The NOFO supports program activities to achieve and maintain the elimination of perinatal HIV transmission in the United States and to optimize the health and wellbeing of people with HIV, their infants, and all persons with perinatally acquired HIV.
Donor Name: Centers for Disease Control – NCHHSTP
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/06/2023
Size of the Grant: $3,750,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
The recipient will collaborate with CDC over 5 years to establish a National Resource Center for the implementation of CDC’s Framework for the Elimination of Perinatal HIV in the United States and will convene a Task Force of subject matter experts from public health, clinical care and persons with HIV to develop innovative approaches to optimize perinatal, maternal/parental and infant health for persons affected by HIV and for persons affected by syphilis. The recipient will also disseminate resources and technical assistance through large educational and best-practice-sharing networks. These activities will result in increased awareness by clinical and public health professionals of strategies to: achieve and maintain elimination of perinatal HIV in the United States, reduce HIV- and STI-related inequities by race and ethnicity as well as new approaches to optimize the health of families affected by HIV and syphilis. The provision of technical assistance and capacity building to improve perinatal HIV care and prevention systems will also create opportunities to utilize aspects of The Framework for the prevention of congenital syphilis, and if additional funding becomes available, other perinatal infections.
Purpose of the Program
The purpose is to maintain very low numbers of new US perinatal HIV cases, reduce congenital syphilis, and optimize the health of women with HIV or syphilis, their infants and persons with perinatally acquired HIV. This project will establish a national resource center to implement CDC’s Elimination of Perinatal HIV Framework, convene a task force of public health and clinical experts to develop innovative public health and best clinical practices, and develop large educational and best-practice-sharing networks of perinatal HIV and congenital syphilis prevention and treatment professionals.
Strategies and Activities
The recipient will be expected to utilize the following strategies and activities to achieve the program-expected outcomes for perinatal HIV and congenital syphilis. The recipient will be expected to utilize $150,000 of the funding for congenital syphilis strategies and activities.
Strategy 1: Establish and maintain a National Resource Center (NRC) for the implementation of CDC’s Framework for the Elimination of Perinatal HIV in the United States (The Framework).
- Create a website with resources for addressing all aspects of The Framework.
- Provide resources and technical assistance for the Case Review and Community Action component of The Framework in year 1 for both perinatal HIV and congenital syphilis prevention.
- Create materials and methods that can be adapted or utilized for the prevention of congenital syphilis and develop a website to make them available. Create materials and methods for other emerging perinatal health needs and infections for the potential of additional funding becoming available.
Strategy 2: Convene a Task Force of a broad network of public health professionals, clinical care providers and persons living with HIV to develop innovative approaches to optimize the health and wellbeing of women with HIV, their infants and all persons with perinatally acquired HIV with a focus on addressing health equity and the reduction of health disparities by race and ethnicity.
- Host at least one annual meeting of the entire Task Force and include congenital syphilis in the annual meeting of the entire Task Force.
- Establish staff working groups based on identified priorities by the Task Force members and CDC.
- Develop workgroup-specific action plans and resources for health care providers and persons with HIV, include action plans also for congenital syphilis prevention.
- Integrate the inclusion of materials and methods to serve the mental, social, behavioral, reproductive health and other health needs of persons with HIV and for persons with increased risk of acquiring syphilis.
- Engage with public health HIV and STD prevention programs and HIV and STD surveillance experts to develop strategies.
- Distribute strategies to HIV and STD prevention and HIV and STD surveillance programs, other partners and interested parties.
Strategy 3: Develop large educational and best-practice-sharing networks of persons in the HIV and STD prevention and treatment workforce.
- Conduct at least two annual webinars with resources for addressing all aspects of The Framework and for congenital syphilis prevention.
- Work with Task Force partners to host learning sessions regarding at least the following topics: infant feeding in the context of HIV, data reporting to monitor the safety and efficacy of the use of antiretroviral medications and other perinatal HIV prevention interventions, congenital syphilis prevention interventions and public health approaches to address the syndemics of perinatal HIV and congenital syphilis; and if additional funding becomes available, other perinatal infections.
Funding Information
- Total Funding Amount: $3,750,000
- Average One Year Award Amount: $750,000
- Period of Performance: 5 years
Eligible Applicants
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Special district governments
- State governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
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