American International Health Alliance (AIHA) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Grants Competition

The announcement below is excerpted from a solicitation by AIHA for four new partnerships in the Russian Federation. A separate announcement was previously disseminated for new partnerships in West NIS and Central Asia.

For further information, please see the full-text of these solicitations, which are available at:

http://www.aiha.com/english/partners/newpartn/index.htm

Questions regarding this solicitation should be directed via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (202) 789-1277, Attention: NISSOLICIT.

I. Summary

AIHA and USAID are pleased to announce a grants competition in support of establishing new partnerships between US health-related institutions and their counterparts in the New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union, as part of the NIS Health Partnerships Program. AIHA is soliciting applications from qualified US health-related institutions willing to devote substantial in-kind resources, mainly in the form of human resources committed on a volunteer basis, to a 3 to 4-year partnership with counterparts in one of the NIS countries. Under the program, AIHA will award up to 4 partnerships through this solicitation, in accordance with the strategic direction of the USAID Mission in the Russian Federation. These new partnerships will focus on improving primary care through the development of community-based models that show meaningful results locally and are replicable nationally.

The four Russia partnerships being solicited through this RFA are described in more detail below.

Sakhalin Oblast, Far East Region, Russian Federation

Proposed NIS Partners: Sakhhalin Oblast Health Department, Dolinsk Rayon Hospital and Polyclinic

Focus of Partnership: AIHA will establish a new partnership to implement a model, community-based primary care service delivery system in the city of Dolinsk, situated approximately a one hour drive northwest from the regional capital of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The partnership will focus on the development of quality services in one or more model sites to meet community needs and improve access to services with an emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion for adults and children. Initial workplan activities will be directed toward developing local community involvement, conducting a needs assessment, and building consensus around community issues and problems to be addressed. Subsequently the partnership will assist in the reorganization of the primary care network and the replication of additional sites within the oblast. Training and retraining of staff in the area of preventive services, clinical care, and management will be a major focus of partnership activities. Health promotion and disease prevention activities will be developed according to community needs. Development of a referral system to track client outcomes is also anticipated. Organizations with expertise in primary prevention programs, maternal and child health, chronic disease management, and other primary care services are urged to apply. Partners should anticipate collaboration with other international donor agencies working in the region.

Khabarovsk Krai, Far East Region, Russian Federation

Proposed NIS Partners: Khabarovsk Krai Health Department, Pereyaslavka Rayon Hospital and Polyclinic

Focus of Partnership: AIHA will establish a new partnership to implement a model, community-based primary care service delivery system in the city of Pereyaslavka, situated approximately a one-and-a-half hour drive southeast from the regional capital of Khabarovsk. The partnership will focus on the development of quality services in one or more model sites to meet community needs and improve access to services with an emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion for adults and children. Initial workplan activities will be directed toward developing local community involvement, conducting a needs assessment, and building consensus around community issues and problems to be addressed. Subsequently the partnership will assist in the reorganization of the primary care network and the replication of additional sites within the oblast. Training and retraining of staff in the area of preventive services, clinical care, and management will be a major focus of partnership activities. Health promotion and disease prevention activities will be developed according to community needs. Development of a referral system to track client outcomes is also anticipated. Organizations with expertise in primary prevention programs, maternal and child health, chronic disease management, and other primary care services are urged to apply. Partners should anticipate collaboration with other international donor agencies working in the region, such as the World Bank's Medical Equipment Project.

Kurgan Oblast, Ural/Western Siberia, Russian Federation

Proposed NIS partners: Kurgan Oblast Health Department, Kurgan Maternity House, Schuche Rayon Central Hospital

Focus of Partnerships: AIHA will establish a new partnership to implement a model, community-based primary care service delivery system in the cities of Kurgan, and Schuche (Schuche is situated approximately a two-and-a-half hour drive northwest from the regional capital of Kurgan). The partnership will focus on the development of quality services in one or more model sites to meet community needs and improve access to services with an emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion for adults and children. Initial workplan activities will be directed toward developing local community involvement, conducting a needs assessment, and building consensus around community issues and problems to be addressed. Subsequently the partnership will assist in the reorganization of the primary care network and the replication of additional sites within the oblast. Training and retraining of staff in the area of preventive services, clinical care, and management will be a major focus of partnership activities. Health promotion and disease prevention activities will be developed according to community needs. Development of a referral system to track client outcomes is also anticipated. Organizations with expertise in primary prevention programs, maternal and child health, chronic disease management, and other primary care services are urged to apply.

Nizhni Novgorod Oblast, Volgo-Vyatka Region, Russian Federation

Proposed NIS partners: Sarov City Duma, Office of Mayor, Medical-Sanitary Unit N50

Focus of Partnerships: AIHA will establish a new partnership to implement a model, community-based primary care service delivery system in the city of Sarov, formerly Arzamas-16, one of the ten closed Russian cities known as the "nuclear cities". The partnership will focus on the development of quality services in one or more model sites to meet community needs and improve access to services with an emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion for adults and children. Initial workplan activities will be directed toward developing local community involvement, conducting a needs assessment, and building consensus around community issues and problems to be addressed. Subsequently the partnership will assist in the reorganization of the primary care network and the replication of additional sites within the oblast. Training and retraining of staff in the area of preventive services, clinical care, and management will be a major focus of partnership activities. Health promotion and disease prevention activities will be developed according to community needs. Development of a referral system to track client outcomes is also anticipated.

For further information, please see the full-text of the solicitation, which is available at:

http://www.aiha.com/english/partners/newpartn/solicit.htm

Questions regarding this solicitation should be directed via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (202) 789-1277, Attention: NISSOLICIT.

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