SUPPLEMENT: Assisting the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) in Providing Critical Human Resources for Health to Achieve HIV Epidemic Control in Namibia under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Funding Opportunity ID: 292637 Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-GH16-16400201SUPP17 Opportunity Title: SUPPLEMENT: Assisting the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) in Providing Critical Human Resources for Health to Achieve HIV Epidemic Control in Namibia under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryOpportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCategory Explanation: CFDA Number(s): 93.067Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Additional Information on Eligibility: Inadequate human resources pose a major challenge for Namibia. Eighty percent of Namibia's doctors work in the private sector, but only 20% of the population seeks health care through the private sector. Potentia has been working successfully with the MOHSS and other key stakeholders for the past 10 years being a successful recipient of two CDC cooperative agreements to fill these critical gaps in Namibia and scale up HIV Care and Treatment through human resources support in all 13 regions in Namibia. Potentia is the only eligible and capable agency to carry out the proposed program expansion within the specified time frame. First, the program expansion funds (Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon) have been awarded to CDC-Namibia from the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator for a limited time period of 2 years s...
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