Request for Information (RFI) USAID/India: Health Systems Strengthening and Building Resilience to Future Pandemics and Climate Change

Background
The United States Agency for International Development’s Mission to India (USAID/India) is in the process of gathering information to design a new activity to partner with the Government of India, the private sector and civil society to strengthen and expand inclusive and resilient health systems for universal health coverage. The activity would focus on ensuring India’s health system is prepared to prevent and respond to future challenges it faces such as climate change, emerging infectious disease outbreaks, and epidemiologic transition through comprehensive integrated primary healthcare, strengthening the continuum of care offered from the primary to secondary and tertiary facilities, expanded disease surveillance, maximizing the efficiency of public health financing, and increasing private sector engagement to improve health outcomes while reducing out of pocket expenditures.

Grant Details
USAID/India is planning a broader, comprehensive, and integrated health systems activity to support health ecosystem players in India, including the vulnerable and marginalized communities. The activity would focus on universalization of healthcare through 'next generation' comprehensive primary healthcare and expanded disease surveillance, while improving efficiency of public health expenditures, reducing out-of-pocket expenditures, addressing climate adaptation in health systems, and involving the private sector strategically for sustainable health outcomes. The RFI seeks new and innovative ways to partner with the Government of India, the private sector and civil society. It includes questions on overall Health Systems Strengthening (HSS), Comprehensive Integrated Primary Health Care (CIPHC), reducing the out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) burden in India, expanded surveillance for pandemic preparedness, making health systems adaptable and resilient to climate change, and private sector engagement and innovative financing for healthcare.

Eligibility Requirements
No specific eligibility requirements are mentioned in the provided document.

Grant Value
The total value of the grant is not specified in the provided document.