Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA GH15 157503CONT17
Apply for CDC RFA GH15 157503CONT17
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - CGH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Strengthening the Delivery and Expanding Access to Quality Laboratory Services and Enhancing Healthcare Worker and Laboratory Safety in the Republic of South Africa 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 Sep 27, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 29, 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 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Opportunity Summary:
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), under the Center for Global Health (CGH), focused on South Africa and supported through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The program aims to strengthen how laboratory services are delivered and to expand access to quality laboratory testing, while also improving healthcare worker and laboratory safety. In practical terms, the opportunity supports work that helps laboratories and the broader health system provide reliable, timely diagnostic services that are essential for HIV programs and related public health priorities, while ensuring that the people working in clinical and laboratory settings are protected through better biosafety and occupational health practices.
The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically means CDC anticipates substantial involvement in the funded work compared to a standard grant. Recipients are usually expected to coordinate closely with CDC on technical approaches, performance monitoring, and alignment with national strategies and PEPFAR goals. The opportunity is categorized as a health activity and is tied to CFDA (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance) number 93.067, which corresponds to CDC activities supporting HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and related public health systems strengthening.
The opportunity is identified as a continuation (Funding Opportunity Number: CDC RFA GH15-157503CONT17). A continuation opportunity generally indicates that it is intended to support ongoing work building on prior awards rather than launching an entirely new, open competition for first-time applicants. It also suggests that the program has an established scope of work and implementing partners, with the continuation funding meant to maintain momentum, expand coverage, or deepen quality improvements based on prior results and evolving needs. While the listing indicates "Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," that phrasing usually signals that eligibility may be limited or defined in a separate section of the full announcement, often to specific existing partners, organizations with demonstrated capacity, or entities meeting particular criteria relevant to continuation funding.
From a program content perspective, the emphasis on "strengthening delivery" and "expanding access" to quality laboratory services points to activities that improve the availability and performance of diagnostic testing across the health system. In the PEPFAR context, that often includes ensuring consistent access to tests that guide HIV prevention and treatment decisions, improving specimen referral networks and transport systems, reducing turnaround times for test results, implementing quality management systems, and supporting accreditation or stepwise quality improvement processes. It can also include strengthening supply chain and inventory management for reagents and consumables, improving equipment maintenance systems, and enhancing data systems so laboratory information is captured, transmitted, and used for clinical care and public health decision-making.
The safety component, described as "enhancing healthcare worker and laboratory safety," highlights biosafety, biosecurity, and occupational health measures within laboratories and clinical settings. Work under this pillar commonly involves establishing or reinforcing infection prevention and control practices, training staff in safe specimen handling and waste management, ensuring appropriate use of personal protective equipment, improving laboratory infrastructure or workflow to reduce exposure risks, and implementing incident reporting and corrective action systems. The intent is to reduce harm to the workforce while maintaining continuity of services, which is especially important in high-volume settings and in programs where uninterrupted laboratory operations are critical for patient management.
Administratively, the opportunity was created on September 27, 2016, with an original closing date of November 29, 2016, and it anticipated up to 10 awards. The listing shows an award ceiling of 0, which often means the ceiling was not specified in this summary record, may have been defined elsewhere in the full announcement, or could vary depending on continuation award structures and available appropriations. The overall framing makes clear that the work is situated in the Republic of South Africa and is aligned with PEPFAR priorities, which typically include strengthening national systems, improving quality and coverage of HIV-related services, and ensuring that interventions are measurable, sustainable, and integrated with host-country strategies.
In short, this continuation cooperative agreement supports efforts in South Africa to improve the reach and reliability of laboratory services that underpin HIV and broader health programs, while simultaneously prioritizing safety for healthcare and laboratory personnel through better biosafety and occupational protections, all implemented in close coordination with CDC under PEPFAR.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is this funding opportunity?
This opportunity is a continuation cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Center for Global Health (CGH). It supports work in South Africa under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to strengthen laboratory service delivery, expand access to quality laboratory testing, and improve healthcare worker and laboratory safety.
2) What is the main goal of the program?
The program aims to improve how laboratory services are delivered and accessed so that diagnostic services are reliable and timely, especially for HIV programs and related public health priorities. A second core goal is to enhance biosafety and occupational health protections for healthcare and laboratory personnel.
3) Where will the work supported by this award take place?
The work is situated in the Republic of South Africa.
4) How is this opportunity connected to PEPFAR?
This award is supported through PEPFAR and is aligned with PEPFAR priorities. In this context, it focuses on strengthening national systems, improving quality and coverage of HIV-related services, and supporting measurable, sustainable, and integrated interventions aligned with host-country strategies.
5) What funding mechanism is being used?
The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement.
6) What does it mean that this is a cooperative agreement (not a standard grant)?
A cooperative agreement typically means CDC expects substantial involvement in the funded work. Recipients are usually expected to coordinate closely with CDC on technical approaches, performance monitoring, and alignment with national strategies and PEPFAR goals.
7) What does “continuation†mean for this specific funding opportunity?
This is identified as a continuation opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: CDC RFA GH15-157503CONT17). A continuation generally indicates the funding is intended to support ongoing work building on prior awards, rather than starting a brand-new, fully open competition for first-time applicants.
8) Is this opportunity likely intended for new applicants?
Based on the continuation framing, it is generally intended to maintain momentum, expand coverage, or deepen quality improvements based on prior results and evolving needs. Continuation opportunities often align to established scopes of work and existing implementing partners.
9) Who is eligible to apply?
The listing states “Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).†That phrasing typically signals eligibility may be limited or defined elsewhere in the full announcement, often to specific existing partners, organizations with demonstrated capacity, or entities meeting criteria relevant to continuation funding.
10) What is the CFDA number associated with this opportunity, and what does it indicate?
The opportunity is tied to CFDA number 93.067, which corresponds to CDC activities supporting HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and related public health systems strengthening.
11) What types of laboratory service improvements are emphasized?
The opportunity emphasizes “strengthening delivery†and “expanding access†to quality laboratory services. In practical terms, this can include improving availability and performance of diagnostic testing across the health system so results are reliable and timely.
12) What kinds of HIV-related laboratory support activities might be included under this program’s focus?
In the PEPFAR context described, supported activities often include ensuring consistent access to tests that guide HIV prevention and treatment decisions, improving specimen referral and transport systems, reducing turnaround times, implementing quality management systems, and supporting accreditation or stepwise quality improvement processes.
13) Does the opportunity address laboratory networks and specimen transport?
Yes. The program description highlights improvements such as strengthening specimen referral networks and transport systems and reducing turnaround time for test results.
14) Is quality management or accreditation support part of the described scope?
Yes. The description references implementing quality management systems and supporting accreditation or stepwise quality improvement processes.
15) Does the opportunity mention supply chain or inventory management for labs?
Yes. The program description includes strengthening supply chain and inventory management for reagents and consumables, as well as improving equipment maintenance systems.
16) Are laboratory data systems and information flow included in the program emphasis?
Yes. The opportunity includes enhancing data systems so laboratory information is captured, transmitted, and used for clinical care and public health decision-making.
17) What is meant by improving healthcare worker and laboratory safety?
The safety component focuses on biosafety, biosecurity, and occupational health measures in laboratories and clinical settings to reduce harm to personnel and maintain continuity of essential services.
18) What kinds of safety and biosafety activities are commonly supported under this program’s safety pillar?
The description points to activities such as strengthening infection prevention and control practices, training staff in safe specimen handling and waste management, ensuring appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE), improving laboratory infrastructure or workflow to reduce exposure risks, and implementing incident reporting and corrective action systems.
19) Why is workforce safety emphasized in this opportunity?
The intent described is to reduce harm to healthcare and laboratory personnel while maintaining uninterrupted laboratory operations, particularly in high-volume settings where continuity of diagnostic services is critical for patient management.
20) How many awards were anticipated?
The listing anticipated up to 10 awards.
21) What are the key dates shown for this opportunity?
The opportunity was created on September 27, 2016, and the original closing date was November 29, 2016.
22) What is the award ceiling for this opportunity?
The listing shows an award ceiling of 0. In this context, that often means the ceiling was not specified in the summary record, may have been defined elsewhere in the full announcement, or could vary depending on continuation award structures and available appropriations.
23) What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON)?
The Funding Opportunity Number is CDC RFA GH15-157503CONT17.
24) What does CDC’s “substantial involvement†typically look like in this program?
As described, recipients are usually expected to coordinate closely with CDC on technical approaches, performance monitoring, and alignment with national strategies and PEPFAR goals.
25) What broader health priorities can be supported beyond HIV?
The description notes that laboratory services supported are essential for HIV programs and related public health priorities, indicating the improvements are intended to strengthen the broader health system’s diagnostic capacity while remaining aligned with HIV program needs.
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