Strengthening HIV Strategic Information Activities in the Republic of Kenya under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Post Date

March 31st 2009

Application Due Date

May 29th 2009

Funding Opportunity Number

CDC-RFA-PS09-990

CFDA Number(s)

93.067

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Number of Awards

4

Eligibility Categories

Other

Eligible applicants Eligible applicants that can apply for this funding opportunity appear below: • Public nonprofit organizations • Private nonprofit organizations • For profit organizations • Small, minority, women-owned business • Universities • Colleges • Research institutions • Hospitals • Community-based organizations • Faith-based organizations • Indian/Alaska tribal organizations • Indian tribal organizations • 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) • Urban Health Organization • Tribal Epidemiology Centers • Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States) • Non-domestic (non-US) entity • Other (specify) A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state as eligible to submit an application under the state eligibility in lieu of a state application. If applying as a bona fide agent of a state or local government, a letter from the state or local government as documentation of the status is required. Attach with “Other Attachment Forms” when submitting via www.grants.gov.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $5000000

• Award Range:

  $200000 - $5000000

Grant Description

The purpose of this announcement is to strengthen and expand Strategic Information (SI) activities through:  The design and implementation of innovative surveillance and surveys to provide behavioral and biological data to monitor trends of the HIV epidemic.  The development, implementation and support for innovative HMIS and public health informatics systems for better information flow from health facilities to the national level.  Collaboration with the Ministries of Health, CDC and other partners to develop a national HMIS strategy that enable integration of health related systems in the lab, pharmacy and clinics.  The development, implementation and support of monitoring and evaluation strategies and tools to track programmatic activities and report for decision making and program improvement  Capacity building for Government of Kenya GOK/MOH and other local institutions on the three key components of SI, namely Disease Surveillance, M&E and Informatics/HMIS.

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
  Phone 770-488-2700

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Technical Information Management

• Agency Email Address:

  PGOTIM@cdc.gov