Why Grants?
LHSS grants are one part of LHSS's approach to strengthen sustainable host country health systems capacity. Through grants under contract, LHSS engages with local institutions and organizations to build their capacity, developing their administrative and management capabilities to compete for and implement direct awards from USAID and/or other clients and donors. This work represents an essential aspect of sustainable health systems strengthening at the local level.
The LHSS grants program is designed for non-governmental organizations (NGOs), not-for-profit and for-profit private entities, and local partner government organizations. NGOs are organizations that act neither in governmental capacity nor as agents of the government. Both U.S. and non-U.S. NGOs and private commercial entities are eligible to receive grant funding. LHSS accepts grant applications from not-for-profit and for-profit organizations as well as government entities (for in-kind grants only).
The Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS) Activity in Afghanistan is working with local stakeholders to strategically expand the scale, quality, availability, and affordability of health products and services through the private sector in the urban provinces of Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, Balkh, and Nangahar. LHSS Afghanistan works with six private sector grantees to increase availability of and access to high-quality, affordable health products and services in urban and peri-urban areas of the five priority provinces.
We are seeking the services of a e-health specialized design firm to assess, design and implement an integrated e-health platform covering B2B (e-learning and emergency/complicated case consultations), B2C (basic parameter testing, tele-consultation and prescription), and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) services with selected six LHSS Afghanistan grantees and their network of private providers (community health workers, community midwives, general practitioners and family medicine experts) and partner/referral health facilities.
The USAID funded Local Health System Sustainability (LHSS) project for Afghanistan is seeking the services of a specialized firm to assess the organizational risks and capacity strengthening needs for transitioning two leading Afghan Non-Government Organizations to sustainable social enterprises.