Reinforcing HIV Clinical Services within a Network of Public Health Institutions in the Central Plateau and the Lower Artibonite of Haiti under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) | CDC RFA GH16 171202CONT17

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The grant opportunity titled "Reinforcing HIV Clinical Services within a Network of Public Health Institutions in the Central Plateau and the Lower Artibonite of Haiti under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)" is a continuation cooperative agreement issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), specifically through CDC's Center for Global Health (CGH). It is designed to support and strengthen HIV clinical service delivery through a network of public health institutions operating in two priority regions of Haiti: the Central Plateau and the Lower Artibonite. The overall focus is health, and it sits under the broader PEPFAR framework, which funds large-scale HIV prevention, care, and treatment efforts globally.

This opportunity is identified by Funding Opportunity Number CDC RFA GH16-171202CONT17 and is categorized as "Continuation," meaning it is intended to extend or continue previously funded work rather than start a brand-new standalone project. The funding instrument type is a cooperative agreement, which typically signals an active partnership model where CDC expects to be substantively involved beyond simply issuing funds. In practice, cooperative agreements commonly include ongoing technical input, joint planning, performance monitoring, and coordination with national and regional stakeholders, especially for complex public health programs like HIV service delivery.

Programmatically, the central theme is reinforcing HIV clinical services, which generally refers to improving the quality, reach, and reliability of facility-based HIV testing, linkage to care, antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation and continuity, clinical monitoring, and related support services delivered through public sector health institutions. Because the scope specifies a "network of public health institutions," the award is oriented toward strengthening systems across multiple sites rather than focusing on a single clinic. That can include standardizing clinical protocols, strengthening supply chain and commodity management for HIV medications and diagnostics, improving patient flow and retention systems, reinforcing laboratory referral and result-return processes, enhancing data collection and reporting for HIV program monitoring, and building the clinical workforce capacity through training, mentoring, and supportive supervision. Within a PEPFAR context, this kind of activity is also typically aligned with goals like improving viral load suppression, reducing HIV-related morbidity and mortality, and ensuring service continuity for priority populations in the targeted geographic areas.

The listing provides a CFDA number of 93.067, which corresponds to CDC global health assistance programming. The announcement indicates an expectation of 10 awards, suggesting the CDC anticipated multiple funded partners or multiple awardees supporting different components, geographic coverage, or institutional networks under the same continuation umbrella. The "Award Ceiling" is listed as 0, which usually means the public synopsis does not specify a maximum funding level in the posted summary and applicants would need to consult the full announcement for budget parameters, ceilings by year, or any award ranges. It also can reflect that the ceiling is not being publicly stated in that field for this particular posting, especially in continuation announcements where amounts may be constrained by prior-year allocations or availability of funds.

Eligibility is described as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," which indicates that the eligible applicant pool is not fully defined in the short synopsis and that the full grant notice would specify which organizations may apply. In CDC continuation opportunities, eligibility is often restricted to existing recipients or a defined set of partners already funded under the relevant project period, though the synopsis itself does not explicitly confirm that. The opportunity was created on February 13, 2017, with an original closing date of April 18, 2017, which frames the submission window for the continuation application materials.

In summary, this CDC/PEPFAR continuation cooperative agreement was structured to maintain and enhance HIV clinical care and treatment services delivered through public health institutions in Haiti's Central Plateau and Lower Artibonite. It emphasizes system strengthening across a facility network, with CDC involvement typical of cooperative agreements, and it sits within the broader U.S. government strategy under PEPFAR to support effective, measurable HIV service delivery in high-need settings.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - CGH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Reinforcing HIV Clinical Services within a Network of Public Health Institutions in the Central Plateau and the Lower Artibonite of Haiti 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 Feb 13, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 18, 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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