Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services (SIDHAS)

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This is a DRAFT RFA for comments ONLY. The United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Nigeria requests comments/queries on the attached DRAFT Request for Application (RFA). The anticipated project referred to as Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services (SIDHAS) will be implemented nationwide at all levels of the health system in Nigeria. The project seeks to provide quality HIV/AIDS services and to build the capacity of the public and private sectors in Nigeria to provide these services in a sustainable manner. The successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring smooth transition of services including delivery of quality HIV/AIDS care treatment, and related laboratory services to patients previously enrolled in the GHAIN program. The applicant will also be required to develop and follow cost-efficient strategies for providing sustainable access to anti-retroviral Treatment (ART) and demonstrate increased leveraging of funds with the GON and other sources. A key focus of SIDHAS will be enhancing the stewardship of the Government of Nigeria (GON) at the national, state and local levels. SIDHAS will measure progress in this area by developing innovative benchmarks to monitor and evaluate expanded capacity of the health system in Nigeria to coordinate, support, deliver and monitor quality HIV/AIDS care, treatment, and laboratory services. SIDHAS will serve as a critical partner within the broader PEPFAR/Nigeria program. The program will primarily focus on maintaining quality services for those who have been reached during the rapid scale-up phase of PEPFAR, and works collaboratively with the GON, the private sector, and donors to expand sustainable access to services for those whose needs have not yet been met.

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