Supporting HIV and Tuberculosis Response in the Kingdom of Lesotho through District-based Comprehensive Prevention, Care and Treatment Programs and Health Systems Strengthening under the President¿s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

 

The Kingdom of Lesotho has a population of 1.9 million people. With a gender differentiated but generalized HIV epidemic, Lesotho has the worldÂ’s third highest HIV prevalence at 23.3%, and the worldÂ’s fifth highest TB-HIV co-infection rates. According to UNAIDS 2012 estimates, more than 360,000 people (includes 38,000 children under the age of 15) are estimated to be living with HIV. Lesotho has made significant improvements in reducing AIDS related mortality from 26,000 in 2005 to less than 16,000 in 2012. The overall goal of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to utilize a district model approach to scale-up HIV prevention and treatment interventions to create an AIDS free generation in four districts in Lesotho. This will be achieved by implementing interventions to expand coverage of provider-initiated testing and counseling (PITC) and linkage into care services and treatment; reduce the rate of mother to child transmission to less than 5% and keep the mother-baby pairs alive; increase coverage of HIV treatment both to reduce AIDS-related mortality and to enhance HIV prevention; ensure that all TB-HIV co-infected people are initiated on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and retained in care; and strengthen the capacity of District Health Management Teams (DHMT) to routinely deliver high quality HIV programs in each district. The goal and activities of this FOA are in alignment with the Lesotho National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan (NSP) . The four service districts will be Leribe, Berea, Quithing, and QachaÂ’s Nek, which have a combined estimated population of 750,000.

Deleted 11/23/2014 (Archived.) CDC-RFA-GH15-1548 Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL Cooperative Agreement 1 Eligible applicants that can apply for this FOA are listed below: Government Organizations: • National Ministries of Health • State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau) . • American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments (federally recognized or state-recognized) • Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States) Non-government Organizations: • American Indian/Alaska native tribally designated organizations • Alaska Native health corporations • Tribal epidemiology centers • Urban Indian health organizations • Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education) • Nonprofit without 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education) • Research institutions (that will perform activities deemed as non-research) Colleges and Universities Community-based organizations Faith-based organizations 10/24/2014 This program does not have cost sharing or matching requirements. CDC Procurement and Grants Office
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Phone 770-488-2700 pgotim@cdc.gov $0.00 Awards up to $5,000,000.00