Engaging faith-based organizations to control the HIV epidemic and related health threats in the Republic of Uganda under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

forecasted

The Award Ceiling for Year 1 is 0 (none). CDC anticipates an Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding amount of $10,000,000 for Year 1, subject to the availability of funds.This NOFO will support strengthening systems and implementation of comprehensive HIV, TB, and related prevention, care, and treatment programs with aim of controlling the HIV epidemic and related infectious and non-infectious diseases in Uganda. Towards sustainability, the recipient(s) will work with government, faith/community structures, and key stakeholders to strengthen the capacity of facilities and communities to improve person-centered health service delivery and to respond to public health threats at faith-based facilities and in the community. Activities will include health systems strengthening, supportive supervision, and continuous quality improvement in multiple technical areas, including HIV case-finding (especially among men, young people, and key/priority populations); HIV care and treatment (including advanced HIV disease management); elimination of mother-to-child HIV transmission; biomedical and socio-behavioral prevention programs; TB prevention, diagnosis, and treatment; integration of psychosocial support and non-communicable disease services into HIV services; laboratory systems; surveillance (including HIV recent infection surveillance); and data science and informatics (including expenditure analysis). Expected outcomes include improved access, quality, and uptake of HIV services and achievement of the 95-95-95 targets (95% of people living with HIV know their status, 95% of those diagnosed receive antiretroviral therapy (ART), 95% of those on ART have suppressed viral load).