Provision of Comprehensive HIV/AIDS, STI and TB Services Including Prevention, Care, Support and Treatment to Prisoners and Staff of the Prisons Service in the Republic of Uganda under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-GH15-1590 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: Dec 03, 2014Award Ceiling: $1,200,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Oct 01, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: Due to the high HIV prevalence in the prisons and limited access to comprehensive HIV services among the prisoners and prison staff, the purpose of this FOA is to support and strengthen the delivery of evidence-based comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment, and support services to the prisoners and prison staff of the Uganda Prisons Service (UPS). This is in line with the CDC program goal of supporting Uganda to achieve an AIDS Free Generation through universal coverage (> 80%) of combination prevention interventions in a way that is accountable, engenders country ownership, and builds national capacity. The program objectives aligned with this FOA include: ? Contribute to the Ministry of Health strategic goal to reduce the national HIV incidence rate by 40% within 5 years through scaling-up evidence-based, effective, combination prevention interventions that reflect the nature of the epidemic. ? Contribute to the Ministry of Health strategic goal to increase Anti-Retroviral Ther...
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