Building Health Sector Capacity for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, and Treatment Interventions and Coordination in the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) | CDC RFA GH17 1758

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The grant opportunity titled "Building Health Sector Capacity for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, and Treatment Interventions and Coordination in the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire 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 strengthen how the health sector in Cote d'Ivoire plans, coordinates, and manages the national HIV response. The core idea is to build on work already underway within the Ministry of Health and Fight Against AIDS (MOH) and help the MOH lead a more organized, better integrated, and more sustainable approach to HIV prevention, care, and treatment as part of a broader multi-sector national strategy. Rather than creating a parallel system, the award is structured to reinforce government leadership, improve coordination across MOH divisions, and deepen engagement with local government officials and other in-country stakeholders so that HIV activities are implemented efficiently and are increasingly owned and sustained locally.

A central focus of the opportunity is improving national and sub-national planning and coordination for HIV programming. This includes helping refine how HIV activities are planned and prioritized across different levels of the health system, ensuring that policies are not only developed but also put into practice consistently, and strengthening the coordination mechanisms that connect national policy direction with implementation at regional and district levels. The award emphasizes the MOH role as coordinator of multiple awards and activities, meaning it supports the ministry in aligning efforts across different programs, partners, and internal departments to reduce duplication, fill gaps, and keep interventions consistent with national objectives.

Another major component is strengthening strategic information systems so decisions are guided by reliable, timely data. The announcement highlights development of an integrated national monitoring and evaluation (M and E) system, improved HIV/AIDS surveillance, and better use of data for decision-making. In practical terms, this points to strengthening the systems that track program performance, patient and service outcomes, and epidemic trends, and ensuring that information flows in a way that supports management at all levels. The intent is not simply to collect more data, but to improve data quality, integration, analysis, and routine use so leaders can adjust strategies, target resources, and monitor progress toward national HIV goals.

Capacity building is also a key deliverable. The award is intended to strengthen both human capacity and institutional capacity within the MOH and related structures. The description calls out planning, strategic information, training, supervision, and resource mobilization as priority areas. This suggests support for developing workforce skills, improving supervision and mentoring systems that sustain service quality, and strengthening the administrative and management functions needed to plan and finance the response over time. Resource mobilization is included to help the MOH improve its ability to secure and manage resources, which aligns with the broader emphasis on sustainability and local ownership beyond external donor support.

From a funding and administrative standpoint, this opportunity is listed as a discretionary cooperative agreement, meaning CDC would expect substantial involvement in the project’s implementation through collaboration and technical engagement rather than operating purely as a hands-off funder. The funding opportunity number is CDC RFA GH17-1758, under CFDA 93.067. The award ceiling is $2,500,000, with one expected award, indicating a single recipient was anticipated to lead or coordinate the work at national scale. The opportunity was posted on August 26, 2016, with an original closing date of October 25, 2016. The eligible applicant category is shown as "Others," which typically signals that eligibility may extend beyond standard categories like state governments or universities, depending on the specific eligibility language in the full announcement.

Overall, the opportunity is aimed at making the HIV response in Cote d'Ivoire stronger and more sustainable by improving coordination inside the MOH, strengthening planning and policy implementation from national to local levels, modernizing and integrating monitoring, evaluation, and surveillance systems, and building the workforce and institutions that can manage an effective HIV program over the long term under the PEPFAR framework.

• The Centers for Disease Control - CGH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Building Health Sector Capacity for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, and Treatment Interventions and Coordination in the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire 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 2016-08-26.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-10-25. (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 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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