CDC and PEPFAR are offering a grant to support the expansion of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) services in 14 priority countries to reduce HIV infections. The grant aims to increase male circumcision rates to prevent approximately 3.5 million new HIV infections in 15 years, leading to significant cost savings. The program includes offering HIV testing, counseling, and referral services, as well as ensuring safety and quality through Continuous Quality Improvement and External Quality Assurance assessments. This grant continues PEPFAR’s successful efforts to reach 80% coverage of VMMC among males aged 15-49, contributing to the goal of creating an AIDS-free generation. Closing date: Oct 16, 2016.
Opportunity ID: 287592
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | CDC-RFA-GH15-15370201SUPP16 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Program Expansion Supplement: Technical Assistance to Provide High-Quality Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) Services to Programs Supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Health |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 93.067 — Global AIDS |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 17, 2016 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 16, 2016 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 16, 2016 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Archive Date: | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $2,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $2,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligible entities for this announcement are listed below: JHPIEGO |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Centers for Disease Control – CGH |
| Description: | Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) is a one-time surgical procedure that reduces a male’s risk of heterosexually acquiring HIV for life. In 14 priority countries in eastern and southern Africa with generalized HIV epidemics where male circumcision is uncommon (either nationally or regionally), VMMC has the potential to reduce the rate of new HIV infections substantially and at a cost savings. Mathematical modeling suggests that if 8 out of 10 adult men will choose to become circumcised within 5 years, approximately 3.5 million new HIV infections may be prevented in 15 years, saving as much as $16.5 billion in HIV care and treatment costs. In 10 of the 14 priority countries, one case of HIV may be prevented for every 10 or fewer males who become circumcised in this scenario. VMMC programs also offer unprecedented opportunities to engage adolescent and adult men in health education and counseling, notably HIV testing and counseling services. Furthermore, males who are identified as HIV-positive by VMMC programs are referred for HIV care and treatment, broadening the potential community-level HIV prevention benefits of the program. As HIV prevalence decreases in men as a result of becoming circumcised, women’s likelihood of encountering HIV-infected partners are also reduced. In fact, almost half of the new HIV infections that may be prevented are among women, if scale-up is rapid, as described in the above modeling scenario. Women with circumcised male sex partners also have reduced risk of sexually transmitted infections, including carcinogenic strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) and associated cervical cancer. CDC and PEPFAR are committed to supporting service delivery programs that provide a comprehensive minimum package of clinical and prevention services including: offer (and availability) of HIV testing and counseling for all men and, where possible, their partners attending VMMC services; active referral of clients determined to be HIV-positive to HIV care and treatment programs; age-appropriate sexual risk reduction counseling and counseling on the need for abstinence from any sexual activity during wound healing; pre-procedure clinical screening (focused physical examination and medical history) to detect STIs and contraindications to circumcision; treatment of STIs that are detected; circumcision by a medical method recognized by WHO (surgery or device); post-procedure follow-up, including systematic assessment of adverse events; and, promotion of correct and consistent use of condoms. Assuring the safety and quality of services is the highest priority for VMMC programs, and mechanisms for assessing and ensuring the ongoing quality and safety of services must be in place. In carrying out the implementation and scale-up of VMMC services in these resource-limited settings, CDC and PEPFAR recognize the need for Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and External Quality Assurance (EQA) assessments to assist partner country governments and implementing partners in monitoring VMMC service delivery programs to objectively gauge the safety, quality, and compliance of programs with clinical standards of care, international best practices, PEPFAR’s Technical Considerations and Policy Guidance. VMMC is featured prominently throughout the PEPFAR Blueprint: Creating an AIDS-free Generation http://www.pepfar.gov/documents/organization/201386.pdf. Action Step #3 is to increase the number of males who are circumcised for the prevention of HIV, and includes ten commitments to implement this Action Step. The Road Map for Smart Investments highlights VMMC as a vehicle for engaging men and boys to know their HIV status, and if positive, be linked with care and treatment services. By the end of 2013, PEPFAR reached the President’s 2011 World AIDS Day goal of directly supporting 4.7 million VMMC procedures for HIV prevention. This FOA builds on these very successful efforts and will continue to support ongoing PEPFAR activities in the 14 priority countries to scale-up program activities to reach an 80% coverage in VMMC among males aged 15- 49 years through improvements in the availability, integration, safety, and quality of HIV prevention, care and treatment services. |
| Link to Additional Information: | |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Priyanka Rathod
wnv9@cdc.gov Email:wnv9@cdc.gov |
Version History
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Priyanka Rathod wnv9@cdc.gov Email: wnv9@cdc.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.067 | CDC-RFA-GH15-15370201SUPP16 | Program Expansion Supplement: Technical Assistance to Provide High-Quality Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) Services to Programs Supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) | PKG00226968 | Aug 17, 2016 | Oct 17, 2016 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
287592 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
287592 SF424A-1.0.pdf
287592 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
287592 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
287592 SF424D-1.1.pdf
287592 SF424B-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
287592 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
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