USAID is seeking applications for an Assistance Agreement for funding a program for Improving Nutrition in Tanzania. The Recipient will be responsible for ensuring achievement of the program objective of Improving Nutrition in Tanzania.
The program will emphasize strengthening the capacity of Tanzanian systems at all levels and across sectors to provide critical nutrition services and education. It will also embrace an implementation research approach and a robust learning-by-doing agenda that will contribute to the future scaling up of nutrition programs and services across the entire country. The overall goal of the program is to improve the nutritional status of children and pregnant and lactating women in Tanzania.
Program objectives
– to reduce the prevalence of low height for age (stunting) among children under-five years of age by 20% over the next 5 years in target regions;
– To reduce maternal anemia (as measured by blood hemoglobin concentration) by 20% over the next 5 years in target regions.
The successful application will align its plans to advance the Government of Tanzania’s plans and priorities for reducing maternal and child under-nutrition.
Programs must also be aligned designed in accordance with USAID’s Feed the Future (FTF) and Global Health Initiative (GHI) goals and principles, and should deliberately work with other USAID supported projects and programs in agriculture, health, HIV/AIDS, behavior change communication, gender, and water and sanitation . Details on the program are covered in Program Description, for which the period of any applicant’s proposal may not exceed five years from the date of the award to the applicant; subject to the conditions stated herein.
Subject to the availability of funds, USAID intends to provide approximately $35,000,000 in total USAID funding to be allocated over the five years period.
Last date for submitting the applications is June 22, 2011
For further details, go to the link and search the Funding Opportunity Number ‘USAID-TANZANIA-11-005-RFA.’
