Deadline: 2 November 2015
The Measure Evaluation, a programme of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is currently inviting applications for its Cross-Border Health Integrated Partnership Project (CB-HIPP) in Africa.
The programme seeks to strengthen monitoring and evaluation functions and systems and build individual, organizational, and national capacity to assess the effectiveness of public health interventions.
The goal of CB-HIPP is to catalyze and support sustainable and African-led regional health development through public-private partnerships to improve health outcomes among mobile populations and vulnerable communities residing along East African transport corridors and at cross-border sites.
Key Objectives
CB-HIPP must achieved the following results:
- Increased access to and uptake of integrated health and HIV/AIDS services at strategic crossbred sites and “hot-spots” in East Africa.
- Alternative health financing models identified, implemented, and tested to strengthen sustainability of HIV/AIDS and health services at cross-border sites.
- Strengthened capacity of transnational partners to develop and advocate for regional policies for quality integrated health and HIV services for mobile and vulnerable populations.
Target Populations
- female sex workers
- truck drivers and their assistants
- small businesses operating at border areas
- fishing communities around fresh water lakes
- men who have sex with men
- people who use drugs
- people living with HIV including discordant couples
- vulnerable community members including adolescent girls and young women
Focus Countries
The CB-HIPP team envisions implementation across 10 initial cross-border sites.
The five land border intervention sites are:
- Malaba, Kenya; Malaba, Uganda
- Busia, Kenya; Busia, Uganda
- Katuna, Uganda; Gatuna, Rwanda
- Rusumo, Rwanda; Rusumo, Tanzania
- Holili, Tanzania; Taveta, Kenya
The five wet border intervention sites are:
- Kasensero, Uganda; Missenyi district landing site, Tanzania (TBD)
- Sio Port/Port Victoria, Kenya; Majanji, Uganda
- Muhuru Bay, Kenya; Shirati, Tanzania
- Rumonge, Burundi; Tanzania and DRC (TBD)
- Kibuye, Rwanda; DRC (TBD)
How to Apply
- Applicants must send the documents via email available on the website.
- Applicants must submit:
- A Cover Letter
- A Technical Proposal/Scope of Work
- A Detailed Timeline
- An Organizational Description and Experience Statement.
- A Description of Financial/Accounting Structures and Practices
- A Detailed Budget and Budget Narrative.
For more information, please download the pdf Measure Evaluation.
