OpportunityTitle: Strengthening Mozambican Capacity in Health Information Systems in the Republic of Mozambique under the President&#191;s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 1.Eligible Applicants:  Eligible applicants that can apply for this FOA are listed below:    Government Organizations:  &#149;National Ministries of Health  &#149;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)  .   &#149;American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments (federally recognized or state-recognized)  &#149;Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States)    Non-government Organizations:  &#149;American Indian/Alaska native tribally designated organizations  &#149;Alaska Native health corporations  &#149;Tribal epidemiology centers  &#149;Urban Indian health organizations  &#149;Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education)  &#149;Nonprofit without 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education)  &#149;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    PEPFAR Local Partner definition:  To be considered eligible as a local partner under this Funding Opportunity Announcement, the applicant must submit supporting documentation demonstrating how their organization meets one of the three criteria listed below under the &#147;PEPFAR Local Partner definition.&#148;  The supporting documentation must be included in the Appendices of the application and must be labeled as &#147;Eligibility Documentation for PEPFAR Local Partner Definition.&#148;  Applicants that do not provide and/or label the supporting documentation required to meet the PEPFAR Local Partner definition above will not be considered eligible for review.
Description: A core priority of PEPFAR is to ensure high quality, robust data are available to monitor and evaluate the national response to HIV. In Mozambique, the USG has worked closely with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and implementing partners from 2009 -2014 to strengthen health information systems in Mozambique; while progress has been made in some areas, some challenges continue: the Ministry of Health continues to have weak capacity to plan, develop, monitor, and maintain key information systems. There is inadequate human resource capacity in the public and private sector at national and subnational levels to develop and deploys health information systems. Despite expansion of some health information systems, harmonization and interoperability of these systems needs to be strengthened. The USG is working to strengthen both GRM&#146;s HIV-specific information systems as well as broader program specific and sector wide health information systems that monitor MCH, malaria, nutrition, TB, mortality, and other key indicators of health. The USG aligns its support in Strategic Information to several key national SI Plans including the MOH Department of Health Information (DIS)&#146;s five-year HIS strategy (2014-2019). The objective of this FOA is to strengthen local capacity and country ownership in health information systems. The primary activities include support for mortality surveillance, standardized tracking systems for monitoring patients in HIV care and treatment, assist to define e-Health architecture, training of Mozambican staff in informatics, application of data quality standards and best practices, and expansion of central Information Systems (HIS) into provincial and regional facilities.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: pgotim@cdc.gov
GrantorContactText: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) &lt;br/&gt;Procurement and Grants Office (PGO) &lt;br/&gt;Technical Information Management Section (TIMS) &lt;br/&gt;Phone:  770-488-2700 &lt;br/&gt;