The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) is pleased to announce the Frontier Health Markets (FHM) Annual Program Statement (APS) which aims to help achieve global U.S. Government (USG) health priorities and commitments, specifically related to preventing child and maternal deaths, controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and combating infectious diseases.

FHM aims to leverage the expertise of established partners while also reaching, engaging, and increasing the capacity of a wide variety of new and local partners with relevant technical expertise. These could be local small-medium businesses, private sector organizations, nongovernmental organizations [NGOs], private voluntary organizations, faith-based and community based organizations [FBOs and CBOs].

Goals

Contribute to the Agency’s priorities of preventing maternal and child deaths, controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic, combating infectious disease, and strengthening countries’ healthcare markets.

Purpose

Increase private health sector contributions to advance voluntary family planning (FP), maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH), malaria, tuberculosis (TB), other infectious diseases, and/or HIV/AIDS) outcomes.

Expected Results

• Result 1: Improved market environment for greater private sector participation in the delivery of health products and services.
• Result 2: Improved equal access to, and uptake of, high-quality consumer-driven health products, services, and information.

Benefiting Geographic Areas 

Frontier Health Market award(s) will provide global leadership and will implement activities in countries where USAID currently supports health and other complementary private sector engagement activities, primarily in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, with a limited number of countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region. Current MCHN, PRH and OHA priority countries are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana (OHA only) Burkina Faso, Burma (MCHN only), Cameroon (OHA only), Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, India, Indonesia (MCH only), Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia (OHA only), Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines (FP only), Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa (OHA only), South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe. OHA (through the PEPFAR program) has additional regional programming in Asia and Latin America. This does not, however, preclude activities in other countries which received USAID support. If a Round of this APS has a specific geographic focus, it will be clearly stated.

Eligibility Criteria

U.S. and non-U.S. public, private, for-profit, and nonprofit organizations, as well as institutions of higher education, public international organizations, and non-governmental organizations, are eligible to submit a concept paper under each Round(s) of the APS. Further, the organization must be a legally recognized, organizational entity under applicable law, legally registered in a country.

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