Improving quality of care and health outcomes through innovative systems and technologies in Malawi under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

The Award Ceiling for Year 1 is 0 (none). CDC anticipates an Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding amount of $9,000,000 for Year 1, subject to the availability of funds. This NOFO builds on gains made in Malawi’s HIV health information systems (HIS) by: Strengthening existing data systems. Improving security through the application of International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Enhancing and expanding HIS to ensure reported data at the facility, district, and national levels are accurate, reliable, timely, and useable. Maintaining and strengthening HIS infrastructure. Improving interoperability and data sharing at all levels of the health care system. Supporting patient records management, program monitoring, and timely reporting for the Ministry of Health (MOH) and PEPFAR. Activities under this NOFO are expected to: Improve data reliability and accuracy. Enhance use and reporting. Increase use of a sustainable nationwide HIV HIS that provides aggregate and case surveillance for reporting and analysis. Improve Malawi health information system (MaHIS) governance and implementation by MOH. Increase data exchange across systems. Improve site-level client identification and de-duplication. This NOFO supports the modernization of a government-owned, sustainable, secure, and integrated HIS for-data collection and management. The scope covers building and maintaining associated hardware systems, building MOH capacity to support the systems, increasing user support services, and introducing new and sustainable technologies. These efforts strive to improve the usability, flexibility, and integration of these systems.