Improving regional capacity to respond to HIV, TB, and other global health priorities in Central America

The Award Ceiling for Year 1 is 0 (none). CDC anticipates an Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding amount of $20,000,000 for Year 1, subject to the availability of funds.

You will advance progress towards achieving the 95-95-95 targets and continue to transition site-level support to local governments in Central America (CA) for:

• El Salvador.
• Guatemala.
• Honduras.
• Nicaragua.
• Panama.

To achieve the goals of this NOFO, you will address gaps in:

• HIV prevention.
• Diagnosis.
• Life-saving treatment.

Proposed activities should facilitate country ownership while improving local capacity to:

• Make sure HIV prevention is available for populations most at risk, through the Sentinel Surveillance of STI and HIV Strategy (VICITS).
• Provide testing that leads to active linkage to HIV treatment and prevention services.
• Improve early HIV diagnosis through active case-finding strategies, including:
  • Testing as outreach for populations most at risk for HIV.
  • Index, provider-initiated, and community testing.
  • Social network strategy.
  • Self-testing.
• Support the integration of comprehensive care and treatment services, including for HIV, TB, and other opportunistic infections.
• Build capacity of healthcare workers to provide high-quality health services led by the country, and through continuous quality improvement (CQI) initiatives.
• Make sure adequate data systems are used to monitor progress toward 95-95-95 targets and other global health priorities.
• Support sustainable health systems that improve:
  • Efficiency.
  • Country ownership of the program.
• Global health security to fight priority infectious diseases and other public health threats.