$39,834,060

ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION - IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS FOR THE PREVENTION, CARE, AND TREATMENT OF HIV/AIDS IN THE REPUBLIC OF COTE D'IVOIRE UNDER PEPFAR - THE ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION (EGPAF) IS PLEASED TO PRESENT OUR APPROACH FOR THE U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION’S (CDC) IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS FOR THE PREVENTION, CARE, AND TREATMENT OF HIV/AIDS IN THE REPUBLIC OF CÔTE D’IVOIRE UNDER THE PRESIDENT’S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF (PEPFAR) (SOLICITATION NUMBER CDC-RFA-GH22-2237). EGPAF WILL LEVERAGE ITS IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE HIV EPIDEMIC IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE, STRONG RELATIONSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS WITH IN-COUNTRY STAKEHOLDERS, AND RECOGNIZED EXPERTISE IN HIV PREVENTION, CARE, AND TREATMENT TO REACH AND SUSTAIN THE UNAIDS 95-95-95 TARGETS. EGPAF, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HEARTLAND ALLIANCE CÔTE D’IVOIRE (HACI) AND CENTRE SOLIDARITE ACTION SOCIALE (CSAS), WILL INCREASE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF CÔTE D’IVOIRE’S HIV/AIDS RESPONSE THROUGH PROVISION OF COMPREHENSIVE HIV PREVENTION, CARE, AND TREATMENT SERVICES, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (TA) TO THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, PUBLIC HYGIENE, AND UNIVERSAL HEALTH PROTECTION (MSHPCMU), REGIONAL AND DISTRICT HEALTH MANAGEMENT TEAMS, AND LOCAL COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND FACILITIES TO DELIVER QUALITY HIV/AIDS SERVICES AND SUSTAIN EPIDEMIC CONTROL. EGPAF WILL PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT TO ACTIVITIES ACROSS ALL PROGRAM AREAS THROUGH DIRECT SERVICE DELIVERY AND TA. HACI WILL OFFER KEY POPULATION SPECIFIC SERVICES, INCLUDING DEMAND CREATION FOR HIV SERVICES; COMMUNITY COUNSELLING, TESTING, AND TREATMENT REFERRAL; GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE; SCREENING AND RESPONSE; AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT. CSAS WILL SUPPORT DELIVERY OF HIV AND OTHER HEALTH SERVICES, AS WELL AS ECONOMIC STRENGTHENING, TARGETING ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN (AGYW) AND ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN (OVC) BENEFICIARIES. THE PROJECT WILL IMPLEMENT STRATEGIC ACTIVITIES IN ALIGNMENT WITH FOUR CROSS-CUTTING APPROACHES: IMPLEMENT COORDINATED FACILITY- AND COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGIES TO DELIVERY HIGH-QUALITY SERVICES TO TARGET POPULATIONS; GENERATE AND USE HIGH QUALITY DATA AND A ROBUST QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (QI) APPROACH; BUILD CAPACITY OF THE MSHPCMU AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION OF PREVENTION, CARE, AND TREATMENT SERVICES; AND PROMOTE PERSON-CENTERED AND INNOVATIVE INTERVENTIONS TO MITIGATE BARRIERS TO SERVICE DELIVERY. THE PROJECT WILL BE LED BY EGPAF’S HIGHLY RESPECTED LEADERSHIP TEAM. COUNTRY DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DR. CHARLES JOSEPH DIBY WILL PROVIDE STRATEGIC AND MANAGERIAL LEADERSHIP AS THE PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT FOR CDC, THE MSHPCMU, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, BUILDING ON HIS EXPERIENCE LEADING THE CURRENT PROJECT DJASSO. TECHNICAL DIRECTOR DR. KOUADIO MARC N’GORAN WILL ENSURE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HIGH-QUALITY HIV/AIDS INTERVENTIONS WITH FIDELITY, OVERSEE EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY-FACILITY LINKAGES, AND LEAD TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES. STRATEGIC INFORMATION DIRECTOR N’DA N’GUESSAN JEAN-PAUL KOUADIO WILL OVERSEE THE PROJECT’S STRATEGIC INFORMATION AND EVALUATION (SI&E) PROGRAM, INCLUDING MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M&E), INFORMATICS, AND DATA USE. FINANCE DIRECTOR ALFRED ZIE OUATTARA WILL OVERSEE PROJECT FINANCES, SUB-AWARDS, AND ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING BUDGET OVERSIGHT, PROCUREMENT, AND REPORTING TO CDC. THEY WILL BE SUPPORTED BY EXISTING EGPAF STAFF, 100% OF WHOM ARE IVOIRIAN AND SPEAK FRENCH AND LOCAL LANGUAGES. A KEY PARTNER IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE SINCE 2004, EGPAF WAS THE FIRST ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT THE SCALE-UP OF PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION (PMTCT) IN COUNTRY, AND HAS BEEN A TRUSTED PARTNER TO THE MSHPCMU AT EACH STAGE OF THE HIV RESPONSE. TOGETHER, THE PROJECT TEAMS’ EXPERIENCE AND FAMILIARITY WITH THE IVOIRIAN CONTEXT, DEPTH OF EXPERTISE, AND ABILITY TO DRAW ON TOOLS AND BEST PRACTICES FROM CÔTE D’IVOIRE AND GLOBALLY MAKE US UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO ACHIEVE THE PROJECT GOAL.

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• —ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION - SCORE95 - SUSTAINING HIV EPIDEMIC CONTROL THROUGH EFFICIENT CASE FINDING AND QUALITY CARE AND TREATMENT SERVICES IN MALAWI UNDER PEPFAR - THE ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION (EGPAF) IS PLEASED TO PRESENT THE SUSTAINING CONTROL OF THE HIV EPIDEMIC THROUGH EFFICIENT CASE FINDING AND QUALITY CARE AND TREATMENT SERVICES IN MALAWI PROJECT (SCORE95) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MALAWI AIDS COUNSELING AND RESOURCE ORGANIZATION (MACRO), IN RESPONSE TO THE U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION’S (CDC) SUSTAINING HIV EPIDEMIC CONTROL THROUGH EFFICIENT CASE FINDING AND QUALITY CARE AND TREATMENT SERVICES IN MALAWI UNDER THE PEPFAR. WITH NEARLY 50 YEARS OF COMBINED EXPERIENCE COMBATTING MALAWI’S HIV EPIDEMIC, EGPAF AND LOCAL PARTNER MACRO WILL LEVERAGE THEIR IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE HIV EPIDEMIC IN MALAWI, DEMONSTRATED IN-COUNTRY IMPACT, STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, WELL-ESTABLISHED LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE, RENOWNED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND LOCAL TRANSITION MODELS, AND RECOGNIZED EXPERTISE IN HIV PREVENTION, CARE, AND TREATMENT TO CAPACITATE MALAWI’S HEALTH SYSTEM TO SUSTAIN PROGRESS AGAINST THE 95-95-95 TARGETS. SCORE95 WILL DELIVER PATIENT-CENTERED HIV PREVENTION, CARE, AND TREATMENT SERVICES, AND TARGETED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO SUSTAIN EPIDEMIC CONTROL AT THE COMMUNITY, DISTRICT, AND NATIONAL LEVELS. CONCERTED EFFORTS TO REACH POPULATIONS WHO HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE GAPS WITH REGARDS TO PREVENTION, TESTING, AND LINKAGE TO SERVICES WILL BE ACCELERATED THROUGH COMBINING PROVEN DIRECT SERVICE DELIVERY STRATEGIES AND TAILORED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE APPROACHES THAT BUILD LOCAL CAPABILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. EGPAF AND MACRO’S DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNIQUE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES OF EACH DISTRICT IN MALAWI, COMBINED WITH EXTENSIVE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, AND STRATEGIC USE OF GRANULAR DATA AND RAPID EVALUATION CYCLE SYSTEMS THAT DRIVE SCALED IMPLEMENTATION AND INFORM CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, WILL ALLOW US TO BUILD ON SUCCESSES UNDER OUR CURRENT PIVOT 2 PROJECT AND ROLL-OUT PHASED TRANSITION PLANS WITH THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH (MOH) AND CDC THAT FACILITATE IN-COUNTRY OWNERSHIP OF HIV PROGRAMMING. EGPAF WILL AMPLIFY AND TRANSITION OUR DATA-DRIVEN AND COST-EFFICIENT APPROACHES TO ENSURE PATIENT-CENTERED SERVICES ARE DELIVERED BY OPTIMIZED AND TRAINED MOH HEALTH CARE TEAMS TO END HIV. EGPAF AND MACRO WILL PARTNER WITH THE MOH TO IMPLEMENT PROVEN STRATEGIES TO IDENTIFY AND SERVE HARD TO REACH KEY POPULATIONS THROUGH A COMBINATION OF COMMUNITY AND FACILITY LEVEL INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE CLIENT-CENTERED AND PATIENT-PREFERRED. CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION, REFINEMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT OF DIFFERENTIATED SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS IS A CENTRAL APPROACH UNDER SCORE95, AS IS THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW INNOVATIONS, INCLUDING OPTIMIZED TREATMENT REGIMENS AND BIOMEDICAL OPTIONS FOR PREVENTION, THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR RESPONSE TO MALAWI’S EPIDEMIC. THE CAPACITY OF DISTRICT EXECUTIVE COUNCILS, DISTRICT MANAGEMENT HEALTH TEAMS, AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS WILL BE STRENGTHENED VIA TARGETED, ONGOING TRAINING AND SECONDING TEAMS OF TECHNICAL EXPERTS TO THE MOH TO PROVIDE TAILORED IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL MENTORSHIP. EGPAF WILL ALSO EXPAND THE CAPACITY OF MACRO FROM HIV TESTING SERVICES (HTS) DELIVERY TO BECOME A COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL SERVICE PROVIDER ACROSS THE HIV CONTINUUM OF CARE. ADDITIONALLY, SCORE95 FOCUSES ON FURTHER OPTIMIZATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH, BOLSTERING EGPAF’S SUCCESS IN SECONDING CLINICAL STAFF TO HIGH-VOLUME CLINICS TO PROMOTE CONTINUOUS PATIENT CARE, AND COLLABORATING WITH THE MOH AND CDC PARTNERS TO ENSURE THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH (HRH) INVESTMENTS TO SUSTAIN EPIDEMIC CONTROL. AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, EGPAF WILL PROVIDE TARGETED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO MOH DEPARTMENTS AND DISTRICT MANAGERIAL TEAMS TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN TECHNICAL, PROGRAMMATIC, AND DATA USE CAPABILITIES AS PART OF THE TRANSITION T$49.1M