Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA GH13 1319
Apply for CDC RFA GH13 1319
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Tanzanian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare System Strengthening for Enhanced Evidence Based Decision Making and Management and Delivery of Quality Health Services in the United Republic of Tanzania under the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Re" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.067 Global AIDS.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 1, 2013 and posted on Jan 17, 2013.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 10, 2013. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $10,400,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- 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).
- The United Republic of Tanzania (URT) is a union government consisting of the mainland and the Zanzibar archipelago. The health sector in Tanzania is overseen exclusively and separately by a Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) and it s subordinate agencies for each of the mainland and Zanzibar. Beginning in 2008, CDC has funded Government of Tanzania s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) in order to build institutional capacity to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and oversee the administration of services. Under this funding opportunity announcement, MOHSW is expected to achieve signifigant steps towards the final goal of country ownership for URT through CDC support for infection prevention control and injection safety training and system strengthening facility and home based HIV care and treatment, prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT), counseling and testing (CT) programs, and HIV program reporting systems, and Tanzania Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program. MOHSW is uniquely positioned, in terms of legal authority, ability, track record, infrastructure and credibility to develop and support HIV/AIDS activities throughout mainland Tanzania. Furthermore, the MOHSW has the mandate to coordinate the health sector response for all health issues, including HIV/AIDS, in Tanzania. It is the only organization on the Tanzania mainland with this mandate, therefore single eligibility competition is necessary. It also has the mandate to provide technical support and coordination to the regional and district health management teams.
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Opportunity Summary:
This funding opportunity (CDC RFA GH13-1319) is a CDC cooperative agreement under PEPFAR that is designed to strengthen Tanzania's national HIV response by investing directly in the systems, leadership capacity, and technical capabilities of the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW). The core idea is that long-term HIV epidemic control depends not only on service delivery projects, but on a capable national health authority that can coordinate partners, regulate and integrate services, oversee quality, and use data to guide decisions across the entire public health system. By building MoHSW capacity, the program aims to create a sustainable foundation that supports and ties together HIV prevention, care, and treatment efforts, aligning them with broader health system priorities and helping ensure PEPFAR goals are met in the United Republic of Tanzania, including both mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.
A central emphasis of the announcement is improving evidence-based decision making. The award supports human capacity development activities, particularly through field epidemiology and laboratory training, so that public health staff can better detect, analyze, and respond to HIV and other health priorities using timely, high-quality data. This includes strengthening the ability of national and subnational levels to interpret surveillance and program data, translate findings into policy and operational decisions, and improve the overall performance of the health system. In practice, this points to structured training programs and practical, applied learning that builds a workforce capable of running surveillance systems, investigating outbreaks, evaluating program impact, and supporting laboratory systems that underpin diagnosis and monitoring.
The FOA also focuses on strengthening monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems through coordination of resources and implementation of the MoHSW M&E Strengthening Initiative (ME SI) Combined Plan. The intent is to improve the completeness, quality, and use of HIV program reporting systems, ensuring that decision makers can see what is working, where gaps remain, and how resources should be targeted. Alongside M&E, the opportunity highlights MoHSW roles in integrating and regulating services for HIV prevention, care, and treatment, including for key populations, which implies support for policy, standards, coordination mechanisms, and oversight functions that make services more consistent, accessible, and aligned with national guidelines.
Another major programmatic pillar is infection prevention and control (IPC) and injection safety. The announcement anticipates CDC support to MoHSW for IPC programming, including training and broader system strengthening that improves safety and quality across facilities and potentially home-based settings. This is framed as part of a wider package of system strengthening that also touches facility- and home-based HIV care and treatment, prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), counseling and testing (CT) programs, and the broader infrastructure needed to administer and oversee those services. Rather than positioning MoHSW as a direct implementer of every activity, the award is structured to reinforce MoHSW's stewardship role: setting standards, coordinating the health sector response, supporting regional and district health management teams, and ensuring national programs function effectively.
The funding is substantial over the project period: the estimated total funding is $10.4 million, with an award ceiling of $2,000,000 (and no award floor listed). The CDC anticipated making one award, reflecting the fact that the opportunity is essentially built around a single national counterpart institution and is not structured as an open, multi-recipient competition. There is no cost-sharing or matching requirement. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically means CDC expects to have substantial involvement through technical support and collaboration rather than acting purely as a pass-through funder.
Eligibility is effectively limited to the Government of Tanzania's MoHSW because of its unique legal mandate and operational position. The notice explains that Tanzania's health sector oversight is handled separately for mainland and Zanzibar, and that the MoHSW (and its subordinate agencies) is the authoritative body with the responsibility to coordinate the health sector response, including HIV/AIDS, and to provide technical support and coordination to regional and district health management teams. Because no other organization on the mainland holds this mandate, the announcement justifies a single-eligibility competition as necessary. The award builds on CDC support that began in 2008 to strengthen institutional capacity for HIV response and administration of services, and it explicitly frames progress toward country ownership as an expected direction of travel.
Finally, the FOA signals a transition strategy across a five-year funding cycle. In later years, the program may support MoHSW to gradually take full ownership of activities, including long-course training development, moving toward a MoHSW-led, financed, and managed program that can operate without external technical assistance. This transition emphasis reinforces the sustainability objective: strengthening national systems and workforce capability so the HIV response becomes more self-reliant, institutionalized within government structures, and resilient over time. The opportunity was posted January 17, 2013, with an original and current closing date of April 10, 2013, and it was archived May 10, 2013. For access issues, CDC directed inquiries to its Procurement and Grants Office Technical Information Management (770-488-2700; pgotim@cdc.gov).
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - CDC RFA GH13-1319 (Tanzania HIV Systems Strengthening under PEPFAR)
1) What is CDC RFA GH13-1319?
CDC RFA GH13-1319 is a CDC cooperative agreement under PEPFAR intended to strengthen Tanzania's national HIV response by investing in the systems, leadership capacity, and technical capabilities of the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW).
2) What is the main goal of this funding opportunity?
The main goal is to support long-term HIV epidemic control by strengthening the national health authority's ability to coordinate partners, regulate and integrate services, oversee quality, and use data to guide decisions across the public health system, rather than focusing only on service delivery projects.
3) Which country and areas does the program cover?
The program supports PEPFAR goals in the United Republic of Tanzania, including both mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.
4) Who is the intended recipient and central counterpart for the award?
The opportunity is designed around Tanzania's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) due to its legal mandate and operational role in coordinating the health sector response, including HIV/AIDS, and providing technical support to regional and district health management teams.
5) Why is eligibility limited to MoHSW?
Eligibility is effectively limited because MoHSW (and its subordinate agencies) is described as the authoritative body with the unique mandate to coordinate the national health sector response on the mainland, and health sector oversight is handled separately for mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar. The notice indicates no other organization on the mainland holds the same mandate, which is used to justify a single-eligibility competition.
6) What type of funding instrument is this?
This is a cooperative agreement. That structure typically indicates substantial CDC involvement through technical support and collaboration, rather than CDC acting solely as a pass-through funder.
7) Is this opportunity focused on direct service delivery?
The emphasis is on strengthening MoHSW stewardship and system functions (standards, coordination, oversight, data use, and capacity building). While it touches areas like HIV prevention, care, and treatment, it is framed to reinforce MoHSW's leadership role rather than positioning MoHSW as the direct implementer of every activity.
8) What are the major programmatic areas emphasized in the announcement?
Key areas include evidence-based decision making (human capacity development such as field epidemiology and laboratory training), strengthening monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems, improving integration and regulation of HIV services (including for key populations), and infection prevention and control (IPC) and injection safety.
9) What does the FOA mean by "evidence-based decision making"?
The FOA emphasizes building the ability of public health staff at national and subnational levels to interpret surveillance and program data, translate findings into policy and operational decisions, and improve health system performance using timely, high-quality data.
10) What kinds of workforce or training activities are supported?
The award supports human capacity development, particularly through field epidemiology and laboratory training. The description points to structured training and applied learning that helps staff run surveillance systems, investigate outbreaks, evaluate program impact, and support laboratory systems used for diagnosis and monitoring.
11) How does the opportunity address monitoring and evaluation (M&E)?
The FOA focuses on strengthening M&E systems through coordination of resources and implementation of the MoHSW M&E Strengthening Initiative (ME SI) Combined Plan, with the intent to improve the completeness, quality, and use of HIV program reporting systems.
12) What is the purpose of improving HIV program reporting systems?
Improved reporting is intended to help decision makers understand what is working, where gaps remain, and how resources should be targeted for better results.
13) How does the FOA address service integration and regulation?
The FOA highlights MoHSW roles in integrating and regulating HIV prevention, care, and treatment services, including for key populations. This implies support for national policies, standards, coordination mechanisms, and oversight functions to make services more consistent, accessible, and aligned with national guidelines.
14) What does the FOA say about infection prevention and control (IPC) and injection safety?
IPC and injection safety are described as major pillars. The announcement anticipates CDC support for IPC programming, including training and broader system strengthening to improve safety and quality across facilities and potentially home-based settings.
15) Which HIV-related service areas are mentioned as part of the broader system strengthening context?
The FOA references facility- and home-based HIV care and treatment, prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), and counseling and testing (CT) programs, as well as the broader infrastructure needed to administer and oversee those services.
16) What is the total estimated funding and the award ceiling?
The estimated total funding over the project period is $10.4 million. The award ceiling is $2,000,000. No award floor is listed.
17) How many awards did CDC anticipate making?
CDC anticipated making one award, consistent with the announcement being built around a single national counterpart institution rather than an open, multi-recipient competition.
18) Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. The opportunity states there is no cost-sharing or matching requirement.
19) How does this opportunity relate to prior CDC support in Tanzania?
The FOA builds on CDC support that began in 2008 to strengthen institutional capacity for HIV response and administration of services, and it frames progress toward country ownership as an expected direction.
20) What is the project time horizon and transition strategy mentioned?
The FOA signals a transition strategy across a five-year funding cycle. In later years, it may support MoHSW to gradually take full ownership of activities, including long-course training development, moving toward a MoHSW-led, financed, and managed program that can operate without external technical assistance.
21) What sustainability outcomes is the program trying to achieve?
The sustainability objective is to strengthen national systems and workforce capability so the HIV response becomes more self-reliant, institutionalized within government structures, and resilient over time.
22) When was the opportunity posted and when did it close?
The opportunity was posted on January 17, 2013. The original and current closing date was April 10, 2013.
23) What is the status of the opportunity?
The listing was archived on May 10, 2013.
24) Who should be contacted for access issues related to the opportunity?
For access issues, CDC directed inquiries to the Procurement and Grants Office Technical Information Management at 770-488-2700 or pgotim@cdc.gov.
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