SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Senior HIV/AIDS Care & Support Technical Advisor
- Notice Date
- 3/1/2017
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Agency for International Development, Overseas Missions, South Africa USAID-Pretoria, USAID - Southern Africa, Pretoria, Non-U.S., South Africa
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-674-17-000012
- Point of Contact
- Vernette Duvenhage, Phone: 0124522198
- E-Mail Address
-
vduvenhage@usaid.gov
(vduvenhage@usaid.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- South Africa's population was estimated at 52 million in the 2011 census, of who 20 million were children (under 18 years). Children therefore constitute 36% of the total population. An estimated 7 million South Africans are infected with HIV with about 3.5 million on antiretroviral treatment, the highest number of people infected and the largest treatment program of any country in the world. Approximately 7% of the total number of people living with HIV in South Africa is children under the age of 15. Further, the country is home to approximately 3.85 million orphans, the equivalent of 20% of all children in South Africa. The country is also plagued by a related tuberculosis (TB) epidemic, with the fourth highest burden in the world. The USAID/Southern Africa Health Office manages one of the largest President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program in the world, as well as TB activities funded from USAID's Global Health Program account. USAID/SA funding for health programs totaled about $250 million in FY 2015. The Health Office has grown rapidly from 12 staff in 2007 to 45 staff in 2016 and is organized into four teams. The Health Office collaborates closely with other agencies to implement PEPFAR, especially the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the State Department, the Peace Corps and the Department of Defense. Health Office staff are active participants and often chair interagency and bilateral technical working groups on a range of health-related issues. The South Africa PEPFAR program produces almost one-quarter of all PEPFAR results globally. The incumbent will be a member of the Care and Treatment team, one of the four teams within the Health Office of USAID/South Africa. The incumbent will not only support clinical and public health programming within this team, but will serve as a bridge between the care and treatment team and the cross-cutting, social and health systems strenghtening and HIV prevention teams.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/AID/OM/SOU/SOL-674-17-000012/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Pretoria, South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
- Record
- SN04419817-W 20170303/170301235546-ef616aa1542f52a543ce81eb66613ee5 (fbodaily.com)
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