Health Technical Assistance (BANTU)

The Health Technical Assistance Project (BANTU) is a new USAID Health Program initiative that will provide support to Office of Health program priorities by hiring on a temporary basis, highly qualified individuals or organizations that will provide short or long-term technical assistance as requested by USAID, and in support of USAID's Global Health Initiative and CDCS strategies and priorities.

The BANTU project will provide specialized, high-level technical assistance to the USAID, USAID-funded health programs, and Government of Indonesia (GOI) health implementing partners, including the Ministry of Health , National AIDS Commission, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society organizations (CSOs), academic institutions and other research institutes as required.

BANTU will also identify a pool of diverse Indonesian health professionals who are able provide specialized expertise that is lacking in government, and critical to the success of Indonesian public health programs.