1. Overall goals and objectives

This mechanism will facilitate a cooperative agreement to allow for the implementation for various strategic information activities, such as surveys, surveillance activities, program evaluations, or other activities that may be deemed research by the CDC Science Office but are not funded as Public Health Evaluations. The prime partner and any sub-partners are yet to be determined. Through its prime or sub- partners, this mechanism will allow the hiring of staff, facilitate appropriate training, organizing meetings or workshops, procurement, protocol development, obtaining corresponding IRB and related approvals, implementing activities and disseminating SI findings through workshops or facilitating travel to relevant meetings.

2. Target populations and geographic coverage

This funding opportunity will facilitate implementation of strategic information activities such as survey and surveillance in Uganda targeting the Most At-Risk Populations and other key groups that are not covered by other surveillance systems.

3. Enhancing cost effectiveness and sustainability

Provide information how cost effectiveness and sustainability will be achieved

4. Health Systems Strengthening Will facilitate building national capacity in conducting epidemiologic research, surveillance and evaluation, and dissemination.

Budget: REDACTED. 50% will be spent on implementation of surveys, surveillance activities, program evaluations while and the remaining 50% will be spent Human resources for health under the following categories:

• Workforce Planning • Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) • In-Service Training • Task shifting • Performance Assessment/Quality Improvement • Retention • Management and Leadership Development • Salary Support

5. Cross-Cutting Budget Attributions

Identify and quantify the crosscutting budget attributions associated with the mechanism

1.Target populations and coverage of target population or geographic area This funding opportunity will facilitate implementation of strategic information activities such as survey and surveillance in Uganda targeting the Most At-Risk Populations and other key groups that are not covered by other surveillance systems.

2. Description of service delivery or other activity carried out This new activity will develop or enhance the capacity to carry out SI activities addressing the evaluation or information needs of Most At-Risk Populations and other key groups.

3. Integration with other health activities The general health surveys serves as an opportunity to address the health and assessments to integrate survey and surveillance of maternal and child health, HIV, and other Global health initiative activities

4. Relation to the national program The funding opportunity will support the use and integration of SI findings and data into the existing M&E system and other data warehouses, thus facilitating informing policy and HIV/AIDS program implementation.

5. Health Systems Strengthening and Human Resources for Health Will facilitate building national capacity in conducting epidemiologic research, surveillance and evaluation, and dissemination.

Budget: REDACTED. 50% will be spent on implementation of surveys, surveillance activities, program evaluations while and the remaining 50% will be spent Human resources for health under the following categories:

• Workforce Planning • Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) • In-Service Training • Task shifting

• Performance Assessment/Quality Improvement • Retention • Management and Leadership Development • Salary Support