Deadline: 18-Dec-20
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for a cooperative agreement from qualified entities to implement Integrated Health Services in Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is a landlocked Sudano-Sahelian country located in the heart of West Africa. It is bordered to the north and west by Mali, to the east by Niger, and to the south by Benin, Togo, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.
Burkina Faso’s health system is organized like a pyramid, with the base level composed of 1,896 CSPS or local health centers located in 70 health districts. The health centers provide primary care services and are managed by nurses. At the base of the health system there are also district hospitals, which are usually headed by general practitioners. The district hospitals offer some specialized services such as caesarean sections and general surgery and serve as the first-level referral facilities for the health centers. At the second level of the pyramid there are eight regional hospitals. These offer more specialized care such as cardiology, surgery, and otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose and throat). At the top of the pyramid are university teaching hospitals, where patients from the regional hospitals are referred.
Activity Goal and Objectives
Integrated Health Services will contribute to the Government of Burkina Faso’s overarching goal of improving the health and well-being of the Burkinabe population. The activity’s objectives are to:
- Reduce the burden of malaria through the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) by scaling up and intensifying the implementation of proven and effective malaria prevention and control interventions;
- Strengthen the capacity of supported health structures in infection prevention and control practices to prevent health care associated infections and public health threats under the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) program;
- Improve women’s, adolescents’, newborns’ and children’s health through increased access to and utilization of family planning, maternal, newborn, nutrition, adolescent and child health; and
- Reinforce high impact interventions, including service delivery, social behavior change communication, commodities’ supply chain management, and strengthening of the community health system
Target Populations
IHS will improve malaria care, maternal, newborn, and child health, family planning, immunization, global health security agenda (GHSA) action packages and the nutritional status of the following populations:
- Women of reproductive age, with a special focus on periods of adolescence (both married and unmarried), pregnancy, post-partum, and lactation. Among the adolescent female population, 23.6 percent have already started fertile life, with 19 percent having a child and 5 percent pregnant for the first time (DHS2010). Rural adolescent girls start fertile life even earlier than those in urban areas, with respectively 27.8-29.2 percent and 11.3-14 percent
- Children under five, with a special focus on newborns and the first two years of life (as part of the emphasis on the first 1,000 days) representing a unique window of opportunity to improve the child’s short-term and long-term health outcomes; and 15
- In addition to the groups already mentioned above, the GHSA interventions will target the health care providers themselves.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $39,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $39,000,000
- Award Floor: $0
Eligible Applicants
- Qualified U.S. and non-U.S. organizations (other than those from foreign policy restricted countries) are eligible to apply under this NOFO. Potential for-profit Applicants should note that, in accordance with 2 CFR 200.400(g), profit, which is any amount in excess of allowable direct and indirect costs, is not an allowable cost for Recipients of USAID assistance awards, and cannot be part of the activity budget. However, the prohibition against profit does not apply to procurement contracts made under the assistance instrument when the Recipient procures goods and services in accordance with the Procurement Standards found in 2 CFR 200.317 to 326.
- USAID welcomes applications from organizations that have not previously received financial assistance from USAID. Applicants must have established financial management, monitoring and evaluation processes, internal control systems, and policies and procedures that comply with established U.S. Government standards, laws, and regulations. The successful Applicant(s) will be subject to a responsibility determination assessment (possibly including a pre-award survey) by the Agreement Officer (AO). The Recipient must be a responsible entity. The AO may determine a pre-award survey is required to conduct an examination that will determine whether the prospective Recipient has the necessary organization, experience, accounting and operational controls, and technical skills – or ability to obtain them – in order to achieve the objectives of the program and comply with the terms and conditions of the award.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=329913