Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control
Request For Application
EPIC RFA 1/2022
Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (Epic) is a five-year, global project funded by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the United States Agency for
International Development(USAID), with a period of performance from April 15, 2019 to April 14, 2024. Epic is designed to break through remaining, persistent barriers to the 95-95-95 goals and promote self-reliant management of national HIV programs.
In response to USAID Tanzania Mission and country needs, Epic will deliver efficient, affordable, results-based technical assistance (TA) and direct service delivery tailored to context and epidemiology that is effective in surging, scaling, and sustaining HIV services and systems for long-term epidemic control.
This announcement is a call for Request for Application (RFA) for Tanzania Non-Governmental
Organizations (NGOs) to support the project in reaching its intended goals as_ previously highlighted and provision of tailored HIV services programming for Key and Vulnerable Populations (KVP) from October 1, 2022 up to September 30th, 2023. Through this competitive process, FHI360/Epic intends to select and provide funding and technical assistance (TA) to Tanzanian NGOs which meet the required qualifications.
I. Scope
Goal and Objectives
The goal of Epic is to achieve and maintain epidemic control through strategic TA to improve HIV prevention, case finding, care, and treatment programing in countries supported by PEPFAR. The
three objectives, which focus on filling existing HIV prevention, case finding, and treatment gaps, and
on building long-term sustainability in order to attain and maintain epidemic control are:
Objective
1; Attain and maintain HIV epidemic control among at-risk adult men, women and priority populations (PP)
Objective
2: Attain and maintain HIV epidemic control among Key Population (KP}
Objective
3: Improve program management (including HIS and HRH) and financial systems to ensure attainment and maintenance of epidemic control Geography and Target Populations.
To identify organizations operating in Lindi Region covering six Districts these include Kilwa DC, Lindi MC, Liwale DC, Nachingwea DC, Ruangwa DC and Mtama DC, and Mtwara Region in nine Districts:
Masasi DC, Masasi TC, Mtwara DC, Nanyamba TC, Mtwara MC, Nanyumbu DC, Newala DC, Newala TC
and Tandahimba DC to reach KVPs. Interventions will target key and vulnerable population (AGYW, MSM, and FSW).Interested agencies are invited to request for RFA through the mail address [email protected]. The deadline for submitting of Request for proposals is July 8, 2022, 5.00 p.m. All interested agencies must submit their proposals in electronic version through [email protected] with subject clearly marked Epic RFA 1/2022
