Improving Medical Education in Malawi under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-GH15-1552 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 19, 2014Award Ceiling: $3,000,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Sep 15, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The purpose of this FOA in Malawi is to increase the production and quality of University of Malawi College of Medicine graduates with competencies to provide and manage high-impact integrated HIV care and treatment services and mitigate the chronic shortage of critical health workers, through 1) improving the quality of pre-service and post-graduate education, including continuing medical education through curriculum review and development, faculty development and provision of teaching materials, 2) strengthening integrated HIV service delivery at clinical practicum sites with a focus on improving linkage and retention in care, referral systems, and improving the quality of HIV treatment and care through direct support; 3) building capacity in implementation science to improve the translation of evidence-based approaches to inform the national HIV policy, clinical, and operational guideline development and revision.
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