Improving Public Health Practices and Service Delivery in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia with a Focus on HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Tuberculosis under the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) | CDC RFA GH13 131404CONT17

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This funding opportunity is a continuation cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Center for Global Health, focused on strengthening public health practices and improving service delivery in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The program emphasis is on HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and tuberculosis (TB), and it is explicitly aligned with the U.S. Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). In practical terms, the opportunity supports work that improves the way health programs are planned, managed, implemented, monitored, and evaluated so that prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and related public health services for HIV/STIs/TB function more effectively and reach the people who need them.

The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which generally means CDC is expected to have substantial involvement in the project beyond simply providing funds. Cooperative agreements often involve close technical collaboration, shared planning, and ongoing engagement from CDC subject matter experts. Because this is categorized as continuation funding, it is typically intended to extend or build on an existing project or previously funded work rather than start a brand-new, open competition for multiple new recipients. The listing indicates one expected award, reinforcing that this action is aimed at continuing support to a single implementing partner already involved in this line of work.

The opportunity is identified by Funding Opportunity Number CDC RFA GH13 131404CONT17 and is associated with CFDA 93.067, a CDC global health assistance catalog number that commonly covers international HIV-related activities under PEPFAR and broader global health work. The activity category is listed as Health, reflecting its programmatic focus on public health systems and disease-specific service delivery rather than, for example, basic research or infrastructure construction.

While the notice does not provide a specific award ceiling (the ceiling is listed as 0, which usually indicates the cap is not specified in the summary extract or is determined through other internal budgeting documents), it does identify the planned scale in terms of awards: a single award is anticipated. Applicants are described as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," which is typical in continuation announcements where eligibility may be restricted to an existing recipient or otherwise defined in the full funding announcement. In many continuation contexts, eligibility is limited to the current awardee that has been implementing the project under the prior budget period(s), because the intent is to maintain continuity of operations and program momentum rather than re-compete the activity broadly.

The timeline in the provided data shows a creation date of October 6, 2016, with an original closing date of December 8, 2016. That date range suggests a formal submission window for continuation application materials such as an updated work plan, budget, performance reporting, and any required documentation related to the next project period. These continuation packages usually emphasize progress against prior objectives, plans to address any gaps, targets for the next period, and how the work will remain aligned with national strategies and PEPFAR priorities.

In terms of content, the title and description point to a broad public health improvement agenda centered on three closely linked disease areas. HIV, STIs, and TB are epidemiologically and programmatically connected, especially in settings where HIV increases TB risk and where STI services can be an important entry point for HIV prevention, testing, and linkage to care. A program framed as "improving public health practices and service delivery" commonly involves activities such as strengthening surveillance and strategic information systems, improving laboratory and diagnostic networks, building workforce capacity through training and mentorship, enhancing quality improvement processes at health facilities, supporting guideline implementation, improving referral networks and linkage systems, and reinforcing monitoring and evaluation to ensure services are delivered consistently and effectively. Depending on the existing project, it can also include support for infection prevention and control, TB/HIV collaborative activities, and integration of services so that clients can access multiple related services with fewer barriers.

Overall, this opportunity is best understood as CDC, through PEPFAR, continuing targeted support in Ethiopia to improve how HIV, STI, and TB public health programs are run and how services are delivered, with the expectation of close collaboration between the recipient and CDC. It is not presented as a multi-award, open-ended grant competition, but rather as a continuation action with one anticipated award intended to sustain and refine ongoing work in Ethiopia under CDCs global health portfolio.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - CGH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Improving Public Health Practices and Service Delivery in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia with a Focus on HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Tuberculosis under the Presidents 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 Oct 06, 2016.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 08, 2016. (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 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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