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NIH/PEPFAR to Fund the Medical Education Partnership Initiative in Africa
... The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced a new initiative to strengthen medical education in Sub-Saharan Africa, in collaboration with the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR. The program, called the Medical Education Partnership Initiative, is a joint effort of the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of
Defense and 19 components of NIH...
...5 to 9 “Programmatic” awards, and 1 Coordinating Center (not to exceed $2,000,000/year) and 6 “Linked” awards (not to exceed $500,000/year) are contemplated. The total project period for all awards may not exceed five years.
... This program is in support of PEPFAR's goal to increase the number of new health care workers by 140,000, and will also serve the related objectives of strengthening host-country medical education systems and enhancing clinical and research capacity in Africa...
...The funding partners expect to award African institutions with programmatic awards focused on PEPFAR priority areas. In addition, they plan to make six linked programmatic awards that support non-communicable diseases and priority health areas related to and beyond HIV/AIDS. Finally, the program will support the one coordinating center...
... Awards will be administered by the Fogarty International Center at NIH and the Health Resources and Services Administration on behalf of the funding partners, with guidance from the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator...
Read the complete Funding Opportunity Announcement at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-TW-10-008.html.
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