Strengthening Systems, Capacity, and Data Collection with a focus on Strategic Information (SI) in South Sudan under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) | CDC RFA GH12 125604CONT16

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This funding opportunity is a CDC cooperative agreement under PEPFAR focused on strengthening South Sudan's health information and HIV program monitoring systems, with an emphasis on Strategic Information (SI). In practical terms, SI refers to the data and analytics functions that let an HIV response plan effectively, track performance, measure quality, and demonstrate results. The opportunity is designed to reinforce the country-level ability to collect, manage, analyze, and use HIV-related data for decision-making, program improvement, and accountability within PEPFAR-supported activities.

The announcement is explicitly a continuation award, meaning it is not a broad, open competition for new applicants. The funds are intended only for organizations that previously received an award under the earlier CDC funding announcement CDC-RFA-GH12-1256 with the same program title. Because it is continuation funding, the goal is to sustain and build upon work already underway rather than launch an entirely new implementation partner or start a new program from scratch. The eligible applicant category is listed as "Others," but the continuation-only language effectively limits eligibility to prior awardees from the original program.

The instrument type is a cooperative agreement, which generally signals substantial CDC involvement compared to a standard grant. Under a cooperative agreement, CDC typically collaborates with the recipient on technical direction, monitoring, and alignment with PEPFAR reporting requirements and country priorities. The activity category is health, and it is associated with CFDA 93.067, which corresponds to CDC's HIV-related assistance. The opportunity was created on 2015-09-18, with an original closing date of 2015-11-30, reflecting the administrative window for processing continuation actions tied to the prior award.

Programmatically, the work implied by the title centers on strengthening systems and capacity for HIV strategic information in South Sudan. That often includes improving routine data collection at service delivery sites, strengthening reporting pipelines from facilities to county/state/national levels, and improving data quality through audits, validation checks, and supportive supervision. It can also include building or maintaining databases and reporting tools, strengthening indicators and guidance, training staff in monitoring and evaluation (M and E) and data use, and supporting analyses that help PEPFAR and the Ministry of Health understand trends such as testing yield, linkage to treatment, retention, and viral suppression where available. In a setting like South Sudan, where infrastructure, workforce constraints, and insecurity can disrupt services and reporting, SI investments commonly focus on practical, resilient approaches to ensure data completeness, timeliness, and usability.

The award ceiling is listed as 0, which typically indicates that a specific maximum dollar amount is not stated in the public synopsis or that the amount is determined through the continuation process based on prior-year funding levels, availability of appropriations, and negotiated annual work plans. Expected awards is left blank, which is consistent with a continuation action that is intended for an existing recipient rather than multiple new awards.

Overall, this opportunity is best understood as an administrative continuation of an existing CDC/PEPFAR-supported SI project in South Sudan, aimed at sustaining and improving HIV data systems, workforce capacity, and evidence-based program management. It supports the core PEPFAR need for reliable strategic information so that HIV services can be planned, monitored, and improved using timely, high-quality data.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Strengthening Systems, Capacity, and Data Collection with a focus on Strategic Information (SI) in South Sudan 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 2015-09-18.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2015-11-30. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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