The Ministry of Health is offering a grant to enhance the HIV/AIDS response in Vietnam’s southern region by partnering with Pasteur Institute. Government health facilities at various levels require strategic information and laboratory diagnostic systems support. This grant aims to strengthen laboratory and strategic information systems management, quality assurance, and control to improve diagnostic capacity, case reporting, and surveillance. Through technical assistance provided by Pasteur Institute, this project aligns with Vietnam’s National Strategy for HIV/AIDS to build national surveillance data systems and enhance regional laboratory capacity. The focus areas include Laboratory Quality Management Strengthening and Surveillance and Strategic Information Systems.
Opportunity ID: 269962
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | CDC-RFA-GH15-1595 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Partnering with Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City to Enhance Regional Capacity to Prevent, Detect, Monitor, and Respond to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Vietnam under 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: | Dec 01, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jan 23, 2015 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: | Jan 23, 2015 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Archive Date: | Feb 22, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $800,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $4,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $800,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Description: | In Vietnam’s southern region, government health facilities at the regional, provincial, district, and commune levels need strong strategic information and laboratory diagnostic systems to support the regional HIV/AIDS response. The General Department of Preventive Medicine (GDPM) and the Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC) fall under the National Ministry of Health (MOH) and supervise regional institutes and preventive medicine centers (PMCs), and provincial aids committees (PACs), respectively. The Vietnam Administration for Medical Services (VAMS) also under the MOH, supervises central and regional hospitals. These PMCs, PACs, and key hospitals, require laboratory and strategic information technical assistance (TA) to strengthen laboratory and strategic information systems management, and quality assurance and control. Technical assistance in these areas will improve facility diagnostic capacity, case reporting, and surveillance and thus Vietnam’s ability to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. As the regional public health institution reporting directly to the MOH, Pasteur Institute (PI) can provide TA to these government health facilities, by building the capacity of the systems and staff to monitor and respond to HIV/AIDS. In collaboration with the Government of Vietnam’s strategic vision for HIV/AIDS and other public health conditions, the goals and objectives of this project will support the implementation of the National Strategy for HIV/AIDS through 2020, including: • Building national surveillance data systems that are capable of collecting and reporting timely quality data and can effectively use data to measure HIV prevention and care and treatment program performances and improve the public health response. • Strengthening regional laboratory capacity to improve diagnostic testing for HIV, dissemination of results, and quality improvement efforts for disease detection, monitoring and surveillance. As PEPFAR enters its third five-year phase, the Vietnam program, in line with global strategy, will strengthen its focus on TA. PEPFAR will prioritize the strengthening of health facility systems and staff capacity to provide quality diagnostic, monitoring, and surveillance data for decision- making to increase the accuracy, reliability and efficiency of the national HIV/AIDS response. This FOA will focus on two technical areas: Laboratory Quality Management Strengthening and Strengthening Surveillance and Strategic Information Systems. |
| Link to Additional Information: | |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Marta Ackers, Project Officer
mda6@cdc.gov Email:mda6@cdc.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 269962 Full Announcement-1 -> CDC-RFA-GH15-1595Dec.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Marta Ackers, Project Officer mda6@cdc.gov Email: mda6@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-GH15-1595 | Partnering with Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City to Enhance Regional Capacity to Prevent, Detect, Monitor, and Respond to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Vietnam under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) | PKG00210321 | Dec 01, 2014 | Jan 23, 2015 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
269962 SF424-2.0.pdf
269962 SF424A-1.0.pdf
269962 HHS_CheckList-1.1.pdf
269962 Project-1.1.pdf
269962 Budget-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
269962 Other-1.1.pdf
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