USAID’s Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Program is offering this grant for its third component: Health Communication. The overarching goal is to dramatically and sustainably improve health outcomes for women and children in target areas. This specific grant focuses on developing, introducing, scaling up, and evaluating high-impact communication interventions. The aim is to enhance health-related behaviors among individuals and communities, particularly married women of reproductive age and their key influencers. The project will foster positive health practices, support shifts in cultural norms, and actively generate demand for health products and services by utilizing innovative approaches like commercial marketing and other behavior change disciplines. These health communication efforts will be seamlessly integrated across the MCH Program’s other components for maximum collective impact.
Opportunity ID: 244253
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | RFA-391-14-000001 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Health Communication Project |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Health |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 01 |
| Assistance Listings: | 98.001 — USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Oct 10, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | Nov 01, 2013 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 25, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 25, 2013 |
| Archive Date: | Dec 25, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $24,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $24,500,000 |
| Award Floor: | $24,500,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Pakistan USAID-Islamabad |
| Description: | The purpose of the Health Communication Project is to work as the third Component of USAIDs flagship Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Program. The MCH Programs overall goal is to dramatically and sustainably improve health outcomes of women and children in target areas, and the MCH Program comprises five components: 1) Family Planning/Reproductive Health; 2) Maternal, Newborn and Child Health; 3) Health Communication; 4) Health Commodities; and 5) Health Systems Strengthening. In order to support the overall goal of the MCH Program, this third Component of Health Communication will focus on the development, introduction, scale up, and evaluation of high impact communication interventions to improve the health-related behaviors of individuals and communities, especially married women of reproductive age (MWRA) and those who most directly influence them. The project will foster positive health practices in households and communities and support changes in cultural norms that will enable, reinforce and maintain these practices. The project will also play a lead role in generating demand for health products and services, utilizing innovative approaches drawn from commercial marketing and other behavior change-related disciplines. These health communication interventions will be integrated across the other four components of the MCH Program for maximum impact. The estimated amount of funding is 24.5 million USD for a period of 4.75 years, from February 1, 2014 through October 31, 2018. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Saulat Rehan
Acquisition Assistance Specialist Phone 092 51 208 1276 Email:srehan@usaid.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| To Post answers to Questions submitted by the Applicants. | Nov 01, 2013 | |
| Nov 01, 2013 |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | RFA-391-14-000001 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Health Communication Project |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Health |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 01 |
| Assistance Listings: | 98.001 — USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Oct 10, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | Nov 01, 2013 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 25, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 25, 2013 |
| Archive Date: | Dec 25, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $24,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $24,500,000 |
| Award Floor: | $24,500,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Pakistan USAID-Islamabad |
| Description: | The purpose of the Health Communication Project is to work as the third Component of USAIDs flagship Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Program. The MCH Programs overall goal is to dramatically and sustainably improve health outcomes of women and children in target areas, and the MCH Program comprises five components: 1) Family Planning/Reproductive Health; 2) Maternal, Newborn and Child Health; 3) Health Communication; 4) Health Commodities; and 5) Health Systems Strengthening. In order to support the overall goal of the MCH Program, this third Component of Health Communication will focus on the development, introduction, scale up, and evaluation of high impact communication interventions to improve the health-related behaviors of individuals and communities, especially married women of reproductive age (MWRA) and those who most directly influence them. The project will foster positive health practices in households and communities and support changes in cultural norms that will enable, reinforce and maintain these practices. The project will also play a lead role in generating demand for health products and services, utilizing innovative approaches drawn from commercial marketing and other behavior change-related disciplines. These health communication interventions will be integrated across the other four components of the MCH Program for maximum impact. The estimated amount of funding is 24.5 million USD for a period of 4.75 years, from February 1, 2014 through October 31, 2018. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Saulat Rehan
Acquisition Assistance Specialist Phone 092 51 208 1276 Email:srehan@usaid.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | RFA-391-14-000001 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Health Communication Project |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Health |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 01 |
| Assistance Listings: | 98.001 — USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Nov 01, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 25, 2013 |
| Archive Date: | Dec 25, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $24,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $24,500,000 |
| Award Floor: | $24,500,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Pakistan USAID-Islamabad |
| Description: | The purpose of the Health Communication Project is to work as the third Component of USAIDs flagship Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Program. The MCH Programs overall goal is to dramatically and sustainably improve health outcomes of women and children in target areas, and the MCH Program comprises five components: 1) Family Planning/Reproductive Health; 2) Maternal, Newborn and Child Health; 3) Health Communication; 4) Health Commodities; and 5) Health Systems Strengthening. In order to support the overall goal of the MCH Program, this third Component of Health Communication will focus on the development, introduction, scale up, and evaluation of high impact communication interventions to improve the health-related behaviors of individuals and communities, especially married women of reproductive age (MWRA) and those who most directly influence them. The project will foster positive health practices in households and communities and support changes in cultural norms that will enable, reinforce and maintain these practices. The project will also play a lead role in generating demand for health products and services, utilizing innovative approaches drawn from commercial marketing and other behavior change-related disciplines. These health communication interventions will be integrated across the other four components of the MCH Program for maximum impact. The estimated amount of funding is 24.5 million USD for a period of 4.75 years, from February 1, 2014 through October 31, 2018. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Saulat Rehan
Acquisition Assistance Specialist Phone 092 51 208 1276 Email:srehan@usaid.gov |
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