This $300,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Global AIDS (CFDA 93.067) program supports the "TOTAL CONTROL OF THE EPIDEMIC TCE KINSHASA" project implemented by Humana People To People Congo (HPP-Congo) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The project aims to strengthen systematic, people-centered approaches to HIV/TB prevention, detection, and treatment, while improving clinical and community-based services...
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...
The Cooperative Agreement award, Federal Grant Award ID NU2GGH002528, was provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Global AIDS Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.067) to the Association De Sante Familiale, a local non-profit organization, and PATH, a U.S.-based international NGO. The $6,749,031 award aims to enhance access to comprehensive HIV/AIDS services and achieve epidemic control in seven health zones in Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the...
This $2,777,976 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, aims to improve the response to HIV and ensure sustained epidemic control in targeted areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The primary awardee, Family Health International (FHI 360), will implement activities to decrease new HIV infections and reduce HIV-associated morbidity and mortality in the...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Global AIDS program (CFDA 93.067) provides $11,097,080 to Global Health Systems Solutions (GHSS) to build and improve integrated laboratory capacity and quality services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The key objectives are to: 1) scale up quality assurance and improvement for HIV rapid testing and TB sites; 2) expand quality testing for viral load, early infant diagnosis,...
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 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $7,410,542 Cooperative Agreement under the Global AIDS program (CFDA 93.067) to the Center for Family Health Research (CFHR) to implement the "INGANJI RWANDA: EVIDENCE-BASED HIV PREVENTION AND CARE FOR KEY AND PRIORITY POPULATIONS" project in Rwanda. The 5-year project (9/30/2024 - 9/29/2029) aims to: 1) Optimize access to and use of evidence-based HIV interventions among key and priority populations (KP/PP) in...
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....
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...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $19,252,877 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the CFDA 93.283 "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Investigations and Technical Assistance" program aims to implement evidence-based technical and science support services (TSSS) for HIV prevention, care, and treatment services in Rwanda under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The key goals are to enhance Rwanda's public health response...
GH20-2023 ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN EPIDEMICS CONTROL THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE HIV/AIDS CONTROL PREVENTION,CARE AND TREATMENT SERVICES IN THE KINSHASA REGION OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - THE KINSHASA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH (KSPH) AND THE ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION (EGPAF) ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING PROPOSAL FOR ACHIEVING AND MAINTAINING EPIDEMIC CONTROL THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE HIV/AIDS PREVENTION, CARE AND TREATMENT SERVICES IN THE KINSHASA REGION OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF (PEPFAR), IN RESPONSE TO THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT CDC-RFA-GH20-2023. THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES BUILD ON KSPH?S MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND EGPAF?S 18 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN IMPLEMENTING COMPREHENSIVE ADULT AND PEDIATRIC HIV CARE AND TREATMENT SERVICES IN DRC. AS PART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA, A LEADER IN HIV CARE AND TREATMENT, KSPH IS PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN SUPPORTING THE DRC MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO ATTAIN HIV EPIDEMIC CONTROL AND SET THE TRAJECTORY TOWARDS THE UNAIDS 95-95-95 ELIMINATION GOALS BY 2030 THROUGH RESEARCH, TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE NATIONAL AIDS CONTROL PROGRAM (PNLS). THIS LOCAL EXPERTISE WILL BE REINFORCED BY EGPAF?S INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN IMPLEMENTING HIV PROJECTS IN 14 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING DRC, IN COLLABORATION WITH PEPFAR. IN ORDER TO DECREASE HIV/AIDS ASSOCIATED MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY, KSPH AND EGPAF WILL INCREASE POPULATION ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE HIV/AIDS AND CONTRIBUTE TO SUCCESSFUL EPIDEMIC CONTROL IN THE KINSHASA REGION OF THE DRC THROUGH CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE PNLS AND SUPPORTED HEALTH ZONES. KSPH AND EGPAF WILL BUILD ON BEST PRACTICES, LESSONS LEARNED AND PEPFAR/CDC GUIDANCE TO IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING STRATEGIES UNDER THIS PROJECT: ? IMPLEMENT COMPREHENSIVE FACILITY-BASED HIV PREVENTION AND C & T ALONG THE CLINICAL CASCADE FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION, KP, AGYW, INDEX-CASE, AND TB-HIV PATIENTS ? IMPLEMENT AND SCALE UP EVIDENCE-BASED CLINICAL, LABORATORY, AND COMMUNITY PRACTICES TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY PREVENTION, TESTING, AND C & T SERVICES AND IMPROVE CLINICAL CARE FOR HIV/AIDS AND OIS ? SCALE UP DSDM TO ENSURE STABLE PATIENTS ARE ON ART AND BEING MONITORED ? PROVIDE MENTORSHIP AND SUPPORTIVE SUPERVISION ON M & E ACTIVITIES TO INFORM PROGRAM PLANNING, IMPROVE DATA QUALITY, AND SERVICE DELIVERY ? IMPLEMENT OVC ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THE CLINICAL PROGRAM THROUGH 95-95-95 KSPH AND EGPAF?S PROPOSED PROJECT WILL EMPHASIZE THE USE OF TARGETED, PROVEN APPROACHES TAILORED TO THE SUPPORTED HEALTH ZONE (HZ) CONTEXT ACROSS ALL PROGRAM AREAS. KSPH AND EGPAF WILL BUILD THE CAPACITY OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO TARGET TESTING IN HIGH-YIELD SERVICE DELIVERY POINTS AND TO IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVE MODELS OF DIFFERENTIATED SERVICE DELIVERY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HIV-INFECTED ADULTS AND CHILDREN WHO ARE IDENTIFIED, INITIATED ON ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, VIRALLY SUPPRESSED, AND RETAINED IN CARE. IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT WILL INCREASE ACCESS TO SERVICES AND IMPROVE TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS? HEALTH WITHIN THE SUPPORTED HEALTH ZONES BY PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR LABORATORY SERVICES AND IMPROVED DATA SYSTEMS AND DATA USE. WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE MOH, PNLS, AND HEALTH ZONE TEAMS, THE PROJECT WILL ENSURE THAT ALL PATIENTS, INCLUDING THOSE HARDEST TO REACH AND THOSE MOST VULNERABLE, RECEIVE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF CARE.