FY10 Project HOPE: Helping Organizations Provide Effective HIV/AIDS Prevention for Women and Girls: A Capacity Building and Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement

For this program, the term "capacity building assistance" or "CBA" means the provision of free (not for fee) information, training, technical assistance (TA) and technology transfer to individuals, organizations and communities to (1) operate optimally, and (2) increase their capacity to effectively deliver evidence-based interventions and core public health strategies for HIV prevention using gender- responsive strategies for programming implementation. CBA services do not include the direct delivery of HIV prevention services. Because populations disproportionately affected by HIV are also disproportionately affected by other sexually transmitted infections (STI) such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and herpes, CBA should encompass prevention interventions and public health best practices for these diseases and infections when appropriate.