Program Expansion Supplement for GH11-1109, Strengthening Local Capacity to Provide Sustainable HIV-Related Care and Treatment Services in South Africa under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-GH11-11090501SUPP15 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: Feb 17, 2015Award Ceiling: $24,000,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Jan 14, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: South Africa is home to the world’s largest HIV epidemic with an estimated 6.1 million adults and children living with HIV in 2012 (UNAIDS). The country also ranks third among countries with the highest burden of TB in the world after India and China, two countries that have much larger populations (WHO 2012), with also increasing incidence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB. To address the HIV epidemic, South Africa has scaled up HIV clinical services to over 3500 public health facilities providing antiretroviral treatment (ART) to over 2.5 million adults and children by the end of 2013 (NDOH), with an aim to reach 4.6 million individuals with ART by 2016. This scale-up has been achieved using a decentralized nurse-led model, while strengthening information systems, laboratory systems, public sector delivery of ARVs, and the implementation of all aspects of the DOH PHC re-engineering strategy. This has been supported by PEPFAR implementing ...
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