The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Lesotho, under PEPFAR, is offering a grant to expand access to HIV confidential counseling and testing services. The program aims to implement innovative prevention strategies and build sustainable capacity to reach vulnerable populations. Key activities include quality HIV prevention programs, behavioral change communication, and addressing structural barriers through mobile testing. The grant recipient will continue existing prevention approaches and conduct studies to better target HIV prevention and treatment programs. The goal is to increase access to prevention services among vulnerable populations and promote safer sexual behaviors to combat HIV/AIDS in Lesotho.
Opportunity ID: 286599
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | CDC-RFA-GH11-11550501SUPP16 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Program Expansion Supplement: Increasing Access to HIV Confidential Voluntary Counseling and Testing and Enhancing HIV/AIDS Communications, Prevention and Care in the kingdom of Lesotho under 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: | Jul 27, 2016 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 25, 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: | Sep 25, 2016 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Archive Date: | Oct 25, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $562,770 |
| Award Ceiling: | $562,770 |
| 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: Population Services International (PSI) |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Centers for Disease Control – CGH |
| Description: | The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has called for immediate, comprehensive and evidence based action to turn the tide of global HIV/AIDS. As called for by the PEPFAR Reauthorization Act of 2008, initiative goals over the period of 2009 through 2013 are to treat at least three million HIV infected people with effective combination anti-retroviral therapy (ART); care for twelve million HIV infected and affected persons, including five million orphans and vulnerable children; and prevent twelve million infections worldwide (3,12,12). To meet these goals and build sustainable local capacity, PEPFAR will support training of at least 140,000 new health care workers in HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care. The Emergency Plan Five-Year Strategy for the five year period, 2009 – 2014 is available at the following Internet address: http://www.pepfar.gov. The purpose of this program is tobuild upon work accomplished by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) as well other partners in the Kingdom of Lesotho to create a sustainable program for confidential HIV counseling and testing (CT), as well as implement innovative, culturally appropriate sexual and biomedical prevention strategies. Specifically, the recipient of this award will expand quality HIV prevention, behavioral and change communication (BCC), and confidential HIV CT by ensuring that medical service providers, counselors and trained peer educators can provide quality programs that target those at risk for HIV in Lesotho. Activities should also address structural barriers to service delivery such as providing CT services for hard to reach populations through mobile testing. Use of CT services is intended to lead to safer sexual behaviors, including abstinence, fidelity, correct and consistent condom use for populations engaged in high-risk behaviors, and increased use of care and support through a strong referral network to complementary care. This agreement will build on and continue existing prevention approaches (such as personal risk assessment, condom demonstration, STI education and testing, CT, condom distribution and social marketing, and BCC around male circumcision) and conduct studies to better target HIV prevention, care and treatment programs in Lesotho. Increased access to, and uptake of, prevention services among vulnerable populations are intended to lead to safer sexual behaviors, including abstinence, fidelity, and correct and consistent condom use for populations engaged in high-risk behavior. This program will not be funding the provision of male circumcision services, as such. |
| 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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Related Documents
There are no related documents on this grant.
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-GH11-11550501SUPP16 | Program Expansion Supplement: Increasing Access to HIV Confidential Voluntary Counseling and Testing and Enhancing HIV/AIDS Communications, Prevention and Care in the kingdom of Lesotho under PEPFAR | PKG00226095 | Jul 27, 2016 | Sep 27, 2016 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
286599 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
286599 SF424A-1.0.pdf
286599 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
286599 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
286599 SF424D-1.1.pdf
286599 SF424B-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
286599 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
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