Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM) Activity

Background
The United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Mission in Ethiopia is seeking applications for a cooperative agreement from qualified entities to implement the Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM) Activity. The activity aims to reduce morbidity and mortality of Ethiopian citizens related to public health emergencies while ensuring continuity of essential health services by strengthening the full cycle of public health emergency management: preparedness, response and recovery.

Grant Details
The PHEM activity will strengthen individual, community and institutional capacity and resilience to more effectively respond to public health emergencies, specifically to better prevent, prepare, detect and respond to outbreaks or emergencies, and ensure the delivery of essential health services continues. It will improve local leadership and management, coordination, surveillance capacity, planning for identified risk, and outbreak investigation for PHEM. The activity will strive to deliver catalytic interventions that reduce the impact of shocks and outbreaks on Ethiopian citizens’ health and livelihoods and support continuity of basic service delivery during a crisis. The activity will consider geographies with strong health sector foundational capacity and commitment that are categorized as hotspot Woredas prone to frequent or recurrent outbreaks and/or emergencies.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligibility for this award is not restricted. To be eligible for award, the applicant must provide all information as required in the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) and meet eligibility standards in Section C of this NOFO.

Place of Performance
The grant will be performed in Ethiopia.