Improving Medical Education in Malawi under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Post Date

September 15th 2014

Application Due Date

November 19th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

CDC-RFA-GH15-1552

CFDA Number(s)

93.067

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

The University of Malawi was established under the University of Malawi Act of Parliament of 1964. The University of Malawi's College of Medicine is the only medical school in Malawi that trains doctors and is accredited to award medical degrees. The college offers four programs in the Faculty of Medicine: Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), BSc. Health Management, Masters of Public Health (MPH) and clinical specialization training (Masters of Medicine, MMed).

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $0

• Award Range:

  $0 - $3000000

Grant Description

The purpose of this FOA in Malawi is to increase the production and quality of University of Malawi College of Medicine graduates with competencies to provide and manage high-impact integrated HIV care and treatment services and mitigate the chronic shortage of critical health workers, through 1) improving the quality of pre-service and post-graduate education, including continuing medical education through curriculum review and development, faculty development and provision of teaching materials, 2) strengthening integrated HIV service delivery at clinical practicum sites with a focus on improving linkage and retention in care, referral systems, and improving the quality of HIV treatment and care through direct support; 3) building capacity in implementation science to improve the translation of evidence-based approaches to inform the national HIV policy, clinical, and operational guideline development and revision.

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 Section
  E-mail: pgotim@cdc.gov
  Phone: 770-488-2700
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  PGO TIM

• Agency Email Address:

  pgotim@cdc.gov