Centers for Disease Control - CGH

Description

The goal and objectives of the program is to solicit comprehensive and cost-effective technical assistance, capacity building and program implementation expertise for PEPFAR and Global Fund-supported global health activities (with emphasis on but not limited to HIV/AIDS) in the five programmatic areas listed under the purpose section of this FOA. This announcement will also support Global Fund implementing partners in assessing HIV service delivery and will develop technical assistance plans and strategies. This FOA will not provide direct program implementation. Rather, it will provide technical assistance support to PEPFAR and Global Fund implementing partners engaged in program implementation and scale-up activities.This FOA will support HHS/CDC’s efforts to provide high-quality, targeted technical assistance to ensure that the PEPFAR and Global Fund-supported countries have the capacity and necessary technical expertise to assume responsibility for service delivery and adequately respond to their HIV epidemics. While this announcement will address several of the overall program goals and objectives, it will primarily focus on five critical PEPFAR-supported technical areas. Applicants are expected to respond to one or more of the following program areas:Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS (PMTCT);HIV Care and Treatment Clinical Services for adults and children;HIV Pediatric Care and Treatment (PEDs);Surveillance and Strategic Information (SI); andLaboratoryThrough this supplemental funding opportunity announcement (FOA), the successful will provide human resource (HR) services and support to recruit and compensate qualified individuals, contractors, and consultants in seven high HIV burden areas in Oshana, Omusati, Ohangwena, Oshikoto, Kavango, Zambezi, and Khomas with an estimated population of 1 million with the goal of strengthening the health information management system of the MOHSS. These critical human resources for health will allow the MOHSS to better meet PEPFAR objectives and achieve HIV Epidemic Control (HEC) in Namibia. PEPFAR Namibia is committed to supporting Namibia’s National Strategic Framework (NSF) for HIV (can be obtained from the Namibia MOHSS; not available online) in providing 95% of all eligible people living with HIV (PLHIV) with anti-retroviral therapy (ART) by 2017. By meeting this target, Namibia will be able to control the HIV epidemic and ultimately achieve an AIDS-free generation.Namibia is faced with one of the most severe public-health workforce shortages in the world. This FOA aims specifically to increase access to and the supply of qualified health professionals, technical specialists, and administrative support staff in the seven high HIV burden regions through the following HR services and support: advertisement, recruitment, deployment, compensation, payroll administration, personnel support, and human resource management (HRM). In addition, this FOA will increase access to technical expertise through short-term contracts and consultants in the high HIV burden regions mentioned above.

Who can apply

• Others

Contact

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: <br/> <br/>Technical Information Management Section <br/>CDC Office of Financial Resources <br/>Office of Grants Services <br/>2920 Brandywine Road, MS E-14 <br/>Atlanta, GA 30341 <br/>Telephone: 770-488-2700 <br/>E-mail: ogstims@cdc.gov
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