Strengthening of the Human Resources Information System and Development of Open Health Information Enterprise Architecture in the Republic of Zimbabwe under the Presidentкs Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Post Date

September 3rd 2014

Application Due Date

October 19th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

CDC-RFA-GH15-1604

CFDA Number(s)

93.067

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

Eligible applicants that can apply for this FOA are listed below: Government Organizations: ╔ National Ministries of Health ╔ 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) . ╔ American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments (federally recognized or state-recognized) ╔ Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States) Non-government Organizations: ╔ American Indian/Alaska native tribally designated organizations ╔ Alaska Native health corporations ╔ Tribal epidemiology centers ╔ Urban Indian health organizations ╔ Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education) ╔ Nonprofit without 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education) ╔ Research institutions (that will perform activities deemed as non-research) Colleges and Universities Community-based organizations Faith-based organizations For-profit organizations (other than small business) Hospitals Small, minority, and women-owned businesses All Other eligible organizations

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $0

• Award Range:

  $0 - $600000

Grant Description

Human resources (HR) are an essential component of Zimbabweуs health system, and are therefore critical for an effective response to the HIV epidemic. Still recovering from the effects of the political crisis in the first decade of the 21st century, the countryуs health institutions are understaffed and the workforce overburdened. Efficient information systems can provide knowledge to equitably distribute scarce human resources. This includes both applications to manage information about the health sector workforce and means to electronically share information across systems. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will build on past and current CDC-supported activities at the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) and the Health Professional Regulatory Bodies. Original funding started in Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 with Emory University and a local information technology (IT) company recording business process requirements and software design. In October 2011, Health Informatics Training and Research Advancement Centre (HITRAC), a unit within the University of Zimbabwe, took over and developed a new human resources information system (HRIS) that since April 2013 has been successfully deployed to all 8 provincial MOHCC human resources (HR) departments, 2 central hospitals, and the MOHCC head office. New systems have also been developed and deployed for the Nursing Council of Zimbabwe (NCZ), Medical Dental Physician Council of Zimbabwe (MDPCZ), and Medical Laboratory and Clinical Scientists Council of Zimbabwe (MLSCZ), with appropriate staff trained by HITRAC, and strong engagement from all the stakeholders. Deployment to the other four central hospitals and four Regulatory Councils was scheduled for later in 2013.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Agency Contact:

  CDC Procurement and Grants Office
  T3echnical Information Management Section
  E-mail: pgotim@cdc.gov
  Phone: 770-488-2700
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  PGO TIM

• Agency Email Address:

  pgotim@cdc.gov