Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA674 11 32
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- The South Africa USAID Pretoria in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Strengthening Angolan Systems for Health (SASH)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001 USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 20, 2011 and posted on Apr 1, 2011.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 25, 2011. (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 $33,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Opportunity Summary:
Strengthening Angolan Systems for Health (SASH) is a USAID-funded, five-year cooperative agreement focused on improving the health of people in Angola by expanding both the availability and the actual use of high-quality health services. The opportunity targets major public health priorities, specifically family planning, malaria, and HIV/AIDS, and emphasizes a results-oriented approach that strengthens the underlying systems needed for consistent service delivery rather than isolated, short-term interventions. In practical terms, the program is designed to help Angola deliver better care more reliably by improving management capacity, raising service quality, and supporting health structures at multiple levels of the health system.
The grant is structured around two main expected results. The first result is to improve institutional capacity to manage and implement Angola's Revitalization of Municipal Health Services strategy, with particular emphasis on two system foundations: health information and human resources for health. This points to building stronger data and reporting systems for decision-making, improving planning and oversight, and strengthening the workforce side of health services such as staffing, training, deployment, and supervision. The intent is to make municipal health services more capable of planning, tracking performance, and responding to needs in a timely and organized way.
The second result is to establish and institutionalize a routine quality improvement approach that supports standards-based clinical practices. This component centers on designing and putting into practice continuous quality improvement processes that Provincial Health Departments (DPS), Municipal Health Departments (RMS), and individual health facilities can run themselves as part of normal operations. The goal is not just to introduce clinical standards, but to create a regular cycle of measuring performance, identifying gaps, applying corrective actions, and monitoring whether changes lead to better care. By embedding quality improvement at provincial, municipal, and facility levels, the program aims to make consistent, standards-based clinical practice the norm across the health system.
Administratively, the opportunity was released by USAID (listed under USAID Pretoria/South Africa in the source data, supporting the USAID Mission to Angola) as a discretionary funding opportunity under CFDA 98.001 (USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas). It was offered as a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial involvement by the funding agency during implementation compared with a standard grant. USAID expected to make a single award, and the total funding level was set at $33,000,000, with both the award ceiling and floor listed at exactly $33,000,000, signaling an anticipated fixed-size award rather than a range. There was no cost sharing or matching requirement, and eligibility was listed as unrestricted, meaning a wide variety of organizations could apply subject to any additional eligibility clarifications in the full announcement.
Key dates in the posting indicate it was originally posted on April 1, 2011, with an original closing date of May 20, 2011, later extended to May 25, 2011, and archived on June 19, 2011. For access issues related to the full announcement, the contact listed was Fatima dos Santos, Acquisition Assistant Specialist, reachable by phone at +27 12 4522167.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the Strengthening Angolan Systems for Health (SASH) opportunity?
SASH is a USAID-funded, five-year cooperative agreement focused on improving health outcomes in Angola by expanding both the availability and the actual use of high-quality health services. It emphasizes strengthening the systems that make services reliable and consistent, rather than supporting isolated, short-term interventions.
What is the main goal of SASH?
The main goal is to improve the health of people in Angola by helping the health system deliver better care more reliably. This includes improving management capacity, raising service quality, and supporting health structures across multiple levels of the health system.
Which health areas does SASH prioritize?
The opportunity targets major public health priorities in Angola, specifically family planning, malaria, and HIV/AIDS.
What type of approach does SASH emphasize?
SASH emphasizes a results-oriented approach that strengthens underlying systems needed for consistent service delivery. The focus is on building durable capacity and routine processes that support ongoing service quality and performance.
How is the program structured in terms of expected results?
The program is structured around two main expected results: (1) improving institutional capacity to manage and implement Angola's Revitalization of Municipal Health Services strategy, and (2) establishing and institutionalizing a routine quality improvement approach that supports standards-based clinical practices.
What does Expected Result 1 focus on?
Expected Result 1 focuses on improving institutional capacity to manage and implement Angola's Revitalization of Municipal Health Services strategy, with particular emphasis on two system foundations: health information and human resources for health.
What does "health information" mean in the context of this opportunity?
In this opportunity, health information refers to building stronger data and reporting systems used for decision-making. It includes improving planning and oversight and strengthening the ability to track performance and respond to needs in a timely, organized way.
What does "human resources for health" mean in the context of this opportunity?
Human resources for health refers to strengthening the workforce side of health services, including staffing, training, deployment, and supervision, so municipal health services can operate more effectively and reliably.
What is Expected Result 2 about?
Expected Result 2 is to establish and institutionalize a routine quality improvement approach that supports standards-based clinical practices. The intent is to make continuous quality improvement a normal part of operations at provincial, municipal, and facility levels.
What is meant by "routine quality improvement" in SASH?
Routine quality improvement refers to continuous processes that government health structures and facilities can run themselves, including measuring performance, identifying gaps, applying corrective actions, and monitoring whether changes improve care.
Which levels of the health system are expected to implement quality improvement?
The routine quality improvement approach is intended to be implemented and institutionalized at multiple levels: Provincial Health Departments (DPS), Municipal Health Departments (RMS), and individual health facilities.
Is SASH focused only on introducing clinical standards?
No. While standards-based clinical practices are part of the objective, the emphasis is on embedding an ongoing cycle of measuring, improving, and monitoring so consistent, standards-based practice becomes the norm across the system.
What kind of funding opportunity is this?
This was a discretionary funding opportunity released by USAID and offered as a cooperative agreement.
What does it mean that this is a cooperative agreement?
A cooperative agreement typically indicates substantial involvement by USAID during implementation compared with a standard grant. In practical terms, it suggests closer collaboration between the awardee and the funding agency while the program is carried out.
Which USAID office released the opportunity?
The opportunity was released by USAID (listed under USAID Pretoria/South Africa in the source data) in support of the USAID Mission to Angola.
What is the CFDA number associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity was listed under CFDA 98.001, described as USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas.
How many awards did USAID expect to make?
USAID expected to make a single award.
What was the total funding amount for this award?
The total funding level was set at $33,000,000. Both the award ceiling and the award floor were listed as exactly $33,000,000, indicating an anticipated fixed-size award rather than a range.
Was cost sharing or matching required?
No. The opportunity stated there was no cost sharing or matching requirement.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was listed as unrestricted, meaning a wide variety of organizations could apply, subject to any additional eligibility clarifications contained in the full announcement.
When was the opportunity originally posted?
The opportunity was originally posted on April 1, 2011.
What was the original closing date, and was it extended?
The original closing date was May 20, 2011, and it was later extended to May 25, 2011.
When was the opportunity archived?
The opportunity was archived on June 19, 2011.
Who was the contact person for access issues related to the full announcement?
The contact listed for access issues was Fatima dos Santos, Acquisition Assistant Specialist.
How can the listed contact be reached?
Fatima dos Santos was listed as reachable by phone at +27 12 4522167.
What does it mean that the program aims to strengthen systems rather than run short-term interventions?
It means the program is designed to improve the structures and routines that keep health services functioning consistently, such as management capacity, health information systems, workforce systems, and ongoing quality improvement, instead of focusing on one-time activities that do not become part of normal operations.
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