Technical Assistance to National Entities and Regional Health Bureaus (RHBs) in the Implementation of HIV Programs across Ethiopia under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

The Award Ceiling for Year 1 is 0 (none). CDC anticipates an Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding amount of $22,000,000 for Year 1, subject to the availability of funds.This NOFO builds on achievements to date and is expected to address gaps and challenges at different levels of the health system through above-site support to Ministry of Health (MOH), Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), and maintained regions (whereby the regions have gaps in reaching to saturation level); and through intensive technical assistance (TA) and provision of direct service delivery (DSD) support to newly formed regions in South Ethiopia, federal hospitals and Gambella RHB. The recipient is expected to provide above-site support targeted at national and regional levels to different health system structures. Support includes strategic planning, policy, and guidelines development to maintain technical capacity in program implementation and monitoring, with particular emphasis on achieving programmatic goals in priority locations and populations. The recipient is expected to provide TA support to transition regions (Regions close to reaching the 95-95-95 goal) through collaboration with the MOH mechanism. This NOFO may also support other health system strengthening capabilities and response to emerging public health issues.
Categories: Health.