Strengthening TB/HIV activities in the Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

General Information
Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-PS10-1089

Funding Opportunity Title: Strengthening TB/HIV activities in the Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Health
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 1
CFDA Number(s): 93.067 -- Global AIDS
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Version: Synopsis 1
Posted Date: Mar 10, 2010
Last Updated Date: Mar 08, 2010
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 10, 2010
Current Closing Date for Applications: May 10, 2010
Archive Date: Jun 09, 2010
Estimated Total Program Funding: $8,000,000
Award Ceiling: $0
Award Floor: $0

Eligibility
Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants that can apply for this funding opportunity are listed below: • Public nonprofit organizations • Private nonprofit organizations • For profit organizations • Small, minority, women-owned business • Universities • Colleges • Research institutions • Hospitals • Community-based organizations • Faith-based organizations • Federally recognized Indian tribal organizations • Alaska Native tribal governments • Indian tribes • Tribal Epidemiology centers • Indian tribal organizations • 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) • Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States) • Non-domestic (non U.S.) entity • Other (specify) A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state as eligible to submit an application under the state eligibility in lieu of a state application. If applying as a bona fide agent of a state or local government, a letter from the state or local government as documentation of the status is required. Attach with “Other Attachment Forms” when submitting via www.grants.gov.

Additional Information
Agency Name: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Description: The purpose of this program is to strengthen collaboration between Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV programs in Central Asia in order to prevent the widescale spread of a dual HIV/TB epidemic in the region. Increased collobaration between these programs is needed to deliver comprehensive, high-quality, accessible, patient-centered prevention, care and support services to people infected or suscepted to be infected by both HIV and TB. This award will support pilot sites to demonstrate integration of TB and HIV acitivities to prevent TB/HIV co-infection and/or to demonstrate optimal treatment of patients infected with both TB and HIV. The grantee will not be responsible, however, for national scale-up of a TB/HIV program in the region. Pilot sites should represent differing epidemiologic or clinical sites, representative of sites found in the countries, and may include more than one oblast in each country. Applicants are encouraged to submit a work plan for as many countries as possible, however, the country assignment and activity will be determined at the time of the award.

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Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

PGO TIMS grants Phone 770-488-2700

GENERAL EMAIL: PGOTIM@CDC.gov