Comprehensive Approaches to Strengthening the Health System and HIV response in The Republic of Mozambique under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief | CDC RFA GH15 155603CONT18

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This funding opportunity, titled "Comprehensive Approaches to Strengthening the Health System and HIV response in The Republic of Mozambique under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief," is a U.S. government grant announcement administered by the 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). It was issued as part of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which supports large-scale HIV prevention, care, and treatment programs while also investing in the broader systems that make those HIV services sustainable over time. The overall focus signaled by the title and program framing is not limited to delivering HIV services in isolation; it emphasizes comprehensive, health-system-oriented approaches that strengthen the capacity of Mozambique's health sector to manage and improve the HIV response as a durable public health program.

The opportunity is listed as a continuation award competition (Opportunity Category: Continuation), which typically means it is intended to extend or continue existing program activities rather than launch an entirely new initiative from scratch. That continuation framing often reflects a desire to maintain momentum, preserve coverage in supported districts or facilities, and build on previously established partnerships, infrastructure, workforce investments, and service delivery models. The funding instrument is a Cooperative Agreement, which is significant because it implies substantial programmatic involvement by CDC compared to a standard grant. Under a cooperative agreement structure, recipients generally implement activities while CDC provides ongoing technical direction, collaboration, and oversight to ensure alignment with U.S. government objectives, performance standards, and reporting requirements tied to PEPFAR.

In terms of program area, the activity category is Health and the CFDA number is 93.067, which is associated with global health and public health assistance activities managed by CDC. The geographic focus is the Republic of Mozambique. The substantive intent, as reflected in the title, is to pursue "comprehensive approaches" that strengthen both the health system and the HIV response. In practical terms, this kind of language usually points to integrated interventions that may include improving clinical and community service delivery, expanding access and quality of HIV testing and treatment, strengthening retention and viral load suppression outcomes, reinforcing prevention strategies, and simultaneously improving cross-cutting health system building blocks such as workforce development, supply chain and logistics, laboratory networks, health information systems, monitoring and evaluation, and program management capacity. The health systems emphasis also commonly includes quality improvement methods, governance and coordination support, and efforts to institutionalize best practices within national and subnational structures so that performance is not dependent on short-term external support.

The announcement identifies that it anticipated making up to 10 awards (Expected Awards: 10), suggesting multiple implementing partners could be funded to cover different provinces, technical areas, or complementary components of the national HIV strategy. The award ceiling is listed as 0, which in federal postings often indicates that a specific maximum amount per award was not stated in the summary field, may vary by applicant and scope, or may be specified elsewhere in the full announcement package rather than in the headline synopsis. The posting was created on February 2, 2017 (Creation Date: Feb 02, 2017), with an original application closing date of April 4, 2017 (Original Closing Date: Apr 04, 2017). These dates place the opportunity within a defined PEPFAR planning and funding cycle for that period.

Eligibility is labeled broadly as "Others," with a note indicating that clarification is provided in an "Additional Information on Eligibility" section in the full text. In federal grant announcements, that kind of phrasing often means eligibility may extend beyond standard categories (such as state or local governments) and could include a range of organizations like non-profit entities, non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, international organizations, and potentially for-profit organizations if permitted, depending on the specific CDC and PEPFAR requirements laid out in the full notice. Because it is a continuation opportunity, eligibility may also be shaped by the existing portfolio of recipients or by organizations with demonstrated capacity and prior performance in Mozambique's HIV and health systems landscape.

Taken together, the grant opportunity is best understood as a CDC-led, PEPFAR-supported cooperative agreement aimed at sustaining and improving Mozambique's HIV program outcomes while strengthening the underlying health system capacities that make those outcomes achievable at scale. The combination of continuation funding, cooperative agreement structure, and multi-award expectation signals a program designed for coordinated implementation with strong CDC engagement, focusing on measurable public health impact and operational resilience in Mozambique's national HIV response.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - CGH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Comprehensive Approaches to Strengthening the Health System and HIV response in The Republic of Mozambique under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief" 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 02, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 04, 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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