Civil Society Partnerships for Capacity Strengthening to Respond to the Joint Family/Sexual Violence (FSV) and HIV Epidemics in Papua New Guinea (PNG) under the President?s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)'

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-GH14-1410 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 26, 2014Award Ceiling: $300,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Aug 19, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The Local Capacity Initiative (LCI) toward Country Leadership seeks to engage Civil Society Organizations (CSO) that are capable of increasing effective local health systems/services or networks to address the HIV response by increasing a national commitment to quality HIV activities especially for key populations (KPs). Civil society organizations are defined as: an array of non-governmental local organizations and networks (professional associations, religious organizations, community associations (local school committees, health user groups), not-for-profit organizations at national district and local levels), and has a multiplicity of potential roles in a country?s health response. These roles include service delivery, advocacy, health education and promotion, and as a key stakeholder that engages in planning and monitoring at multiple levels. There is limited population based data in Papua New Guinea (PNG) collected on key populations but some of the available research shows alarming ris...
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