Supporting HIV and Tuberculosis Response in the Kingdom of Lesotho through District-based Comprehensive Prevention, Care and Treatment Programs and Health Systems Strengthening under the President's Emergency Plan for

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Supporting HIV and Tuberculosis Response in the Kingdom of Lesotho through District-based Comprehensive Prevention, Care and Treatment Programs and Health Systems Strengthening under the President's Emergency Plan for: The Kingdom of Lesotho has a population of 1.9 million people. With a gender differentiated but generalized HIV epidemic, Lesotho has the world’s third highest HIV prevalence at 23.3%, and the world’s fifth highest TB-HIV co-infection rates. According to UNAIDS 2012 estimates, more than 360,000 people (includes 38,000 children under the age of 15) are estimated to be living with HIV. Lesotho has made significant improvements in reducing AIDS related mortality from 26,000 in 2005 to less than 16,000 in 2012. The overall goal of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to utilize a district model approach to scale-up HIV prevention and treatment interventions to create an AIDS free generation in four districts in Lesotho. This will be achieved by implementing interventions to expand coverage of provider-initiated testing and counseling (PITC) and linkage into care services and treatment; reduce the rate of mother to child transmission to less than 5% and keep the mother-baby pairs alive; increase coverage of HIV treatment both to reduce AIDS-related mortality and to enhance HIV prevention; ensure that all TB-HIV co-infected people are initiated on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and retained in care; and strengthen the capacity of District Health Management Teams (DHMT) to routinely deliver high quality HIV programs in each district. The goal and activities of this FOA are in alignment with the Lesotho National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan (NSP) . The four service districts will be Leribe, Berea, Quithing, and Qacha’s Nek, which have a combined estimated population of 750,000.

Federal Grant Title:	Supporting HIV and Tuberculosis Response in the Kingdom of Lesotho through District-based Comprehensive Prevention, Care and Treatment Programs and Health Systems Strengthening under the President's Emergency Plan for
Federal Agency Name:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS-CDC)
Grant Categories:	Health
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	CDC-RFA-GH15-1548
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	93.067
CFDA Descriptions:	Information not provided
Current Application Deadline:	October 24th, 2014
Original Application Deadline:	October 24th, 2014
Posted Date:	September 11th, 2014
Creation Date:	September 11th, 2014
Archive Date:	November 23rd, 2014
Total Program Funding:	$0
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$5,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$0
Expected Number of Awards:	1
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No
Last Updated:	September 11th, 2014

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
Additional Information on Eligibility: 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
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