Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA GH20 2039
This funding opportunity, titled "Implementation of Sustainable Laboratory Quality Systems for HIV/TB Epidemic Control in the Republic of Kenya under PEPFAR" (Funding Opportunity Number: CDC RFA GH20 2039), is a CDC cooperative agreement intended to strengthen Kenya's national and county-level laboratory systems that support HIV and tuberculosis diagnosis and monitoring, along with the systems that ensure a safe and adequate national blood supply. It sits within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), under the broader PEPFAR framework, and is categorized as a discretionary health award (CFDA 93.067). Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning applications are generally open to a wide range of entities unless additional eligibility language in the full announcement narrows it.
Financially, the notice is somewhat unusual in that it lists an award ceiling of 0 for Year 1, while simultaneously indicating CDC anticipates approximately $5,000,000 in total Fiscal Year funding for Year 1, contingent on the availability of funds. The opportunity anticipates making a single award (Expected Awards: 1). In practical terms, this signals a single implementing partner is expected to carry out a national-scale package of technical assistance across multiple program areas rather than distributing funds across many separate recipients.
The core purpose of the award is to provide technical assistance to key Kenyan health institutions, specifically the Ministry of Health (MOH) Division of National Public Health Laboratories (NPHL), the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), and relevant county health departments. The work is designed to strengthen HIV/TB laboratory systems and blood safety systems serving more than 3,000 public health facilities that provide antiretroviral therapy (ART) services, as well as the national referral laboratories for HIV and TB. The overall public health goal is to help Kenya meet the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets and support epidemic control by ensuring that testing and monitoring services are available, timely, and consistently high quality, while also ensuring that blood supplies are sufficient and free from transfusion-transmissible infections.
The scope reflects the scale of diagnostic testing already occurring in Kenya and the need to maintain quality at high volume. The notice cites annual testing volumes of more than 7 million rapid HIV tests, about 100,000 early infant diagnosis (EID) tests, approximately 254,000 GeneXpert tests (commonly used for TB detection and drug resistance screening), and roughly 1.3 million HIV viral load tests. Because these services are central to identifying people with HIV, initiating treatment, monitoring treatment effectiveness, diagnosing TB, and reducing onward transmission, the grant emphasizes system-level improvements that make these tests reliable and accessible throughout the country rather than isolated improvements in a few sites.
The technical assistance priorities are broad and focus on building durable, sustainable quality systems. Key elements include strengthening continuous quality improvement approaches in laboratories (LCQI), expanding and improving external quality assurance (EQA) programs, and improving the laboratory-clinical interface so test results are effectively used for patient care decisions. The work also includes establishing or improving laboratory equipment maintenance systems, which is critical for minimizing downtime for high-throughput instruments like viral load platforms and GeneXpert systems. Additional priorities include strengthening blood safety technical support, biosafety and infection prevention and control practices, commodity and supply chain systems to avoid stockouts and maintain test continuity, and stronger monitoring and evaluation systems that promote routine data use for decision-making at facility, county, and national levels. The emphasis on leadership and management capacity is meant to ensure these improvements are institutionalized, properly governed, and maintained beyond the life of the award.
Finally, the notice makes clear that this opportunity builds on CDC's prior work in Kenya under an earlier funding announcement (CDC-RFA-GH15-1544), suggesting continuity rather than a brand-new program start. The stated direction is toward sustainable approaches, meaning the recipient is expected to prioritize methods that can be absorbed into MOH and county systems over time, strengthen local ownership, and reduce reliance on external inputs while preserving quality and coverage of essential HIV/TB diagnostics and safe blood services.Apply for CDC RFA GH20 2039
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - CGH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Implementation of Sustainable Laboratory Quality Systems for HIV/TB Epidemic Control in the Republic of Kenya 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 Nov 26, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 25, 2020 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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