Implementing Innovative Activities to Reach Epidemic Control in Mozambique under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) | CDC RFA GH18 1827

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The grant opportunity titled "Implementing Innovative Activities to Reach Epidemic Control in Mozambique under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)" is a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cooperative agreement designed to help Mozambique accelerate progress toward controlling its HIV/AIDS epidemic. The work is framed around global UNAIDS targets, first the 90-90-90 goals (by 2020) and then the 95-95-95 goals (by 2030), which focus on diagnosing people living with HIV, placing those diagnosed on sustained treatment, and achieving viral suppression. The opportunity emphasizes that reaching epidemic control cannot be accomplished through clinical services alone; it also requires reducing the social, cultural, and legal barriers that keep people from accessing care consistently and safely.

A central focus of the program is improving the overall experience and effectiveness of HIV services by making them more available, accessible, acceptable, and high-quality in both health facilities and community settings. The CDC signals that "innovative activities" are expected, particularly those that address stigma and discrimination, since these issues can discourage people from testing, disclosing status, starting treatment, or staying in care. The opportunity also highlights the need to improve retention and linkages across HIV and tuberculosis (TB) services, reflecting the close relationship between HIV and TB outcomes and the importance of smooth referrals, follow-up, and continuity of care across programs.

The funding also places strong weight on strengthening local capacity. This includes training individuals at the community and facility levels who regularly interact with people living with HIV (PLHIV) and other vulnerable populations, so frontline encounters are respectful, rights-based, and supportive of long-term treatment adherence. In parallel, the program aims to build the capacity of civil society organizations, recognizing that community-based groups often play a key role in increasing service uptake, supporting adherence, tracing clients who have missed appointments, and helping people navigate complex systems. The intention is to reinforce the non-clinical supports that make clinical interventions more effective over time.

Another major objective is improving health-facility "redress mechanisms," meaning the processes patients can use to report mistreatment, discrimination, confidentiality violations, or other barriers to quality care, and to have those concerns addressed in a meaningful way. By strengthening these mechanisms, the program aims to improve accountability and trust in health services, which in turn can improve engagement in care, treatment continuity, and patient outcomes. The opportunity also references optimizing care for HIV and TB patients more broadly, including improvements that support patient rights and consistent access to quality services.

From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary funding opportunity issued by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control - CGH) under Funding Opportunity Number CDC RFA GH18 1827. The instrument type is a cooperative agreement, which typically means CDC expects substantial involvement in the project through collaboration, technical input, or ongoing coordination rather than acting only as a funder. The activity category is Health, with CFDA Number 93.067. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning a wide range of applicant types may apply if they can meet the program and compliance requirements. The opportunity anticipated up to three awards, with an award ceiling of $2,500,000 per award. The original closing date was 2017-10-16, and the posting was created on 2017-08-17.

In practical terms, the grant is aimed at organizations capable of pairing public health implementation with community-driven strategies to remove barriers to care. The strongest applications would typically be expected to show how their proposed interventions will measurably reduce stigma and discrimination, strengthen linkages between HIV and TB services, improve retention in treatment, and create more responsive and rights-respecting health facilities, while also transferring skills and capacity to local actors who will sustain progress toward epidemic control.

• The Centers for Disease Control - CGH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Implementing Innovative Activities to Reach Epidemic Control in Mozambique 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 2017-08-17.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-10-16. (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 $2,500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.

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