USAID New Partners Initiative Technical Assistance (NuPITA)

The USAID-funded New Partners Initiative (NPI) is a $200 million initiative created under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) intended to increase the number, involvement and capacity of community and faith-based organizational partners to support HIV/AIDS prevention and care in 15 focus countries. This contract for technical assistance to NPI grantees, known as NuPITA (2008–2011), aims to strengthen the organizational, administrative and technical capacity of select NPI partners in five African countries: Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

As a subcontractor to John Snow, Inc., Initiatives will provide technical assistance to NPI grantees for: strengthening provincial coordinating structures for HIV/AIDS services; improving performance and service integration at government and non-government facilities; and developing strategies to meet staffing requirements and improve quality of HIV/AIDS services.