The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is seeking applications (proposals for funding) from U.S. or non-U.S. non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and/or a consortia to provide technical support to regional and country–based malaria control and artemisinin-resistant malaria (ARM) containment program entitled “Greater Mekong Sub-Region Malaria Control Project.”
The USAID Regional Development Mission Asia (RDMA) seeks to procure services of an organization, institution and/or consortium to provide technical support to regional and country–based malaria control and artemisinin-resistant malaria (ARM) containment programs in the program entitled “Greater Mekong Sub-region – Malaria Control Project”. The Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) includes the countries of Cambodia, the People’s Republic of China (specifically Yunnan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region), Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Burma, Thailand, and Viet Nam.
Objectives:
- Develop and scale-up cost-effective vector control interventions to prevent the transmission of malaria;
- Determine ways to improve the quality and effectiveness of diagnosis and treatment of malaria at the community and health facility levels;
- Reduce management bottlenecks of the National Malaria Control Programs and local institutions to implement and monitor malaria control activities, and;
- Support the establishment and maintenance of strategic information for malaria prevention and control.
Expected impact
At the end of the 5-year project, USAID/RDMA’s aim is to delay the spread of artemisinin resistant malaria through development and implementation of a successful model to increase preventive and curative services, as measured through the following indicators:
– Therapeutic efficacy of malaria treatment drugs;
– Test positivity rate; and
– Zero-prevalence of malaria parasites.
Geographic Scope
The Applicant must carry out the activities in areas of documented or potential artemisinin resistance, currently in cross-border areas of Burma, Cambodia, and Thailand. Specifically, activities will initially focus on Southeastern Burma, Northwestern Cambodia and respective border areas with Thailand; however, these areas may expand and/ or change over the life of the project as the epidemiologic/programmatic situations change, and dependent on the availability of funds. This project will also include cross-border activities on the Thai-Cambodia and Thai-Burma borders, which link the various bilateral activities.
Duration and Size of Funding
Subject to the availability of funds, USAID plans to award one or more cooperative agreement(s) with a total estimated amount of approximately $24,000,000 for a program not to exceed five years (from on or about October 01, 2011 – September 30, 2016).
Deadline for submitting the proposals is July 29, 2011
For further details and information, please visit this link and search the Funding Opportunity Number USAID-RDMA-486-11-037-RFA.
