Ensuring Reliable and Equitable Access to PMTCT Services for Key Populations in the Republic of Mali under the Presidentкs Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Post Date

October 3rd 2014

Application Due Date

December 1st 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

CDC-RFA-GH15-1605

CFDA Number(s)

93.067

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

In 1987, very early on in the fight against HIV-AIDS, the Republic of Mali created what was then called the PNLS (National Program for the Fight Against HIV-AIDS) to develop a vision, strategies, and policies in order to implement and coordinate all activities to combat HIV/AIDS in Mali. In 2004, the PNLS was transformed into the CSLS (Cellule Sectorial De Lutte Contre Le Sida). Each Ministry of the government developed a CSLS to focus on all HIV/AIDS activities for the sector in which they operated and for which they had responsibility. The CSLS of the Ministry of Health, being the largest, the most professionally staffed, the most visible, and the most active in the country has always served as de facto National HIV-AIDS Control program in Mali. CDC has had a collaborative working and professional relationship with the PNLS since 1996. With the restructuring of the PNLS into CSLS, CDC continued its relationship with the CSLS of the MOH.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $0

• Award Range:

  $0 - $250000

Grant Description

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to assist the Government of Mali's National HIV-AIDS Control Program (CSLS-MOH) to develop the scientific data for decision making required for the PMTCT program, particularly as it relates to key populations (KP) such as professional sex workers, and female partners of men who have sex with men (MSM). The project also seeks to optimize the current EID (Early Infant Diagnosis) program, a component of the PMTCT program, to develop the appropriate laboratory linkages with the National Reference Laboratory in order to develop a patient focus approach. As such, the project seeks to serve as a pilot PMTCT program in a specific geographic area of Mali where synergies between existing HIV-AIDS Prevention and Care & Treatment programs can be optimized.

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