Strengthening the Delivery, Coordination, and Monitoring of HIV Services in Malawi through Faith-based Institutions under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-GH15-1550 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: Nov 20, 2014Award Ceiling: $2,100,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Sep 13, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is a single eligibility opportunity for a faith-based organization (FBO) that directly supports delivery of HIV/AIDS services as well as pre-service training of nurses and other critical cadres of health workers in Malawi. The awardee will provide supervision and oversight at clinical sites managed by faith-based organizations to ensure quality of services and will promote quality improvement activities at those sites. The awardee will also specifically support scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services through training of VMMC providers, renovation of facilities, provision of equipment and novel reimbursement models. The awardee will support the training of healthcare workers through direct assistance to training institutions, provision of bursary support to students, and through the review and revision of policies related to the provision of scholarships and the bonding of trainees to public service after graduation.
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding