Mulu Prevention Project

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	Federal Grant Title:	Mulu Prevention Project
	CFDA Number:	98.001
	CFDA Description:	USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas
	Federal Agency Name:	Ethiopia USAID Addis Ababa
	Category of Funding Activity:	Health
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Continuation
	Funding Opportunity Number:	RFA-663-11-000013
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Jul 01, 2011
	Creation Date:	Jul 26, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 01, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 22, 2011 This modification is to extend the deadline for submission of applications to August 22, 2011.
	Archive Date:	Aug 31, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	2
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	70,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	50,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	20,000,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Information on Eligibility: Information not provided
Grant Description: The goal of the project is to reduce the number of new HIV infections in Ethiopia. Thename of the program "MULU" when translated from Amharic, means "complete". The program will support the efforts of GoE in meeting the Strategic Plan for intensifying a Multi-sectoral HIV and AIDS (SPM) II targets of intensifying HIV prevention in Ethiopia. It delivers a major part of PEPFAR Ethiopia's share of the partnership framework under preventing new infections, which is also a sub-set of the SPM II goals. This shall happen by reducing risks and vulnerability to the infection, through a process lead by GoE and the on-going collection and utilization of evidence. The main intervention strategies and focuses of these programs are guided by the epidemiological portfolio of the country. The overall goal of this program is to contribute to the national target of reducing new infections by 50% by 2014. By the end of the fifth year, the service coverage for most at-risk populations (MARPs) shall increase and GoE workplace responses will be strengthened. This program aims to achieve the following objectives:(1)prevent new HIV infections by reducing behavioral risk factors among most-at-risk populations and other highly vulnerable populations (2)strengthen community level systems and structures to support combination prevention(3)increase the capacity of GoE to lead HIV prevention interventions that are based on the local epidemiology of new infections(4)forecast the need for and strengthen HIV prevention endeavors in selected large-scale workplaces
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Grant Announcement Contact: Fitih Asfawossen Aquisition & Assistance Specialist Phone 00251-111-306299

fasfawossen@usaid.gov [fasfawossen@usaid.gov]
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