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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for a Cooperative Agreement from qualified entities to implement USAID/Cameroon’s Systems to End the Malaria Burden through Meaningful Engagement - II (SEMBE II) Activity (the Activity).

This program description outlines the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)’s expectations for the Systems to End the Malaria Burden through Meaningful Engagement - II - (SEMBE1 II) activity in Cameroon. SEMBE II seeks to strengthen the capacity of the Cameroonian government and local stakeholders to positively respond to malaria prevention, control, and elimination priorities.

SEMBE II will implement interventions focused on priorities outlined in Cameroon’s current National Strategic Plan (NSP) for Malaria Control for the period covering 2019 through 2023; and may adjust focus areas to align with future NSPs. Cameroon’s current NSP 2019-2023 has identified the following priorities:

• Reduce malaria morbidity and mortality by 60 percent from 2015 levels by 2023.

• Reduce malaria incidence from 2015 levels by 60 percent by 2023.

• Reduce malaria transmission to a very low level (pre-elimination threshold) in some health districts in the Sahelian zone of the country by 2023.

Goal and Intermediate Results (IR)

• Reduce malaria-related morbidity and mortality by improving the capacity of the National Malaria Control Program and other local entities to lead the prevention, control, and elimination of malaria in Cameroon

  • IR 1: Increased access to and utilization of quality malaria diagnosis, ITNs and drug-based prevention and treatment services at the facility and community level

  • IR 2: Increased adoption of prevention- and treatment-seeking behaviors for malaria and other febrile illnesses

  • IR 3: Increased access to and utilization of quality malaria data

  • IR 4: Health systems strengthened to optimize planning, coordination, and management of local response to malaria and other febrile illnesses.

Funding Information

• Estimated Total Program Funding: $45,000,000

• Award Ceiling: $45,000,000

• Award Floor: $45,000,000.

Eligibility

• Eligibility for this NOFO is not restricted and is open to all entities, subject to the terms and conditions mentioned in the NOFO.

• USAID welcomes applications from organizations that have not previously received financial assistance from USAID.

• Faith-based organizations are eligible to apply for federal financial assistance on the same basis as any other organization and are subject to the protections and requirements of Federal law.

Posted Date: May 08, 2023