OpportunityTitle: Capacity Building through Training and Mentoring for Treatment, Care and Support, Including PMTCT, TB/HIV, Laboratory, Informatics, and Cervical Cancer in Botswana under the President&apos;s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 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)1 .  &#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
Description: With 17% of the general population infected with HIV, Botswana has one of the highest prevalence rates in the world. Historically, the country has also had a high incidence of TB. The Government of Botswana has developed some of the strongest treatment and prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programs in sub-Saharan Africa. As PEPFAR Botswana transitions to a technical assistance (TA) model, there is an increasing focus on the training and mentoring of health care workers to build local capacity.This FOA has five program areas related to capacity building:Program Area A: Care, support and treatment, including PMTCT, for adult and pediatric populationsProgram Area B: TB/HIVProgram Area C: LaboratoryProgram Area D: InformaticsProgram Area E: Cervical cancerAll activities will be done in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH). Training and mentoring needs are ongoing due to high staff turnover and changing international recommendations. Implementing partners should build the capacity of the MOH to provide these services without outside assistance by the end of year 5 of the cooperative agreement.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: PGO TIMS
GrantorContactText: CDC Procurement and Grants Office  &lt;br/&gt;Technical Information Management Section  &lt;br/&gt;Phone 770-488-2700