OpportunityTitle: Technical Assistance Support for the Strengthening of Blood Transfusion Services to Decrease HIV and Other Transfusion Transmitted Infections in Selected Countries under the President&apos;s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Description: The purpose of this FOA is to strengthen the prevention of HIV transmission by ensuring that services provided by National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS) in selected countries meet global standards for quality and safety including behavioral screening; blood collection from regular voluntary non-remunerated low risk blood donors; quality blood processing and testing for transfusion transmissible infections; blood component production, appropriate clinical use of blood, and haemovigilance testing, and quality, and by increasing the capacity to ensure adequate referral and tracing of blood donors with HIV reactive results to HTC programs for prevention counseling, confirmatory testing, and treatment services. By strengthening safer vein-to-vein practices, and ensuring consistent follow-up and linkage to care and treatment services for HIV positive individuals, the proposed activities will help establish a quality-assured and safe blood supply, and contribute to the 90-90-90 targets.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Grants Policy
GrantorContactText: Katie Sobush&lt;br/&gt;GHK5@cdc.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.