Support Laboratory Diagnosis and Monitoring to Scale up and Improve HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Services in the Kingdom of Lesotho under the President s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

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Support Laboratory Diagnosis and Monitoring to Scale up and Improve HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Services in the Kingdom of Lesotho under the President s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR): The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to build laboratory capacity and improve the provision of HIV, TB, and sexually transmitted infections/ opportunistic infections (STI/OI) testing activities and disease monitoring to scale up HIV/AIDS prevention and care and treatment programs. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is intended to enhance the four recognized pillars of the Lesotho National Laboratory Strategic Plan (NLSP 2013/4-2018/19) : accessibility, reliability, affordability, and sustainability of laboratory services. The project will support the provision of quality laboratory services as an integral element of the HIV/AIDS prevention and care and treatment programs. The activities include strengthening of referral testing and networking of laboratories, point of care testing (POCT), laboratory quality improvement initiatives, laboratory equipment and supply chain management, and laboratory information and data management system. The major outcomes of the activities of this FOA include: increased access to diagnosis and disease monitoring through referral testing, decentralization and scale up point of care testing; improved laboratory equipment and supply management system; strengthened quality management system (QMS) at all levels and facilities, including making sure a national accreditation and certification system is in place; establishing the national laboratory and data base systems; and developing local capacity to meet the national HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment targets.

Federal Grant Title:	Support Laboratory Diagnosis and Monitoring to Scale up and Improve HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Services in the Kingdom of Lesotho under the President s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Federal Agency Name:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Grant Categories:	Health
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	CDC-RFA-GH15-1546
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	93.067
CFDA Descriptions:	Global AIDS
Current Application Deadline:	Sep 26, 2014
Original Application Deadline:	Sep 26, 2014
Posted Date:	August 19th, 2014
Creation Date:	Aug 19, 2014
Archive Date:	Oct 26, 2014
Total Program Funding:	$0
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$1,500,000
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:

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

For-profit organizations (other than small business)

Hospitals

Small, minority, and women-owned businesses

All Other eligible organizations
Grant Announcement Contact: CDC Procurement and Grants Office Technical Information Management Section Phone 770-488-2700
PGOTIMS

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 770-488-2756
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