Building capacity along the continuum from prevention to care and treatment in the Central American region under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

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The Award Ceiling for Year 1 is 0 (none). CDC anticipates an Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding amount of $20,000,000 for Year 1, subject to the availability of funds.This NOFO will enhance the capacity of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and any future PEPFAR-approved countries in the region, by addressing gaps in HIV prevention, diagnosis, and treatment and accelerate progress towards achieving the 10-10-10 prevention objectives and 95-95-95 care targets.These focuses include:Scale-up access to HIV prevention for key populations through the Sentinel Surveillance and Control of STIs (VICITS/CLAM) strategy.Differentiated models will be used to provide pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP and PEP), diagnosis, and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), distribution of condoms and lubricants, HIV testing, linkage to treatment and prevention services, and surveillance systems.Improve access to HIV testing through active case-finding strategies, including but not limited to, testing as part of outreach for key and priority populations; index, provider-initiated, and community testing; social network strategy; and self-testing.Support early treatment initiation, retention, adherence, management of advanced HIV disease (AHD), TB, and opportunistic infections (OIs), access to CD4 count, and viral load (VL) monitoring/suppression, expansion of differentiated service delivery (DSD) models, and provision of complementary services.Enhance skills of healthcare workers to provide high quality HIV prevention, testing, and treatment services through training and continuous quality improvement (CQI) initiatives.