Capacity Building, Strengthening Health and Strategic Information Systems, and Increasing Quality HIV/AIDS Services through Support Programs Conducted by the Government of Botswana under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) | CDC RFA GH17 1762

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This grant opportunity, titled "Capacity Building, Strengthening Health and Strategic Information Systems, and Increasing Quality HIV/AIDS Services through Support Programs Conducted by the Government of Botswana under PEPFAR," is a U.S. CDC cooperative agreement intended to bolster Botswana's national HIV response by directly supporting the Government of Botswana through the Ministry of Health. The central purpose is to help the country reach and sustain HIV epidemic control while advancing the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets (diagnose 90 percent of people living with HIV, treat 90 percent of those diagnosed, and achieve viral suppression for 90 percent of those on treatment). The FOA aligns with Botswana's Ministry of Health strategic framework for HIV and AIDS, focusing resources on priority areas expected to yield the biggest gains in reducing transmission, illness, and deaths.

The overall intent is twofold: first, to reduce HIV-related morbidity and mortality by improving access to high-quality prevention and treatment services and by preventing new infections; and second, to strengthen the underlying public health infrastructure so the response is sustainable over time rather than dependent on short-term inputs. In practice, this means funding is aimed not only at service delivery outcomes (more people tested, treated, and virally suppressed) but also at the systems that make those outcomes durable, such as laboratory networks, data systems, surveillance capacity, and broader health program management.

The FOA highlights a set of core activity areas that together represent the main pillars of a comprehensive national HIV program. These include HIV Testing and Counseling to identify people living with HIV earlier and link them to care; Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision as a proven prevention strategy to reduce female-to-male transmission risk; Blood Safety to ensure transfusions and blood products do not contribute to new infections; and Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission (PMTCT) to protect infants and support maternal health through testing, treatment, and retention in care. It also includes integrated TB/HIV programming, reflecting the significant overlap between tuberculosis and HIV and the need to coordinate screening, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment for both conditions to reduce deaths and improve outcomes.

A major emphasis is placed on Laboratory capacity, Surveillance, and Strategic Information. Laboratory strengthening is critical for diagnosis and ongoing clinical monitoring, including tests that support effective treatment management such as viral load testing, early infant diagnosis, and quality assurance across the testing network. Surveillance and strategic information components focus on improving the quality, completeness, and use of data for decision-making. This typically involves strengthening routine health information systems, monitoring and evaluation, data quality assessments, and the ability to track performance against targets so the Ministry of Health can rapidly identify gaps (for example, geographic areas or populations with low testing coverage or poor treatment retention) and adjust programming accordingly.

Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Center for Global Health (CGH), using a Cooperative Agreement mechanism. A cooperative agreement generally indicates substantial involvement from the funding agency in collaboration with the recipient, which can include technical guidance, joint planning, and ongoing programmatic engagement to ensure the work aligns with PEPFAR priorities and achieves agreed outcomes. The opportunity is listed under CFDA 93.067 and was posted on 2016-08-26 with an original closing date of 2016-10-25. The expected award profile indicates a single award (ExpectedAwards: 1) with an award ceiling of $4,000,000, suggesting a concentrated investment to support national-level program strengthening and implementation through Botswana's government structures.

In short, this FOA is designed to help Botswana accelerate progress toward HIV epidemic control by improving the reach and quality of key HIV prevention and treatment services while simultaneously reinforcing the health and information systems needed to maintain progress long-term. The focus on both frontline interventions (testing, PMTCT, VMMC, TB/HIV, blood safety) and enabling systems (labs, surveillance, strategic information) reflects a strategy aimed at measurable near-term gains and sustainable national capacity.

• The Centers for Disease Control - CGH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Capacity Building, Strengthening Health and Strategic Information Systems, and Increasing Quality HIV/AIDS Services through Support Programs Conducted by the Government of Botswana 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 2016-08-26.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-10-25. (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 $4,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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