The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) was awarded a $21,735,374 Cooperative Agreement under the Global AIDS Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.067) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The award aims to develop, implement, and sustain high-quality comprehensive facility and community-based HIV activities in Cameroon over a 5-year period from September 2024 to September 2029. The Cooperative Agreement supports EGPAF's "TAIBITEN Project" to provide HIV...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Global AIDS program (CFDA 93.067) provides $3,069,819 to Sante Espoir Vie Cote D'Ivoire (Sev-Ci), a non-profit organization in Cote d'Ivoire. The award, effective from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029, supports Sev-Ci in providing technical assistance to the Cote d'Ivoire Ministry of Health to strengthen the country's health system and increase delivery of HIV prevention, care, and...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $9,250,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Global AIDS federal grant program (CFDA 93.067) to Georgetown University (GU) and 12 Haitian indigenous partners for the "Translating Data and Evidence into Impact Plus (TIDE+)" project. The project aims to improve HIV treatment continuity, increase availability of differentiated service delivery models, prevent treatment interruption, empower peer groups of people living with...
This $100,000 Project Grant awarded on June 3, 2024 by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of African Affairs under the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Program (CFDA 19.029) will support community-led monitoring to improve healthcare services in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The prime awardee, Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees (doing business as Federal Egov IAE Initiative - Generic Entity Identifier), will utilize the funding over the 12-month period ending...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $100,000 from the Department of State Bureau of African Affairs will support Health Development Consultancy Services (Hedecs) to improve HIV service delivery and outcomes for key populations in eight regions of Cameroon through September 2023. Funded through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Programs (PEPFAR; CFDA #19.029), Hedecs will identify and understand data-driven solutions to overcome barriers and ensure key populations receive...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a $10,151,871 Cooperative Agreement under the Global AIDS program (CFDA 93.067) to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to lead the Alliance for Country-Led Control of the HIV Epidemic by Leveraging Efficient Resource Allocation to Achieve Equity (ACCELERATE) consortium. This 4-year award, effective September 30, 2024, aims to promote sustainable, data-driven, and equitable HIV/AIDS programs in Kenya, Uganda,...
This $587,500 Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Global AIDS Program (CFDA 93.067) supports efforts by the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Board to strengthen public health laboratory systems in Cameroon under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program. The award period runs from October 2024 through September 2027. Key activities include implementing comprehensive HIV services, strengthening laboratory...
This $15,221,142 Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Global AIDS program (CFDA 93.067), aims to develop, implement, and sustain high-quality comprehensive facility and community-based HIV 95-95-95 cascade activities for children, adolescents, and adults in Cameroon. The five-year project, implemented by the Association Camerounaise Pour LE Marketing Social (ACMS), seeks to achieve the UNAIDS 95-95-95 goals and contribute to...
This Project Grant award of $160,000 from the Department of State Bureau of African Affairs supports efforts by Adpp Angola under the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Programs (CFDA 19.029) to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Angola. Key deliverables include strengthening HIV care and treatment at health facilities, increasing community engagement, and building clinical laboratory and supply chain infrastructure from August 6, 2021 to September 30, 2021....
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $42,680,510 Cooperative Agreement under the Global AIDS program (CFDA 93.067) to Shwari Health Association, a Cameroon-based non-profit organization, in partnership with Georgetown University's Center for Global Health Practice and Impact and other local entities. The purpose of the "SUSTAIN ADVANCED FACILITY AND COMMUNITY-BASED HIV CASCADE ACTIVITIES IN CAMEROON (SAFECARE-CAMEROON)" project is to develop, implement, and...
ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION - IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS FOR THE PREVENTION, CARE, AND TREATMENT OF HIV/AIDS IN THE REPUBLIC OF COTE D'IVOIRE UNDER PEPFAR - THE ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION (EGPAF) IS PLEASED TO PRESENT OUR APPROACH FOR THE U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION'S (CDC) IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS FOR THE PREVENTION, CARE, AND TREATMENT OF HIV/AIDS IN THE REPUBLIC OF COTE D'IVOIRE UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF (PEPFAR) (SOLICITATION NUMBER CDC-RFA-GH22-2237). EGPAF WILL LEVERAGE ITS IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE HIV EPIDEMIC IN COTE D'IVOIRE, STRONG RELATIONSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS WITH IN-COUNTRY STAKEHOLDERS, AND RECOGNIZED EXPERTISE IN HIV PREVENTION, CARE, AND TREATMENT TO REACH AND SUSTAIN THE UNAIDS 95-95-95 TARGETS. EGPAF, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HEARTLAND ALLIANCE COTE D'IVOIRE (HACI) AND CENTRE SOLIDARITE ACTION SOCIALE (CSAS), WILL INCREASE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF COTE D'IVOIRE'S HIV/AIDS RESPONSE THROUGH PROVISION OF COMPREHENSIVE HIV PREVENTION, CARE, AND TREATMENT SERVICES, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (TA) TO THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, PUBLIC HYGIENE, AND UNIVERSAL HEALTH PROTECTION (MSHPCMU), REGIONAL AND DISTRICT HEALTH MANAGEMENT TEAMS, AND LOCAL COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND FACILITIES TO DELIVER QUALITY HIV/AIDS SERVICES AND SUSTAIN EPIDEMIC CONTROL. EGPAF WILL PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT TO ACTIVITIES ACROSS ALL PROGRAM AREAS THROUGH DIRECT SERVICE DELIVERY AND TA. HACI WILL OFFER KEY POPULATION SPECIFIC SERVICES, INCLUDING DEMAND CREATION FOR HIV SERVICES; COMMUNITY COUNSELLING, TESTING, AND TREATMENT REFERRAL; GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE; SCREENING AND RESPONSE; AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT. CSAS WILL SUPPORT DELIVERY OF HIV AND OTHER HEALTH SERVICES, AS WELL AS ECONOMIC STRENGTHENING, TARGETING ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN (AGYW) AND ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN (OVC) BENEFICIARIES. THE PROJECT WILL IMPLEMENT STRATEGIC ACTIVITIES IN ALIGNMENT WITH FOUR CROSS-CUTTING APPROACHES: IMPLEMENT COORDINATED FACILITY- AND COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGIES TO DELIVERY HIGH-QUALITY SERVICES TO TARGET POPULATIONS; GENERATE AND USE HIGH QUALITY DATA AND A ROBUST QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (QI) APPROACH; BUILD CAPACITY OF THE MSHPCMU AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION OF PREVENTION, CARE, AND TREATMENT SERVICES; AND PROMOTE PERSON-CENTERED AND INNOVATIVE INTERVENTIONS TO MITIGATE BARRIERS TO SERVICE DELIVERY. THE PROJECT WILL BE LED BY EGPAF'S HIGHLY RESPECTED LEADERSHIP TEAM. COUNTRY DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DR. CHARLES JOSEPH DIBY WILL PROVIDE STRATEGIC AND MANAGERIAL LEADERSHIP AS THE PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT FOR CDC, THE MSHPCMU, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, BUILDING ON HIS EXPERIENCE LEADING THE CURRENT PROJECT DJASSO. TECHNICAL DIRECTOR DR. KOUADIO MARC N'GORAN WILL ENSURE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HIGH-QUALITY HIV/AIDS INTERVENTIONS WITH FIDELITY, OVERSEE EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY-FACILITY LINKAGES, AND LEAD TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES. STRATEGIC INFORMATION DIRECTOR N'DA N'GUESSAN JEAN-PAUL KOUADIO WILL OVERSEE THE PROJECT'S STRATEGIC INFORMATION AND EVALUATION (SI & E) PROGRAM, INCLUDING MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M & E), INFORMATICS, AND DATA USE. FINANCE DIRECTOR ALFRED ZIE OUATTARA WILL OVERSEE PROJECT FINANCES, SUB-AWARDS, AND ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING BUDGET OVERSIGHT, PROCUREMENT, AND REPORTING TO CDC. THEY WILL BE SUPPORTED BY EXISTING EGPAF STAFF, 100% OF WHOM ARE IVOIRIAN AND SPEAK FRENCH AND LOCAL LANGUAGES. A KEY PARTNER IN COTE D'IVOIRE SINCE 2004, EGPAF WAS THE FIRST ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT THE SCALE-UP OF PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION (PMTCT) IN COUNTRY, AND HAS BEEN A TRUSTED PARTNER TO THE MSHPCMU AT EACH STAGE OF THE HIV RESPONSE. TOGETHER, THE PROJECT TEAMS' EXPERIENCE AND FAMILIARITY WITH THE IVOIRIAN CONTEXT, DEPTH OF EXPERTISE, AND ABILITY TO DRAW ON TOOLS AND BEST PRACTICES FROM COTE D'IVOIRE AND GLOBALLY MAKE US UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO ACHIEVE THE PROJECT GOAL.