Supporting HIV and Tuberculosis Response in the Kingdom of Lesotho though District-based Comprehensive Prevention, Care and Treatment Programs and Health Systems Strengthening under PEPFAR | CDC RFA GH15 154802CONT16

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This funding opportunity is a continuation cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) focused on strengthening the HIV and tuberculosis (TB) response in the Kingdom of Lesotho. The program emphasis is district-based, meaning the work is organized around specific geographic districts and designed to support comprehensive, on-the-ground delivery of prevention, care, and treatment services while also improving the underlying health system functions that make those services sustainable and effective over time. The overall activity category is health, and it is associated with CFDA number 93.067.

The notice is not a new, open competition. It is explicitly labeled as continuation funding and is intended only for organizations that previously received an award under the original solicitation titled "Supporting HIV and Tuberculosis Response in the Kingdom of Lesotho though District-based Comprehensive Prevention, Care and Treatment Programs and Health Systems Strengthening under PEPFAR" (CDC-RFA-GH15-1548). In practice, this means eligibility is restricted to prior grantees of that earlier award, and the continuation mechanism is used to extend or maintain previously funded activities rather than launch new implementers or entirely new project scopes.

Programmatically, the opportunity centers on integrated HIV and TB programming, reflecting the high burden and close clinical linkage between the two diseases. "Comprehensive prevention, care and treatment" typically implies a full continuum of services, such as HIV prevention interventions, HIV testing services and linkage to care, antiretroviral treatment support and retention, and TB screening and management integrated into HIV platforms (and vice versa). The "health systems strengthening" component signals that the work is not limited to direct service delivery; it also aims to reinforce capacities that enable districts and facilities to deliver quality services reliably, such as workforce development, clinical mentorship and quality improvement, laboratory and diagnostic networks, supply chain and commodity management, data systems for monitoring and evaluation, and coordination with national and district health authorities.

The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates substantial involvement by CDC during implementation compared to a standard grant. While the specific roles are not detailed in the excerpt provided, cooperative agreements commonly involve CDC collaboration on technical guidance, performance monitoring, strategic alignment with PEPFAR priorities, and ensuring activities remain consistent with national policies and program standards. This structure is often used for large public health programs where close technical partnership and accountability for results are central to the award.

Administrative details in the source data include the opportunity number (CDC RFA GH15 154802CONT16), an original closing date of November 30, 2015, and a creation date of September 30, 2015. The award ceiling is listed as 0 and the expected number of awards is not specified in the provided fields, which is consistent with some continuation notices where funding amounts and award counts are handled through internal continuation actions tied to existing grants rather than announced as a typical competitive funding round.

In short, this CDC/PEPFAR continuation opportunity supports ongoing district-level HIV and TB prevention, care, and treatment programming in Lesotho, paired with health systems strengthening, and it is limited to prior recipients under the earlier CDC-RFA-GH15-1548 award rather than open to new applicants.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Supporting HIV and Tuberculosis Response in the Kingdom of Lesotho though District-based Comprehensive Prevention, Care and Treatment Programs and Health Systems Strengthening under PEPFAR" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.067.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2015-09-30.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2015-11-30. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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