CDC Grant: Enhancing HIV/AIDS Services in the DRC under PEPFAR

Government Organizations:
• National Ministries of Health
• State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau) .
• American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments (federally recognized or state-recognized)
• Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States)

Non-government Organizations:
• American Indian/Alaska native tribally designated organizations
• Alaska Native health corporations
• Tribal epidemiology centers
• Urban Indian health organizations
• Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education)
• Nonprofit without 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education)
• Research institutions (that will perform activities deemed as non-research)

Colleges and Universities

Community-based organizations

Faith-based organizations

For-profit organizations (other than small business)

Hospitals

Small, minority, and women-owned businesses

All Other eligible organizations

DRC is a vast country with 2.3 million square kilometers and 70 million inhabitants; it has a generalized HIV epidemic with an HIV prevalence of 1.1%. Access to HIV services remains limited. This FOA proposes to build on the previous five years’ work in supporting the Ministry of Health (MOH) in the Kinshasa and Katanga provinces to expand access to quality HIV-related services.

Activities include continued expansion of existing prevention interventions, including prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT)/B+ and HIV prevention among key populations; HIV care and treatment, including TB/HIV and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) services; HIV laboratory and related diagnostic services; and comprehensive monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and quality improvement activities. Activities will also involve improvement of family-centered and community-based HIV services, as well as the implementation of user-friendly services to increase access to HIV prevention, care and treatment in the Kinshasa and Katanga provinces.

This FOA will contribute in closing the gap for Ministry of Health (MOH) HIV/AIDS key priorities by increasing coverage of services in PMTCT/B+, care and support, treatment, and TB/HIV and prevention among key populations. Other outcomes include increased coverage of laboratory monitoring and improved data use for decision making and policy development. The program activities will result in reducing HIV/AIDS mortality and morbidity and decreasing the transmission of HIV in DRC.