Deadline- 10 September 2013
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is accepting applications for Strengthening Facilities for Health (SFH) Project in Cambodia. The mission of this program is to promote good health practices through outreach health education and mobilization, providing a platform for dissemination of information about service availability and a channel for receiving community feedback.
Objectives-
- Improve availability, quality, and utilization of facility-based health services that address the major causes of maternal and newborn mortality
- Improve availability, quality, and utilization of family planning (FP) services, with an emphasis on long-acting and permanent methods (LAPM)
- Improve the recognition and management of moderate/severe malnutrition in sick children, with particular attention to the detection of pediatric tuberculosis (TB) and other chronic wasting diseases in chronically malnourished children
Eligibility & Criteria-
- RFA is open all U.S. or non-U.S. nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), public international organizations (PIO or IO), or other qualified organizations as the Primary recipient, but the Applicant is encouraged to partner with other organizations to deliver results. The Applicant may include a sub-award to a non-local organization(s) but the amount provided to the non-local organization(s) must not be greater than 20 percent of the overall proposed budget per sub-award, sub-award totals not to exceed 40 percent of the total agreement. The application must provide a justification for including the organization(s). In addition, all aspects of project management from financial to programmatic must be performed by the Applicant, not the non-local organization(s). For the purposes of this solicitation, NGOs include any incorporated entity, either non-profit or for-profit, other than a governmental organization.
- All applicants are required to demonstrate the ability to perform and implement the activities under this RFA in Cambodia.
For more information, visit grants.gov and search by funding opportunity number.RFA-442-13-000005
