Strengthening Guyana's Regional Support Network through Partnership with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
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Strengthening Guyana's Regional Support Network through Partnership with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief:
1. CDC Project Description
a. Approach:
Activities
Outcomes
Short Term Outcomes
(1-2 Years)
Intermediate Outcomes
(3-4 Years)
Long Term Outcomes
(5+ Years)
Conduct public health assessment of NPHRL management and operations (M&O)
Identify gaps in service delivery
Develop human resources (HR) training plan for M&O
Develop a remediation plan for quality improvement
Develop new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) or update existing ones to include contingency plans for human resources (HR) and supply shortages
Increased availability and awareness, at all levels of NPHRL, of new or revised SOPS, gaps in service delivery, HR training plan, and the quality improvement remediation plan
Increased knowledge and skills of relevant staff on updated M&O protocols and procedures
Increased utilization, by NPHRL, of (1) new SOPs and contingency plans for HR and supply shortages, and (2) HR training plan for M&O
Reduced gaps in laboratory service delivery
Increased and improved oversight, from relevant trained NPHRL staff, on M&O activities
Increased adherence to (1) the quality improvement remediation plan, (2) SOPs, and (3) HR training and contingency plans
Improved laboratory performance and service quality
Reduced supply shortages (related to SOPs)
Reduced HR staffing shortages (due to contingency plans)
Provide regimented technical assistance (TA) to lab leadership in management and operations (M&O)
Recruit and develop a network of qualified lab leaders to train mid-level staff in lab M&O
Increased representation of qualified lab leaders in training positions
Improved training opportunities and courses available to mid-level staff
Increased awareness and utilization of M&O skills amongst mid-level staff
Increased task-shifting from lab leaders to trained mid-level staff
Improved laboratory performance and service quality
Improved coordination amongst lab personnel of lab service delivery
Reduced delays in sample processing and delivery of results due to improved management
Develop a single quality assurance (QA) assessment tool for service delivery sites in collaboration with MOH
Implement a pilot QA evaluation using the newly developed tool (4 intervention sites and 2 control sites)
Determine feasibility of quality assessment tool
Establish baseline quality measures for 6 evaluation sites
Assess impact of tool and accompanying QA program in improving service quality
Increased awareness and utilization of the single QA assessment tool over other tools
Reduced need for parallel programs implemented by different agencies
Increased documentations of deficiencies in service quality at the site level as a result of tool utilization
Increased efficiency in measuring quality due to the single assessment tool
Increased awareness and use of evaluation findings for program improvement at intervention sites
Improved quality assurance programming at the site and national level
Increased availability of strategic information around service quality by site
Coordinate provider trainings in the clinical engagement and management of key populations (KP) at high risk from HIV infection and secondary transmission**
Increased awareness and utilization, among providers, of HIV best practices in keeping with PEPFAR strategies and international HIV care recommendations
Increased contact between providers from government clinical facility and civil society organizations and NGOs
Increased awareness of operational strategies for clinical management of HIV-infected members of key populations
Increased collaborative care provision between national clinical treatment centers and civil society care and support organizations
Increased access to quality HIV clinical care by KPs
Improved linkage to, and retention in care, especially for key populations
Increased leadership, by clinical staff, of a sustainable, country-led response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Guyana
Detail the level of adherence/compliance of MOH program managers and senior staff to key population program implementation requirements
Identify operational gaps in key populations’ program delivery (stock-outs of materials, difficulty recruiting and retaining providers, inability to reach targeting populations using recommended strategy, etc.)
Collaborate with the MOH to conduct a key populations end-user assessment
Identify barriers to access and uptake of clinical services by HIV-infected members of key populations
Describe preferred service delivery options as reported by HIV-infected key populations (e.g. hours of operation, location, attending clinical staff type, clinical service gaps)
Develop new and revised key populations’ programming guidance addressing operational and uptake challenges identified by administrators and end-users
Develop provider training agenda for KPs
Improved awareness among MOH program managers and senior staff of KP program implementation requirements (including operational gaps)
Increased understanding, at all levels, of the barriers to access and uptake of clinical services by KPs
Increased adoption of recommendations (based on end-user queries) to amend current KP service delivery model
Increased utilization of revised KP programming guidance at the facility level
Improved coverage of services to KPs
Reduced gaps in, and challenges to, service delivery to KPs
Increased utilization of provider training agenda based on self-reported needs of HIV-infected key populations
Increased access and improved uptake of HIV clinical services by key populations
Increased HIV positive KPs on ART
Increased linkage into care
Increased retention in care
Reduced disparities between the general and key populations in HIV transmission and clinical outcomes
Perform surveillance capacity assessment for addition of risk and patient monitoring information; include recommendations for increased security and confidentiality
Develop a surveillance expansion plan with pilot and implementation timelines
Identify required inputs to improve depth, confidentiality and security of surveillance data
Increased uptake and utilization of recommendations from surveillance capacity assessment
Increased uptake and utilization of surveillance expansion plans
Increased confidentiality of surveillance data
Improved reliability of surveillance data due to security and confidentiality measures
Increased access to and use of routinely captured monitoring data from the surveillance system as a result of expansion plans
Increased integration of site-level risk and patient monitoring data into the national surveillance program
Increased utilization of surveillance data for program evaluation, reporting and planning
Collaborate with the MOH to prepare a national treatment cascade
Improve program management by highlighting areas of need across the continuum of care
Provide a single program evaluation tool for assessment across the continuum of care
Increased awareness at all levels of the need for improved management of a national treatment cascade
Increased adoption, at facility-level, of (1) the MOH-driven national treatment cascade (2) program evaluation tool for assessment across the continuum of care
Increased awareness and utilization, at facility level, of the program evaluation tool
Increased adherence to requirements from the national treatment cascade
Increased coverage of target populations on ART
Increased retention in care
Increased understanding of gaps in treatment delivery across the continuum of care as highlighted through evaluation findings
Increased utilization of evaluation findings for program quality improvement
Improved program quality across the continuum of care especially in areas identified through use of evaluation findings
Reduced HIV-related morbidity and mortality
Reduced new transmission of HIV
1. CDC Project Description
a. Approach:
Activities
Outcomes
Short Term Outcomes
(1-2 Years)
Intermediate Outcomes
(3-4 Years)
Long Term Outcomes
(5+ Years)
Conduct public health assessment of NPHRL management and operations (M&O)
Identify gaps in service delivery
Develop human resources (HR) training plan for M&O
Develop a remediation plan for quality improvement
Develop new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) or update existing ones to include contingency plans for human resources (HR) and supply shortages
Increased availability and awareness, at all levels of NPHRL, of new or revised SOPS, gaps in service delivery, HR training plan, and the quality improvement remediation plan
Increased knowledge and skills of relevant staff on updated M&O protocols and procedures
Increased utilization, by NPHRL, of (1) new SOPs and contingency plans for HR and supply shortages, and (2) HR training plan for M&O
Reduced gaps in laboratory service delivery
Increased and improved oversight, from relevant trained NPHRL staff, on M&O activities
Increased adherence to (1) the quality improvement remediation plan, (2) SOPs, and (3) HR training and contingency plans
Improved laboratory performance and service quality
Reduced supply shortages (related to SOPs)
Reduced HR staffing shortages (due to contingency plans)
Provide regimented technical assistance (TA) to lab leadership in management and operations (M&O)
Recruit and develop a network of qualified lab leaders to train mid-level staff in lab M&O
Increased representation of qualified lab leaders in training positions
Improved training opportunities and courses available to mid-level staff
Increased awareness and utilization of M&O skills amongst mid-level staff
Increased task-shifting from lab leaders to trained mid-level staff
Improved laboratory performance and service quality
Improved coordination amongst lab personnel of lab service delivery
Reduced delays in sample processing and delivery of results due to improved management
Develop a single quality assurance (QA) assessment tool for service delivery sites in collaboration with MOH
Implement a pilot QA evaluation using the newly developed tool (4 intervention sites and 2 control sites)
Determine feasibility of quality assessment tool
Establish baseline quality measures for 6 evaluation sites
Assess impact of tool and accompanying QA program in improving service quality
Increased awareness and utilization of the single QA assessment tool over other tools
Reduced need for parallel programs implemented by different agencies
Increased documentations of deficiencies in service quality at the site level as a result of tool utilization
Increased efficiency in measuring quality due to the single assessment tool
Increased awareness and use of evaluation findings for program improvement at intervention sites
Improved quality assurance programming at the site and national level
Increased availability of strategic information around service quality by site
Coordinate provider trainings in the clinical engagement and management of key populations (KP) at high risk from HIV infection and secondary transmission**
Increased awareness and utilization, among providers, of HIV best practices in keeping with PEPFAR strategies and international HIV care recommendations
Increased contact between providers from government clinical facility and civil society organizations and NGOs
Increased awareness of operational strategies for clinical management of HIV-infected members of key populations
Increased collaborative care provision between national clinical treatment centers and civil society care and support organizations
Increased access to quality HIV clinical care by KPs
Improved linkage to, and retention in care, especially for key populations
Increased leadership, by clinical staff, of a sustainable, country-led response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Guyana
Detail the level of adherence/compliance of MOH program managers and senior staff to key population program implementation requirements
Identify operational gaps in key populations’ program delivery (stock-outs of materials, difficulty recruiting and retaining providers, inability to reach targeting populations using recommended strategy, etc.)
Collaborate with the MOH to conduct a key populations end-user assessment
Identify barriers to access and uptake of clinical services by HIV-infected members of key populations
Describe preferred service delivery options as reported by HIV-infected key populations (e.g. hours of operation, location, attending clinical staff type, clinical service gaps)
Develop new and revised key populations’ programming guidance addressing operational and uptake challenges identified by administrators and end-users
Develop provider training agenda for KPs
Improved awareness among MOH program managers and senior staff of KP program implementation requirements (including operational gaps)
Increased understanding, at all levels, of the barriers to access and uptake of clinical services by KPs
Increased adoption of recommendations (based on end-user queries) to amend current KP service delivery model
Increased utilization of revised KP programming guidance at the facility level
Improved coverage of services to KPs
Reduced gaps in, and challenges to, service delivery to KPs
Increased utilization of provider training agenda based on self-reported needs of HIV-infected key populations
Increased access and improved uptake of HIV clinical services by key populations
Increased HIV positive KPs on ART
Increased linkage into care
Increased retention in care
Reduced disparities between the general and key populations in HIV transmission and clinical outcomes
Perform surveillance capacity assessment for addition of risk and patient monitoring information; include recommendations for increased security and confidentiality
Develop a surveillance expansion plan with pilot and implementation timelines
Identify required inputs to improve depth, confidentiality and security of surveillance data
Increased uptake and utilization of recommendations from surveillance capacity assessment
Increased uptake and utilization of surveillance expansion plans
Increased confidentiality of surveillance data
Improved reliability of surveillance data due to security and confidentiality measures
Increased access to and use of routinely captured monitoring data from the surveillance system as a result of expansion plans
Increased integration of site-level risk and patient monitoring data into the national surveillance program
Increased utilization of surveillance data for program evaluation, reporting and planning
Collaborate with the MOH to prepare a national treatment cascade
Improve program management by highlighting areas of need across the continuum of care
Provide a single program evaluation tool for assessment across the continuum of care
Increased awareness at all levels of the need for improved management of a national treatment cascade
Increased adoption, at facility-level, of (1) the MOH-driven national treatment cascade (2) program evaluation tool for assessment across the continuum of care
Increased awareness and utilization, at facility level, of the program evaluation tool
Increased adherence to requirements from the national treatment cascade
Increased coverage of target populations on ART
Increased retention in care
Increased understanding of gaps in treatment delivery across the continuum of care as highlighted through evaluation findings
Increased utilization of evaluation findings for program quality improvement
Improved program quality across the continuum of care especially in areas identified through use of evaluation findings
Reduced HIV-related morbidity and mortality
Reduced new transmission of HIV
Federal Grant Title: | Strengthening Guyana's Regional Support Network through Partnership with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief |
Federal Agency Name: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Grant Categories: | Health |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | CDC-RFA-GH15-1526 |
Type of Funding: | Cooperative Agreement |
CFDA Numbers: | 93.067 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Global AIDS |
Current Application Deadline: | Jan 23, 2015 Electronically submitted application |
Original Application Deadline: | Jan 23, 2015 Electronically submitted application |
Posted Date: | December 1st, 2014 |
Creation Date: | Dec 1, 2014 |
Archive Date: | Feb 22, 2015 |
Total Program Funding: | $360,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $1,080,000 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $0 |
Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
- 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:
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Valerie Naglich
[email protected]
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