Capacity Building and Strengthening Implementation of HIV Combination Prevention and Treatment Services in Priority Geographic Locations and Populations at Facility, Community, District and Provincial Levels in the Republic of Zambia under the Presid | CDC RFA GH16 167002CONT17

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The grant opportunity titled "Capacity Building and Strengthening Implementation of HIV Combination Prevention and Treatment Services in Priority Geographic Locations and Populations at Facility, Community, District and Provincial Levels in the Republic of Zambia under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)" is a continuation funding opportunity issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), specifically under CDC's Center for Global Health (CGH). The opportunity is designed to support and sustain ongoing work that strengthens the delivery and implementation of comprehensive HIV prevention and treatment services in Zambia, with an emphasis on priority locations and populations and with activities spanning multiple levels of the health system, including facilities, communities, districts, and provinces.

This award is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically means that the CDC expects to have substantial involvement in the funded work rather than acting solely as a passive funder. In practice, cooperative agreements often involve close technical collaboration, joint planning, and regular performance monitoring between the recipient and CDC staff. The overall activity category is health, and the opportunity is aligned with CFDA (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance) number 93.067, which corresponds to CDC activities supporting global health initiatives and programs, including those under PEPFAR.

The program focus is on "HIV combination prevention and treatment," a term that generally refers to using multiple, evidence-based interventions together to reduce HIV transmission and improve health outcomes for people living with HIV. In a PEPFAR context, that commonly includes a mix of biomedical, behavioral, and structural approaches. On the prevention side, combination prevention may involve HIV testing services and linkage to care, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, condoms and risk-reduction interventions, voluntary medical male circumcision where relevant, prevention services for key and priority populations, and broader community strategies that increase demand for testing and prevention while reducing barriers such as stigma. On the treatment side, it typically involves strengthening the HIV care cascade: diagnosing people with HIV, rapidly initiating antiretroviral therapy, retaining patients in care, supporting adherence, monitoring viral load, and improving quality of clinical services so that viral suppression increases across supported areas.

A central theme of the opportunity is capacity building and strengthening implementation, which points to improving the ability of Zambian systems and partners to plan, manage, and deliver high-quality HIV services over time. Capacity building in this context often includes developing and mentoring the health workforce, improving clinical and program management systems, strengthening laboratory networks and sample transport where applicable, improving data systems for surveillance and program monitoring, and building stronger coordination across facility and community service delivery. Because the opportunity explicitly mentions facility, community, district, and provincial levels, it signals a health systems approach rather than a narrow focus on individual clinics. Activities can reasonably be expected to support better coordination between community-based HIV testing and prevention programs and facility-based treatment services, while also strengthening district and provincial leadership, planning, supervision, and performance improvement.

The opportunity is geographically and population targeted, meaning it prioritizes certain areas and groups based on where HIV burden is highest or where service gaps are most significant. While the source text does not list the specific provinces, districts, or populations, the language indicates that the funded work is meant to concentrate resources where they will have the greatest impact, consistent with PEPFAR's approach of focusing investments in high-burden locations and among populations at increased risk or with lower access to services. The inclusion of both "priority geographic locations" and "priority populations" suggests the program is intended to improve both coverage and equity, ensuring that prevention and treatment services reach those most affected and those most likely to be missed by routine service delivery.

Administratively, this is a continuation opportunity (Opportunity Category: Continuation), which generally indicates funding intended to extend or continue existing projects rather than start entirely new initiatives from scratch. The Funding Opportunity Number is CDC RFA GH16-167002CONT17, with a creation date of February 1, 2017, and an original closing date of March 3, 2017. The expected number of awards is 10, indicating that CDC anticipated supporting multiple implementing partners or multiple cooperative agreements under this continuation announcement. The listed award ceiling is "0," which often appears in federal postings when a specific cap is not stated in the summary record or when budgets are determined through negotiation, availability of funds, or varying scopes across recipients rather than a single maximum amount.

Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," with additional eligibility details referenced as being in the full announcement text (not included in the excerpt). In many CDC and PEPFAR-related cooperative agreements, "Others" can encompass a range of organizations such as non-profit organizations, non-governmental organizations, universities, research institutions, and in some cases local organizations, depending on the specific eligibility language in the full funding announcement. Since this is a continuation, eligibility may also be limited to current recipients or existing partners under an earlier funding cycle, but the excerpt itself only indicates that clarification is provided in the full eligibility section.

In summary, this CDC PEPFAR continuation cooperative agreement opportunity supports sustained implementation and capacity strengthening for comprehensive HIV prevention and treatment services in Zambia. It is oriented toward improving program quality and outcomes across the service delivery continuum and across health system levels, with work focused on priority locations and populations, and it anticipates multiple awards under CDC technical collaboration to advance PEPFAR HIV epidemic control goals in the Republic of Zambia.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - CGH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Capacity Building and Strengthening Implementation of HIV Combination Prevention and Treatment Services in Priority Geographic Locations and Populations at Facility, Community, District and Provincial Levels in the Republic of Zambia under the Presid" 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 Feb 01, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 03, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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