other febrile illnesses.
Grant Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $30,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $30,000,000
- Award Floor: $30,000,000
Beneficiaries
SEMBE will offer general services to people living in the Far North Region including host population, refugees, and internally displaced persons. In addition, SEMBE will prioritize service packages for populations most vulnerable to malaria (children under five and pregnant women with specific packages), while working to expand health care to the most hard-to-reach populations.
Geographic Focus
Systems to End the Malaria Burden Through Meaningful Engagement (SEMBE) will focus on service delivery and health systems strengthening activities exclusively in the Far North Region of Cameroon.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility for this NOFO is restricted to local entities (Cameroonian), subject to the terms and conditions mentioned in the NOFO. Local entities are defined in ADS 303.6(b) as follows:
- For the purposes of this section, local entity means an individual, a corporation, a nonprofit organization, or another body of persons that
- Is legally organized under the laws of;
- Has as its principal place of business or operations in;
- Is majority owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of, and;
- Managed by a governing body the majority of who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of a country receiving assistance from funds.
Only Cameroonian Non-US organizations may participate under this NOFO, subject to terms and conditions mentioned in the NOFO.
For more Information, visit Systems to End the Malaria Burden Through Meaningful Engagement.