Strengthening the Coordination of HIV/AIDS Response at National and Subnational Levels in Ethiopia under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) | CDC RFA GH18 1809

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This funding opportunity, titled "Strengthening the Coordination of HIV/AIDS Response at National and Subnational Levels in Ethiopia 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 reinforce Ethiopia's national leadership and coordination of the HIV/AIDS response. The core aim is to build and sustain the capacity of the Federal HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office of Ethiopia (FHAPCO) so it can more effectively coordinate a multi-sectoral HIV program, track progress, and use data to steer policy and program decisions across the country. In practice, the grant is focused less on direct service delivery and more on the systems, oversight, and evidence generation needed to make prevention, treatment, and care efforts work together consistently from the federal level down to regions and health facilities.

A central theme of the award is strengthening coordination, monitoring, and evaluation. The FOA emphasizes improving FHAPCO's ability to guide the national HIV/AIDS response across sectors, which typically includes health, community-based services, and other government and partner stakeholders involved in HIV prevention and treatment. This includes enhancing the office's ability to proactively drive policy and advocacy efforts related to HIV/AIDS and to provide evidence-based program guidance, meaning guidance grounded in data, research, and measured program performance rather than assumptions or inconsistent local practices. By improving national leadership functions, the program is meant to reduce fragmentation and ensure that different parts of the HIV response are aligned with national priorities and global targets.

The opportunity also prioritizes strengthening national information systems and data use. This includes improving systems that capture, manage, and analyze HIV-related program information and outcomes. Alongside national systems improvements, the FOA calls for building FHAPCO and regional capacity to conduct monitoring and evaluation of health facilities, activities, and results, including outcomes tied to HIV prevention, control, care, and treatment. The intent is to ensure that decision-makers at national and subnational levels can routinely assess what is being implemented, how well it is being implemented, and what impact it is having, with a feedback loop that allows underperforming areas to be identified and corrected.

Another major component is the use of implementation science and program evaluation to improve the effectiveness of multi-sector HIV interventions. Rather than only reporting outputs, FHAPCO is expected to study what works in real-world Ethiopian settings, why certain approaches succeed or struggle, and how to adapt strategies for better results. This evidence generation is explicitly linked to advancing progress toward the 90-90-90 goals, which refer to the global targets of having 90 percent of people living with HIV know their status, 90 percent of those diagnosed receiving sustained antiretroviral therapy, and 90 percent of those on therapy achieving viral suppression. By supporting evaluation and learning activities, the FOA aims to help Ethiopia strengthen performance across the HIV care cascade and improve prevention and control outcomes.

From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary funding opportunity funded through a cooperative agreement, meaning CDC is expected to have substantial involvement in the work, such as technical collaboration, joint planning, and ongoing performance monitoring. The opportunity is listed under CFDA 93.067 and was issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Global Health (CDC-CGH), under Funding Opportunity Number CDC RFA GH18 1809. The expected number of awards is one, with an award ceiling of $380,000. The original closing date was April 17, 2020, and the opportunity was created on September 1, 2017.

Eligibility is narrowly defined: the only eligible applicant is the Federal HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office of Ethiopia (FHAPCO). That design signals the award is intended to directly strengthen the formal government body responsible for national coordination, policy direction, and monitoring and evaluation of the HIV/AIDS response, rather than being competed among multiple NGOs or external implementers.

• The Centers for Disease Control - CGH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Strengthening the Coordination of HIV/AIDS Response at National and Subnational Levels in Ethiopia 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 2017-09-01.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2020-04-17. (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 $380,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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