Cooperative Agreement NU2GGH002387

This federal Project Grant award from the Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) provides $169,475 to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to implement and validate the safety, feasibility, and cost-effectiveness of a mobile health (mHealth) approach for providing postoperative care and follow-up for low-acuity surgical procedures in Uganda. The proposed "mHealth Ambulatory Surgery with Follow-up Nurse" (MAS-FUN) model aims to...

This Project Grant award of $174,511 from the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) to The Leland Stanford Junior University supports the development and implementation of an adaptive e-learning (PACE) program to improve newborn and pediatric admission care outcomes in Mwanza, Tanzania. The key objectives are to: 1) determine if the addition of tailored skills training increases refresher knowledge assignment...

This $3,350,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (CFDA 19.517 - Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa) aims to improve health outcomes among refugees and host populations in Tanzania through increased access to quality primary healthcare and nutrition services. The prime awardee, Medical Teams International, Inc., is a non-profit organization that specializes in delivering critical medical and humanitarian...

This $186,254 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) aims to improve dog vaccination coverage and public health outcomes for rabies elimination in Tanzania. The research will investigate the feasibility and impact of synchronized dog vaccination campaigns compared to traditional team-led approaches. The project will evaluate vaccination coverage, cost-effectiveness, and public...

This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's John E. Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) provides $108,237 to Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Uganda to develop and assess the feasibility of a diagnostic tool for post-tuberculosis (TB) lung disease that can be deployed in primary healthcare settings with limited diagnostic resources. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: 1)...

This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) provides $205,235 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) to conduct a combined microeconomic strengthening and stigma reduction intervention for young people with HIV in Zambia. The key products/services being delivered through this funding include: An 8-week program with two experimental components: (i) a stigma reduction support group providing...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $201,549.00 and awarded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), supports a study on metabolic syndrome outcomes among tuberculosis (TB) patients in Tanzania. The key objectives are to: 1) Measure and characterize metabolic markers and TB severity at the time of TB diagnosis, and 2) Measure and describe metabolic outcomes at the completion of TB...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, aims to improve the HIV response and achieve sustained epidemic control in the Haut-Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The $2,777,976 award, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027, is being implemented by Family Health International (FHI 360), a nonprofit organization specializing in...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,251,196 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) aims to scale up an evidence-based Adolescent Transition Package (ATP) to support transitional care among youth living with HIV (YLH) in Kenya. The award will test two implementation strategies for scaling up the ATP intervention - the standard Kenya Ministry of Health implementation approach and an enhanced youth-led, data-driven...

The Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration awarded a $3,350,000 Cooperative Agreement to Medical Teams International, Inc. under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517). The award will support the delivery of improved health care and resilience services for refugees and host populations in the Kigoma region of Tanzania from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2024. Key services to be provided include direct medical assistance, primary health care,...