Building the Capacity of Provincial Medical Offices (PHOs) in the Republic of Zambia to Provide Comprehensive and Sustainable HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, Support, and Treatment Services in Eastern, Lusaka, and Western Provinces of the Republic of Zambia un | CDC RFA GH11 112205CONT16

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This grant opportunity, issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), focuses on strengthening the capacity of Zambia's Provincial Health Offices (PHOs) to deliver comprehensive and sustainable HIV/AIDS services. The work is specifically targeted to Eastern Province, Lusaka Province, and Western Province, with the overall intent of improving how HIV prevention, care, support, and treatment services are planned, managed, and sustained through provincial health systems rather than relying on short-term, externally driven support. In practical terms, the opportunity is about building and reinforcing provincial-level leadership, coordination, and technical capability so these offices can oversee high-quality HIV programs across facilities and communities in their jurisdictions.

The funding mechanism is a cooperative agreement, meaning the CDC is expected to remain actively involved in the program beyond simply providing funds. Cooperative agreements typically include substantial programmatic collaboration, such as technical guidance, joint planning, monitoring and evaluation support, and alignment with national and PEPFAR priorities. The activity falls under a health funding category and is associated with CFDA number 93.067, which corresponds to CDC global HIV/AIDS-related assistance.

A key feature of this announcement is that it is continuation funding only. It is not an open competition for new applicants. Eligibility is limited to organizations that were previously awarded under the earlier funding opportunity identified as GH11-1122, and this announcement (CDC RFA GH11-112205CONT16) is essentially a continuation action to extend or maintain the existing program. The listing indicates "Eligible Applicants: Others," but the description makes clear that only prior grantees under the referenced award can receive these continuation funds. This structure is common when an agency wants to sustain ongoing work, preserve program continuity, and avoid disruption to services that depend on stable funding and long-term implementation.

The stated program purpose is broad and systems-oriented: enabling PHOs to provide comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, care, support, and treatment services that are sustainable. "Comprehensive" implies attention to the full continuum of HIV services rather than a single intervention area, while "sustainable" signals an emphasis on institutionalizing practices within provincial systems so that performance can be maintained over time. Although the announcement text provided does not list detailed deliverables, the framing strongly suggests capacity-building components such as strengthening provincial planning and management, improving coordination of HIV service delivery, supporting supervision and quality improvement across health facilities, reinforcing data collection and use for decision-making, and ensuring that provincial structures can effectively guide and monitor HIV programs consistent with national strategies and PEPFAR goals.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity was created on 2015-09-17 and had an original closing date of 2015-10-23. The expected number of awards is not specified in the provided data, and the award ceiling is listed as 0, which typically indicates that a fixed maximum amount was not published in the synopsis or that the amount is determined through continuation funding actions rather than a competed ceiling. Because it is continuation funding, the amount and scope are generally tied to the existing cooperative agreement and are shaped by annual work plans, available appropriations, and CDC/PEPFAR program priorities for that budget period.

In short, this CDC PEPFAR continuation opportunity is designed to keep an existing Zambia provincial capacity-building HIV program running, with the objective of strengthening Eastern, Lusaka, and Western Provincial Health Offices so they can lead and sustain high-quality HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support services through the public health system.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Building the Capacity of Provincial Medical Offices (PHOs) in the Republic of Zambia to Provide Comprehensive and Sustainable HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, Support, and Treatment Services in Eastern, Lusaka, and Western Provinces of the Republic of Zambia un" 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 2015-09-17.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2015-10-23. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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