Cooperative Agreement NU2GGH002460

The $18,650,000 Cooperative Agreement award, granted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Global AIDS program (CFDA 93.067), will support the "ACCELERATING MALAWI'S PEPFAR LABORATORY LOGISTICS AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR QUALITY 2.0 (AMPLIFY 2.0)" project. This multi-year, 5-year award, effective September 30, 2024, aims to accelerate Malawi's efforts to strengthen its laboratory logistics and infrastructure under the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the HIV Prevention Activities Health Department Based program (CFDA 93.940) provides $1,800,000 in funding to Positive Impact Health Centers Inc., a non-profit organization in Atlanta, Georgia. Over the 5-year award period from August 2024 to July 2029, the funding will enable Positive Impact Health Centers and the Gwinnett County Board of Health to enhance HIV and STI testing, prevention,...

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...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $119,943 cooperative agreement to Family Development Initiatives LIMITED of Zambia to support a Community Led Monitoring Initiative to Improve Quality of HIV Care Services in Eastern Province from January 19, 2023 through November 30, 2023. The initiative will support community-based monitoring of HIV care services delivered through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program in Eastern Province, Zambia....

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a five-year, $710,187 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242) to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to adapt and evaluate the Comprehensive Adherence Resource and Empowerment Support (CARES) intervention for increasing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence and continuation among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The key objectives are to: 1) adapt the CARES intervention to incorporate injectable PrEP and...

This Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of African Affairs provided $120,179.59 to Ciheb Zambia LIMITED for community-led monitoring to improve the quality of HIV care in Zambia through client feedback. The grant was awarded on April 1, 2021 with a completion date of January 31, 2022. Under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Programs (CFDA 19.029), the grantee and three sub-awardees—Ndekeleni Development Foundation, Youth Development Organisation, and...

The federal Project Grant award ID K01MH138243, awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), will fund a research project titled "REDUCING MOBILITY-ASSOCIATED INTERRUPTION IN ART AMONG MEN IN MALAWI (REMIT)." The $183,179 award will support the refinement and piloting of an intervention to improve antiretroviral treatment (ART) outcomes among mobile men living with HIV in Malawi. The key products and services...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $110,000 project grant to Treatment Advocacy And Litera CY Campaign to implement the COMMUNITY LED MONITORING TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF HIV CARE IN ZAMBIA THROUGH CLIENT FEEDBACK project from March 1, 2022 to December 30, 2022. Under this award, Treatment Advocacy And Litera CY Campaign will work to improve HIV care quality in Zambia by establishing a community-led monitoring program that gathers client feedback. The grant is part of the...

This $709,872 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (CFDA 93.855 - Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research) will support the development and pilot testing of a couple-based intervention to address perinatal depression and improve adherence to prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV among pregnant women in Malawi. The research will be conducted by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Specifically, the project aims...

This $197,035 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) aims to develop and evaluate a community-based intervention to better engage men who use substances in HIV prevention services in rural South Africa. The key objectives are to: 1) explore the experiences, perceptions, and preferences for HIV prevention and health services among men who frequent local bars (shebeens) using qualitative methods; 2)...