Engaging Parents in Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Risk Behaviors Targeting Youth: Scaling up the Implementation of Families Matter in the United Republic of Tanzania under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Post Date

January 15th 2013

Application Due Date

April 1st 2013

Funding Opportunity Number

CDC-RFA-GH13-1324

CFDA Number(s)

93.067

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Number of Awards

2

Eligibility Categories

Other

Eligible Applicants Eligible applicants that can apply for this funding opportunity are listed below: ╔ Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education) ╔ Nonprofit without 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education) ╔ For-profit organizations (other than small business) ╔ Small, minority, and women-owned businesses ╔ Universities ╔ Colleges ╔ Research institutions ╔ Hospitals ╔ Community-based organizations ╔ Faith-based organizations ╔ Federally recognized or state-recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments ╔ American Indian/Alaska native tribally designated organizations ╔ Alaska Native health corporations ╔ Urban Indian health organizations ╔ Tribal epidemiology centers ╔ State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau) ╔ Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States) ╔ Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entity ╔ Other

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $10000000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $1200000

Grant Description

Under the leadership of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, as part of the President's Emergency Plan, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servicesу Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC) works with host countries and other key partners to assess the needs of each country and design a customized program of assistance that fits within the host nation's strategic plan and partnership framework. HHS/CDC focuses primarily on two or three major program areas in each country. Goals and priorities include the following: ╔ Achieving primary prevention of HIV infection through activities such as expanding confidential counseling and testing programs linked with evidence based behavioral change and building programs to reduce mother-to-child transmission; ╔ Improving the care and treatment of HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and related opportunistic infections by improving STI management; enhancing laboratory diagnostic capacity and the care and treatment of opportunistic infections; interventions for intercurrent diseases impacting HIV infected patients including tuberculosis (TB); and initiating programs to provide anti-retroviral therapy (ART); ╔ Strengthening the capacity of countries to collect and use surveillance data and manage national HIV/AIDS programs by expanding HIV/STI/TB surveillance programs and strengthening laboratory support for surveillance, diagnosis, treatment, disease monitoring and HIV screening for blood safety; and ╔ Developing, validating and/or evaluating public health programs to inform, improve and target appropriate interventions, as related to the prevention, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS, TB and opportunistic infections

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Agency Contact:

  CDC
  Procurement and Grants Office
  Technical Information Management
  Telephone (770)488-2700
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  pgotim@cdc.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  pgotim@cdc.gov

• More Information:

  N/A