Improving Supporting the Malawi National AIDS Commission in the coordination of National HIV Policy, Strategy, Strategic Information and Capacity Building Activities under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) | CDC RFA GH11 113305CONT16

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This funding opportunity is a continuation cooperative agreement from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) focused on strengthening and supporting Malawi's National AIDS Commission (NAC) in its national leadership role for the HIV response under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The central purpose is to sustain and improve NAC's ability to coordinate national HIV policy and strategy, manage and use strategic information, and carry out capacity building activities that help Malawi implement an effective, data-driven, and well-coordinated HIV program.

The opportunity is not a new open competition. It is explicitly a continuation award, meaning the funding is intended only for organizations that were previously funded under the earlier CDC notice CDC-RFA-GH11-1133. In practical terms, this limits eligibility to existing grantees already working with CDC on this specific NAC coordination and systems-strengthening work. The listing shows "EligibleApplicants: Others," but the continuation language makes clear that only prior awardees under the referenced mechanism are expected to apply or be considered.

The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial involvement by CDC in the implementation of activities. Rather than simply providing funds and stepping back, CDC generally collaborates with the recipient on planning, technical direction, monitoring, and alignment with PEPFAR priorities. The activity category is Health, and the CFDA number is 93.067, which corresponds to CDC's global HIV/AIDS program funding streams.

Programmatically, the work centers on several core areas: first, supporting national HIV policy and strategy coordination, which can include helping NAC convene stakeholders, align partner activities with national priorities, and ensure that policies and strategic plans are consistent and actionable. Second, strengthening strategic information, which commonly refers to improving the systems and processes used to collect, analyze, interpret, and apply HIV data for decision-making, including surveillance, program monitoring, reporting, and evaluation. Third, capacity building activities, which often involve developing NAC and partner institutions' skills, structures, and tools so that coordination, planning, and data use become stronger and more sustainable over time. Taken together, these functions are designed to improve how Malawi organizes and governs its national HIV response so resources are targeted effectively and progress can be measured reliably.

Administratively, the opportunity was created on October 6, 2015, and listed an original closing date of December 6, 2015. The expected number of awards is not specified in the provided data, and the award ceiling is listed as 0, which usually indicates that a specific maximum funding level was not published in that field or is determined through internal continuation budgeting rather than a standard competitive cap. Because it is a continuation action, funding levels and the number of awards are often driven by prior-year agreements, performance, available appropriations, and CDC/PEPFAR planning decisions rather than a typical competitive forecast.

In summary, this is a CDC/PEPFAR continuation cooperative agreement aimed at maintaining and enhancing support to Malawi's National AIDS Commission for national HIV leadership functions, especially around policy and strategy coordination, strategic information, and capacity building. It is restricted to prior recipients under the original funding announcement and is structured to involve ongoing collaboration with CDC to strengthen national systems that underpin an effective HIV response.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Improving Supporting the Malawi National AIDS Commission in the coordination of National HIV Policy, Strategy, Strategic Information and Capacity Building Activities 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 2015-10-06.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2015-12-06. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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