The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Uganda is offering the NU-HITES grant program to fund organizations for a five-year health service integration initiative in Uganda with approximately $50 million in total funding. This program aims to provide technical assistance and capacity building support in health areas such as Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health, Family Planning, and nutrition, focusing on strengthening district-level health systems. The goal is to improve and sustain the health and nutritional status of the northern Uganda population through enhanced health services accessibility and quality, catering to women, girls, and children. Application deadline: Mar 16, 2012.
Opportunity ID: 141993
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | RFA-617-12-000005 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | NU-HITES |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Health |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 98.001 — USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | Yes |
| Version:: | Synopsis 3 |
| Posted Date:: | Feb 02, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date:: | Mar 01, 2012 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Mar 09, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Mar 16, 2012 |
| Archive Date:: | Apr 08, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | $ 50,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling:: | $50,000,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $0 |
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:: | Uganda USAID-Kampala |
| Description:: | The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Uganda is seeking applications to fund one or more organizations through a Cooperative Agreement for a five-year health service integration program in Uganda. Subject to the availability of funds, USAID intends to provide approximately $50 million in total USAID funding to be allocated over the five-year period. The purpose of the NU-HITES is to continue technical assistance and capacity building support similar to that provided under the Northern Uganda Malaria, AIDS and Tuberculosis (NUMAT) project, integrate additional support in Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Family Planning (FP) and nutrition; while prioritizing the strengthening of district-level health systems.NU-HITES is envisioned to serve as USAIDs key partner in the coming five years to support improvements for a health system able to meet the health needs of the northern Uganda population. As the north continues its transition from post-conflict to a more stable development setting, USAID is also transitioning its modes of support from humanitarian approaches that provide basic service provision to one of longer-term partnership with local structures and systems to ensure greater sustainability of social sector services. In this vein, the program will focus on supporting District governments to enable them to meet their primary responsibility for the provision of public sector health services. However, while public sector services and leadership are necessary, they are not sufficient to meet the populations health needs. Therefore, NU-HITES will also support the growth and acceleration of a vibrant and sustainable private health sector that aims to serve the health needs of the northern Uganda population through innovations in service provision while complementing the public sector. Underpinning this support of both the public and private sector to strengthen health services in the north will be a shift from the current NUMAT programs focus on infectious disease to an integrated focus on ensuring that quality primary health services are available, accessible, and affordable at different levels of the health system. Specifically, NU-HITES goal is the improved and sustained health and nutritional status of northern Uganda population through strengthening a district-based integrated package of quality health services. The expected program objectives are as follows: 1) Increased use of quality health services at facility and community level by women, girls and children (Health Service Delivery); and 2) Strengthened systems for effective and sustainable delivery of quality health services (Health System Strengthening). |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 3 | This is an amendment to RFA-617-12-000005 to: a. Post the RFA questions and answers. b. Extend closing date from 03/09/2012 to 03/16/2012. |
Mar 01, 2012 |
| Synopsis 2 | Added CFDA number | |
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:
Package No: 1
| Assistance Listings: | |
| Competition ID: | |
| Competition Title: | |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00095890 |
| Opening Date: | Feb 02, 2012 |
| Closing Date: | Mar 09, 2012 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | Godfrey Kyagaba |
| Who Can Apply:: | Organization and Individual Applicants |
| mendatory_forms |
Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) [V2.1] Attachments [V1.1] Assurances for Construction Programs (SF-424D) [V1.1] Budget Information for Construction Programs (SF-424C) [V1.0] Assurances for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424B) [V1.1] Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A) [V1.0] |
| optional_forms | Faith Based EEO Survey [V1.2] |
Packages
| Assistance Listings | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions | Who Can Apply: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKG00095890 | Feb 02, 2012 | Mar 09, 2012 | View | Godfrey Kyagaba | Organization and Individual Applicants |