amendment 12 - dhapp-baa-13-002 (pepfar funded).pdf

AMENDMENT 0012

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA)

Number DHAPP-BAA-13-002

“FY13 – FY14 Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program:

Military Specific HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, and Treatment Program for PEPFAR (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief)

Funded Countries”

The purpose of this Amendment 0012 is to incorporate the following:

NHRC/DHAPP is accepting “Concept Papers” for Cameroon as described below through 12 January 2014 for first round consideration.

Eligible Applicants are requested to submit Concept Papers following the guidelines and format provided in the DHAPP BAA-13-002, Section IV.

Cameroon:

HVCT: $200,000

HVOP: $200,000

Total: $400,000

The DoD PEPFAR Program in Cameroon works with the Cameroonian Armed Forces (Forces Armées Camerounaises (FAC)) to provide prevention, treatment, care and monitoring for military members and their beneficiaries. The TBD partner will work closely with DHAPP staff and partners to address the following requirements:

HVCT-Counseling and Testing ($200,000) – Proposals are requested to:

(1) Provide support to FAC to ensure quality HTC services for individuals, couples/partners, and families to learn their HIV status with appropriate pre-post test counseling based on status and appropriately counsel discordant couples and make linked referrals.

(2) Establish tracking system for linkages between HCT and FAC HIV treatment facilities to minimize loss to follow up.

Amendment #0012, DHAPP BAA-13-002 (FY13 – FY14 DHAPP: Military Specific HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, and Treatment Program for PEPFAR Funded Countries)

(3) Strengthen linkages between HCT services and MOH to ensure procurement of adequate HCT test kits and commodities.

(4) Conduct 8 mobile HTC encouragement drives annually;

(5) Provide 400 peer trainers refresher training annually to test and counsel 12,000 individuals annually.

6) Create quality assurance assistance programs to HCT sites.

HVOP-Other Prevention ($200,000) – Proposals are requested to:

(1) Provide a unified and sustainable prevention strategy to include community mobilization and condom distribution during outreach targeting 14,000 military members, spouses and dependents.

(2) Production and distribution of HIV/AIDS prevention messages (including partner reduction, knowing one’s status, and a train-the trainer program) to military facilities, small groups and peer to peer groups that targets at least 90% military personnel, spouses and dependents.

(3) Provision of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections education in military facilities and build capacity by organizing refresher training sessions for military peer educators.

(4) Update and distribute BCC materials as well as distribution of current BCC materials to include: Brochures, posters, photos, flip charts, artificial penises and manuals for TOT targeting 14,000 military members, spouses and dependents.

(5) Ensure education of TOT is coordinated with military leadership to ensure HIV/AIDs training is integrated into the military training plan.

Cameroon:

MTCT: $283,490.00

HLAB: $150,000.00

Total: $433,490.00

The DoD PEPFAR Program in Cameroon works with the Cameroonian Armed Forces (Forces Armées Camerounaises (FAC)) to provide prevention, treatment, care and monitoring for military members and their beneficiaries. The TBD partner will work closely with DHAPP staff and FAC to address the following requirements:

MTCT-Mother to Child Transmission ($283,490) – Proposals are requested to:

(1) Assist in the implementation of Option B+ in the Yaoundé Military Hospital (YMH).

(2) Provide PMTCT personnel training with 1 annual refresher training.

(3) Train up to 30 anti-natal care (ANC) service providers at YMH on Provider Initiated

Testing and Counseling (PITC) approach.

(4) Provide all training materials related to aforementioned trainings.

(5) Procure and coordinate with MOH to ensure that PMTCT related drugs, tests kits and other reagents are stocked and accessible.

(6) Conduct M& E of all PMTCT activities.

Amendment #0012, DHAPP BAA-13-002 (FY13 – FY14 DHAPP: Military Specific HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, and Treatment Program for PEPFAR Funded Countries)

HLAB-Laboratory ($150,000) – Proposals are requested to:

(1) Train up to 30 lab personnel in the areas of bacteriology (meningitis, diarrhea, blood, urine, antibiotic susceptibility testing), serology (HIV, hepatitis, stool parasites), parasitology (stool and blood smears), PCR and lab information management to improve timely, accurate diagnosis and use of testing for quality patient care at YMH.

(2) Ensure proper monitoring and compliance of laboratory protocols at YMH.