Technical Assistance to Host Country Public Health Institutions in Tanzania to Lead HIV Response and Develop and Sustain Systems Required to Achieve and Sustain HIV Epidemic Control under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) | CDC RFA GH16 1650

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This funding opportunity, titled "Technical Assistance to Host Country Public Health Institutions in Tanzania to Lead HIV Response and Develop and Sustain Systems Required to Achieve and Sustain HIV Epidemic Control under PEPFAR," is a CDC cooperative agreement intended to strengthen Tanzania's public health institutions so they can more effectively lead the national HIV response. The core aim is not simply to deliver direct HIV services, but to build and reinforce the underlying systems that make HIV programs effective, sustainable, and capable of maintaining epidemic control over time. In practical terms, the award is meant to help key public health institutions in Tanzania develop the policies, guidance, and health system functions needed to plan, manage, monitor, and continuously improve HIV-related services in a way that can be sustained by local institutions.

The grant falls under CDC's discretionary funding and is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning CDC expects to have substantial involvement during implementation, typically through collaboration, technical direction, and shared responsibility for achieving the project outcomes. The funding activity category is Health, and the CFDA (assistance listing) number referenced is 93.067. The opportunity was released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Global Health (CGH). The original posting date was December 4, 2015, and the original closing date was February 4, 2016, indicating it was a time-limited competition with an intended near-term start following selection.

The maximum award amount listed (award ceiling) is $1,159,375, and the opportunity anticipated a single award (expected awards: 1). That structure suggests the project was designed for one primary recipient to provide coordinated technical assistance, likely working closely with Tanzanian institutions and potentially collaborating with other local or international partners as part of implementation. Because it is a cooperative agreement with one expected award, the selected applicant would typically be responsible for organizing the technical assistance approach, aligning it with national strategies and PEPFAR priorities, and ensuring the work complements existing government and donor efforts rather than duplicating them.

Substantively, the description emphasizes strengthening public health institutions to establish the "health systems, policy, and guidance" needed to achieve HIV epidemic control and ensure the sustainability of HIV-related health systems and services. In the context of PEPFAR and HIV epidemic control goals, this generally points to capacity building around governance and stewardship (how the HIV response is led and coordinated), strategic information (data systems, surveillance, and program monitoring), workforce and organizational capacity (skills, structures, and processes inside public health agencies), and the development or refinement of national technical guidance that standardizes and improves the quality of HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and related support services. The intent is that Tanzanian institutions increasingly direct and manage the response, with outside technical partners supporting them to develop durable systems that continue functioning well after external funding decreases.

Eligibility is intentionally broad and includes a wide range of U.S. and non-U.S. entities. Eligible applicants include various levels of government (state, county, city or township, special district), regional organizations, U.S. territories or possessions, independent school districts, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and multiple types of nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status. It also includes individuals, for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), small businesses, and specific categories of minority-serving institutions (such as Hispanic-serving institutions, historically black colleges and universities, and Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions). In addition, the FOA explicitly recognizes non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities as eligible, and it lists other eligible organization types that commonly participate in public health capacity-building work, including Ministries of Health, tribal epidemiology centers, urban Indian health organizations, research institutions when conducting non-research activities, colleges and universities, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, hospitals, and small, minority-, and women-owned businesses. The inclusion of "all other eligible organizations" further reinforces that CDC was aiming to attract a wide pool of applicants with the technical and operational capacity to support institutional strengthening.

Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a systems-focused HIV investment under PEPFAR in Tanzania, designed to help national and related public health institutions lead the HIV response more effectively by strengthening the enabling environment: policy frameworks, technical standards, health system processes, and the institutional capacity required to achieve and then sustain HIV epidemic control.

• The Centers for Disease Control - CGH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Technical Assistance to Host Country Public Health Institutions in Tanzania to Lead HIV Response and Develop and Sustain Systems Required to Achieve and Sustain HIV Epidemic Control under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (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 2015-12-04.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-02-04. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,159,375.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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