Laboratory Systems Strengthening Services to Countries in the Southeast Asia and Pacific Regions Supported by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-GH15-1536 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.067Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDCClosing Date: Sep 25, 2014Award Ceiling: $1,000,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Aug 18, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The Ministry of Health (MOH) in Burma and the National Department of Health (NDOH) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) plan to rapidly expand high-quality antiretroviral treatment (ART) coverage in the coming years by increasing capacity at existing delivery sites and decentralizing selected services to provincial, district and township levels. In order to accomplish this expansion, the MOH and NDOH need strong laboratory systems that ensure high-quality HIV diagnostic and clinical monitoring of patients at the existing and new service delivery sites. This will require strengthening the capacity of Burma?s National Health Laboratory (NHL) and Papua New Guinea?s Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL), as well as building capacity of sub-national laboratories and improving the laboratory network in these countries. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will be awarded to a technical assistance (TA) partner to provide support to NHL and CPHL in several key areas, including: (1) developing and hel...
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