Deadline- April 15, 2013
The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) invites applications for Supporting Laboratory Strengthening Activities in Resource to turn the tide of global HIV/AIDS. Objective of this project is 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.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.
HHS/CDC focuses primarily on two or three major program areas in each country. Goals and priorities include the following-
- Achieving primary prevention of HIV infection through activities such as expanding confidential counseling and testing programs linked with evidence based behavioral change and building programs to reduce mother-to-child transmission;
- Improving the care and treatment of HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and related opportunistic infections by improving STI management; enhancing laboratory diagnostic capacity and the care and treatment of opportunistic infections; interventions for intercurrent diseases impacting HIV infected patients including tuberculosis (TB); and initiating programs to provide anti-retroviral therapy (ART);
- Strengthening the capacity of countries to collect and use surveillance data and manage national HIV/AIDS programs by expanding HIV/STI/TB surveillance programs and strengthening laboratory support for surveillance, diagnosis, treatment, disease monitoring and HIV screening for blood safety; and
- Developing, validating and/or evaluating public health programs to inform, improve and target appropriate interventions, as related to the prevention, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS, TB and opportunistic infections.
Program outcomes, by program area and objective, will include–
- Program Area A: Supporting Laboratory Training and Quality Improvement for Diagnosis and Laboratory Monitoring of HIV/AIDS Patients
- Program Area B: Capacity Building Assistance for Global HIV/AIDS Laboratory Guidelines and Standards Development and Enhancing Laboratory Quality Improvement Skills through a Quality Systems Approach
- Program Area C: Capacity Building Assistance for Global HIV/AIDS Microbiological Laboratory Program Development
- Program Area D: Capacity Building Assistance to Support Sustainable HIV/AIDS Integrated Laboratory Program Development
Eligibility & Criteria-
Eligible applicants that can apply for this funding opportunity will be Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education), Nonprofit without 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education), For-profit organizations (other than small business), Small, minority, and women-owned businesses, Universities, Colleges, Research institutions, Hospitals, Community-based organizations, Faith-based organizations, Federally recognized or state-recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments, American Indian/Alaska native tribally designated organizations, Alaska Native health corporations, Urban Indian health organizations, Tribal epidemiology centers , State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau), Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States), Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entity
For more information, visit grants.gov and search by funding opportunity number.CDC-RFA-GH13-1366
