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The Zimbabwe Assistance Program in Malaria (ZAPIM) is a USAID/Zimbabwe funding opportunity designed to select one implementing partner to work side by side with Zimbabwe s National Malaria Control Program (NMCP). The core idea is not to replace national systems, but to strengthen them by providing sustained technical and operational support at multiple levels of the health system, including national, provincial, district, and in some cases community settings. ZAPIM is positioned within USAID/Zimbabwe s broader health portfolio and is meant to help reduce illness and deaths linked to major public health burdens, specifically HIV, TB, malaria, and maternal, newborn, and child health. In USAID planning terms, it directly supports two results in the Mission s Country Development Cooperation Strategy: improving health service delivery (IR 4.1) and strengthening health systems (IR 4.2). The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically means USAID expects a high level of involvement and collaboration during implementation rather than a hands off grant.

Programmatically, ZAPIM is built around five technical objectives that reflect approaches recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the President s Malaria Initiative (PMI) as effective pillars of malaria control. At the same time, USAID explicitly encourages applicants to propose fresh, innovative additions or enhancements to these pillars, as long as they advance NMCP priorities and strengthen national capacity. The first objective focuses on improving the quality of malaria case management and strengthening prevention of malaria in pregnancy. This includes work in health facilities and may extend to community based cadres depending on NMCP needs, with an emphasis on ensuring that diagnosis, treatment, and prevention services are delivered consistently and correctly, especially for vulnerable groups such as pregnant women.

The second objective centers on prevention through long lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs). This goes beyond simply distributing nets and instead emphasizes evidence based policy and program design that improves distribution systems, increases household ownership, and most importantly drives correct and consistent use. This objective signals an interest in the full net lifecycle: planning and targeting, supply and delivery, community acceptance, routine use behaviors, and the systems and policies that make those pieces work at scale. The third objective targets social and behavior change communication (SBCC), calling for an innovative and effective communication program that improves both prevention behaviors and treatment seeking practices. In practical terms, this could involve designing messages and delivery channels that address real barriers such as late care seeking, misconceptions about malaria, inconsistent net use, or incomplete treatment adherence.

The fourth objective addresses malaria surveillance, monitoring and evaluation, and operational research. The intent is to help Zimbabwe measure what is happening, detect changes quickly, and use data to make decisions about where to focus resources and which interventions are performing well. This includes working with NMCP and other partners to assess the efficacy and effectiveness of the malaria control tools currently in use, which is important because vector behavior, transmission patterns, and intervention performance can shift over time. The fifth objective is a very specific and globally important function: conducting high quality therapeutic efficacy trials on artemisinin based combination therapies (ACTs) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Child Care and other partners. These studies are a sentinel activity for monitoring drug resistance, which is critical for ensuring that national treatment guidelines remain effective and that emerging resistance is detected early enough to respond.

From an award and funding standpoint, USAID anticipates making a single award with a five year period of performance and an authorized funding level of up to 20 million dollars across those five years, subject to availability of funds. Funding will be programmed through the PMI annual Malaria Operational Plan (MOP) process, and USAID notes that initial resources were already considered in MOP14 and MOP15, signaling an intent to start activities early in the award period. Cost sharing is not required, and eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning a wide range of entity types may apply as long as they meet the requirements in the full announcement. USAID also encourages applicants to form partnerships with organizations that bring strong skills in malaria epidemiology, SBCC, monitoring and evaluation, surveillance systems, operational research, and therapeutic efficacy testing, reflecting the multi disciplinary nature of the work.

Administratively, the opportunity was posted May 20, 2015 under Funding Opportunity Number RFA 613 15 000005 and CFDA 98.001 (USAID foreign assistance). The application deadline was June 19, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. Zimbabwe time, with questions due May 27, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. Zimbabwe time. The activity is categorized under health and is managed by USAID in Harare, Zimbabwe.

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