Grant Amount: The anticipated total federal funding amount is $28,300,000.00 with a period of performance of five years.
The United States Agency for International Development in the Philippines (USAID/P) seeks proposals from local Filipino non-profit or for-profit non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other qualified local organizations to assist the Philippines in the prevention and control of tuberculosis (TB). This Request for Applications (RFA) will help the Philippine government attain its vision of a TB-free Philippines and its goal of halving the TB prevalence and mortality rates from the 1990 baseline figures as part of its commitment to the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This can be made possible by helping the country reach a national TB case detection rate (CDR) of 85 percent and a treatment success rate (TSR) of at least 90 percent.
The TB Control Project will engage both the public and private sector nationally and in the project sites in detecting and successfully treating TB cases. Project sites are those identified provinces and cities with the greatest burden of TB disease and having the least performance in both case detection rate and cure rate (CR) and in consideration of priority areas set by the Department of Health (DOH). The impact of program activities and interventions will be measured against a set of national program indicators and targets. The TB Control Project will complement USAID/P‘s and other partners‘ health programs. Program activities will be aligned with the principles of the United States Government (USG) Global Health Initiative (GHI), the USAID Forward Goals, and Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS).
Under the USAID/Philippines‘ health strategy, there are three goals that the TB Control Project will work to achieve: Goal 1 – Demand for primary care services strengthened through encouraging adoption of appropriate healthy behaviors within families; Goal 2 – Supply of services improved, including the availability and quality of public sector services and selective expansion of the private sector as primary care supplier, improved; and Goal 3 – Policy and systems barriers to improve supply and demand for services removed.
Funding Organization
US Agency for International Development Bureau for Global Health
Fund Category
TB
Support Types
Cooperative Agreements
Locations
International
Eligible Organizations
Commercial Organizations Community Based Organizations International Agencies Nonprofit Organizations Religious Organizations
Number of Awards Given
1 award
Award Amount Notes
USAID expects to award one cooperative agreement to a responsible applicant that is responsive to the objectives under this RFA. The anticipated total federal funding amount is $28,300,000.00 with a period of performance of five years.
Application Due Date
6/29/2012
Application Contact
Daphne Collier Agreement Specialist USAID 8/F, PNB Financial Center Pres. Diosdado Macapagal Blvd 1308 Pasay City ,
Fund Duration
5 years.
Subjects
Directly Observed Therapy, Short Course, DOTS Drug Resistance Health Care Policies Medical Treatments and Therapies Mortality Rates TB Prevention
Audiences
Government Agencies Health Planners Policy Makers
Application Process
The applicant must fill out the SF-424, Application for Federal Assistance, as indicated by the form. A sample form is attached with the corresponding email, the family of SF-424 standard forms for SF-424, Application for Federal Assistance; SF-424 A, Budget Information – Non-construction Programs; and SF-424 B, Assurances – Non-construction Programs can be found at: http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/FormLinks?family=15.
Applications shall be submitted in two separate parts: (1) Technical Format Application and Submission Instruction Information. (2) Cost or Business Format Application and Submission Instruction Information. Technical and Cost/business applications must be submitted separately. One original and three hard copies of each shall be submitted. Applications shall be submitted electronically via e-mail followed by hard copy.
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