[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 87 (Friday, May 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24047-24048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9065]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Request for Application (RFA) AA008]


Expansion of HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Services and Training 
Activities in the Republic of Uganda; Notice of Intent To Fund Single 
Eligibility Award

A. Purpose

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the 
intent to fund fiscal year (FY) 2005 funds for a cooperative agreement 
program to continue the expansion of comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, 
care and treatment services to HIV positive clients and their families, 
and to provide training for a wide range of health care providers in 
the public and private sector to support the national expansion of 
basic preventive care and ART provision to PLWHAs in the Republic of 
Uganda.
    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program 
is 93.067.

B. Eligible Applicant

    Assistance will only be provided to The Mildmay Center (TMC). No 
other applicants are solicited.

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     TMC was set up in 1998, through a MOH and British 
government agreement, as a tertiary referral center for HIV/AIDS 
palliative care. TMC International has a ten-year agreement to manage 
the center on behalf of the MOH.
     TMC has been funded through Cooperative Agreement: U47/
CCU020672 (PA 01142)--Clinical and Laboratory Training in HIV/AIDS in 
the Republic of Uganda for $1.5 million annually since 2001.
     In 2004, TMC received supplemental funding of $1.6 million 
through The Emergency Plan Track 1.5 to implement the provision of ARVs 
to more than 1,800 adult and pediatric clients and provide basic 
preventive care package services to more than 5,000 clients. It is 
important that patients enrolled in the ART program continue their 
treatment uninterrupted.
     TMC is the only institution in Uganda that has the 
expertise to conduct training programs for multiple cadres of health 
care providers in comprehensive holistic rehabilitation and palliative 
care for PLWHAs in both Uganda and the region.
     TMC has demonstrated experience in training health care 
providers in rural districts within their workstations with practical 
involvement and support supervision through mobile training teams. TMC 
has experience producing high quality HIV/AIDS training curricula that 
are technically accurate and follow solid adult training principles.
     TMC has a special focus on pediatrics, with over 2,500 
children below 18 years receiving regular care. The center provides 
specialized training in pediatric HIV/AIDS care.
     Currently, the center has over 6,000 active clients with 
more than 2,000 on ART.

C. Funding

    Approximately $4,500,000 is available in FY 2005 to fund this 
award. It is expected that the award will begin on or before August 1, 
2005, and will be made for a 12-month budget period within a project 
period of up to 5 years. Funding estimates may change.

D. Where To Obtain Additional Information

    For general comments or questions about this announcement, contact: 
Technical Information Management, CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 
2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341-4146. Telephone: 770-488-2700.
    For program technical assistance, contact: Jonathan Mermin, MD, 
MPH, Global Aids Program [GAP], Uganda Country Team, National Center 
for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention [CDC], P.O. Box 49, Entebbe, Uganda. Telephone: +256-
41320776. E-mail: [email protected].
    For financial, grants management, or budget assistance, contact: 
Shirley Wynn, Contract Specialist, CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 
2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341-4146. Telephone: 770-788-1515. 
E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: May 2, 2005.
William P. Nichols,
Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-9065 Filed 5-5-05; 8:45 am]
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