Deadline- April 11, 2013
The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is seeking applications for Strategic Assessments for Strategic Action (SASA) in India to treat at least three million HIV infected people. The purpose of this opportunity is is to fund activities to prevent or control disease or injury and improve health, or to improve a public health program or service. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC) focuses on-
- 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.
Eligibility & Criteria-
Eligible applicants that can apply for this funding opportunity will be Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS status, Nonprofit without 501C3 IRS status, For-profit organizations, 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, Urban Indian health organizations, 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-GH13-1361
