Increasing Capacity of the Dominican Republic Ministry of Health in the Areas of Blood Safety, Monitoring and Evaluation, Epidemiology, and Health Information Systems under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

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Increasing Capacity of the Dominican Republic Ministry of Health in the Areas of Blood Safety, Monitoring and Evaluation, Epidemiology, and Health Information Systems under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) reflects the close partnership and collaboration between the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Dominican Republic Ministry of Health (MOH). It is designed to improve capacity in nine technical areas: 1. Increasing access to Safe Blood 2. Improving an HIV Patient Monitoring Information System 3. Implementing a Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) 4. Developing a laboratory information system at the National Reference Laboratory 5. Improving Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Capacity 6. Extending a Tuberculosis electronic patient register 7. Extend the National Epidemiology Surveillance System (SINAVE) 8. Conduct an HIV Drug Resistance Survey 9. Conduct a Behavioral Surveillance Survey (BSS) among People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) All of these activities have been prioritized by the MOH and also contribute to all three priority areas in the PEPFAR/DR Results Framework.