Capacity Building through Training and Mentoring for Treatment, Care and Support, Including PMTCT, TB/HIV, Laboratory, Informatics, and Cervical Cancer in Botswana | CDC RFA GH15 150402CONT16

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The grant opportunity titled "Capacity Building through Training and Mentoring for Treatment, Care and Support, Including PMTCT, TB/HIV, Laboratory, Informatics, and Cervical Cancer in Botswana" is a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cooperative agreement funded under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Its core purpose is to strengthen Botswana's health system and workforce by supporting hands-on training and mentoring that improves the delivery and management of HIV-related services, with specific emphasis on clinical treatment and care, prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), integrated TB/HIV services, laboratory systems, health informatics, and cervical cancer services. The intent is practical capacity building, meaning it focuses on improving the skills, processes, and systems that directly affect service quality and program performance rather than simply purchasing commodities.

This specific announcement is categorized as a continuation (Funding Opportunity Number CDC RFA GH15 150402CONT16), which means it is not a general competition open to new applicants. Funding is intended only for organizations that were previously awarded under the earlier related funding announcement CDC-RFA-GH15-1504. In other words, the CDC is extending or continuing support for existing partners already implementing this work, rather than selecting new implementers. The eligible applicant category is listed as "Others," but in practice the continuation language limits eligibility to prior awardees under the referenced mechanism.

The award instrument is a cooperative agreement, which signals substantial CDC involvement compared to a standard grant. Under a cooperative agreement, the recipient typically carries out the day-to-day program activities, while CDC remains actively engaged through technical guidance, collaboration on work planning, performance monitoring, and alignment with PEPFAR priorities. The activity category is health (CFDA 93.067), reflecting the program's alignment with global HIV/AIDS and related health system strengthening efforts.

The programmatic scope spans several interconnected service areas. Treatment, care, and support refers to strengthening clinical HIV services, including the workforce and clinical mentoring needed for high-quality antiretroviral therapy delivery and patient management. PMTCT focuses on reducing HIV transmission from mothers to infants through improved antenatal, delivery, and postnatal services, and ensuring effective linkage to ongoing HIV care for mothers and exposed infants. TB/HIV integration emphasizes coordinated screening, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up for people affected by both diseases, recognizing that tuberculosis is a major cause of illness and death among people living with HIV. Laboratory capacity building supports the diagnostic backbone of HIV and TB programs, including quality systems, testing services, and the workforce competencies required to produce reliable results. Informatics refers to strengthening data systems and use of data for decision-making, which can include improving data collection, reporting, quality assurance, and analytics that support program management and patient care. Cervical cancer is included because of its strong relationship with HIV, and capacity building in this area typically aims to improve screening, diagnosis, referral, and treatment pathways for women, particularly women living with HIV.

Key administrative details in the source information include an original closing date of April 5, 2016, and a creation date of September 30, 2015. The award ceiling is listed as 0, which commonly indicates that a specific maximum award amount was not stated in the public synopsis or was to be determined based on available appropriations and approved work plans. The number of expected awards is not specified in the provided data, which is consistent with continuation opportunities that generally correspond to one or more existing awards rather than a new, openly competed pool.

Overall, this opportunity is best understood as continued PEPFAR-supported CDC investment in strengthening Botswana's ability to deliver high-quality HIV prevention and care services and related health programs by building durable local capacity through training, mentoring, laboratory and data system improvements, and integrated service delivery approaches that address HIV, TB, and cervical cancer.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Capacity Building through Training and Mentoring for Treatment, Care and Support, Including PMTCT, TB/HIV, Laboratory, Informatics, and Cervical Cancer in Botswana" 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 2015-09-30.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-04-05. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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