Management Sciences for Health (MSH),
To: Potential CMI Society Organizations (CSO) and Faith Based Organizations (FBO) working in one or man of the following states: Kwara, Kebbi and Niger
Subject: Expression of Interest to provide community HIV/AIDS and TB services.
Management Sciences for Health (MSH), Prevention, Organizational Systems AIDS Care and Treatment (ProACT) project is a USAID financed program to support CSOs and FBOs through small grant to provide critical community HIV/AIDS and TB services in the following areas: care and support to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), Orphan and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and community prevention of HIV/AIDS services.
Rationale for the grant: ProACT project will provide grant to CSOs and FBOs that will be committed to strengthen community HIV/AIDS and TB prevention, care and support services and link and integrate with the facility-based clinical HIV/AIDS and TB services. Each selected organization is expected to provide a minimum of one service and not more than 2 services of the 3 categories of services listed below in the State in which you are proposing to work.
1. Care and Support Services to include:
i. Provider Initiated Testing and Counseling Support
ii. Facility Based Adherence Counseling
iii. Community Based Care for PLWHA
iv. Promote reduction in stigma and discrimination
v. Promote positive health dignity and prevention service for PLHIV
2. OVC Care and Support Services to include
i. Implement OVC intervention using the National guideline
ii. Providing actual services to OVC and their families
iii. Mobilizing and sensitizing the community on OVC care and rights
iv. Promoting activities that rely on efficient and effective leveraging of services and resources within communities.
3. Community Prevention of HIV/AIDS services to include
i. Provide HIV testing and counseling service for Most-At-Risk-Population
ii. Use Minimum Prevention Package Intervention (MPPI) services to targeted populations at-risk of HIV
iii. Establish and manage designated Community Youth-friendly centers
iv. Facilitate non-curricula school based prevention interventions
v. Reach out to Most-At-Risk population and other vulnerable groups with HIV prevention messages using Peer Education Strategy
Eligibility Criteria: This opportunity is open to only Non-Governmental organizations, faith-based organizations and community-based organizations in the locations mentioned above.
Any organization interested in being considered must indicate an interest in one or two of the 3 categories. A prequalification questionnaire will be forwarded to interested organizations that forwarded the EOI. Please note that only those organizations which prequalify will be sent a Request for Application (RFA) to submit full proposal. Please, be sure to indicate the category or categories of your interest, contact person name, telephone number, and State and local government in which you are operating.
All NGOs, FBOs and CBOs must currently be registered in Nigeria, and be physically recent in the Local Government Area (ISA) where they propose to work to be considered.
Interested organizations should kindly send their indication of interest by email to bids_nigeria@msh.org with the subject “Expression of Interest to provide: Care and Support services or OVC care and Support Services or Community Prevention of HIV/AIDS Services on or before 13th January, 2013.
