Technical Assistance to Accelerate the Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and Improve HIV-Free Child Survival in the Republic of Zambia under PEPFAR | CDC RFA GH13 135002CONT16

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This grant opportunity, titled "Technical Assistance to Accelerate the Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and Improve HIV-Free Child Survival in the Republic of Zambia under PEPFAR," is a continuation funding notice from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It is issued under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and is focused on strengthening Zambia's ability to prevent HIV transmission from mothers to their infants while improving overall HIV-free child survival outcomes. The opportunity is structured as a cooperative agreement, which generally means CDC would have substantial involvement in the work, often through technical guidance, collaboration on program strategies, and ongoing monitoring and evaluation expectations rather than simply providing funds with minimal federal engagement.

A key point of this specific notice is that it is not an open competition. It is explicitly described as continuation funding intended only for organizations that were already funded under the earlier funding announcement CDC-RFA-GH13-1350. In practice, that means new applicants that did not receive the original award would not be eligible to apply for this continuation, even though the listing shows "Eligible Applicants: Others." The continuation format indicates CDC is extending or renewing support to maintain program momentum, protect investments already made in systems and workforce capacity, and avoid disruption to critical maternal and child HIV services in Zambia.

The activity category is health, and the assistance is tied to CFDA number 93.067, which is associated with global HIV/AIDS-related programming. The emphasis on EMTCT reflects a programmatic goal common to PEPFAR-supported maternal and child health HIV initiatives: ensuring pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV are identified early, started and maintained on effective antiretroviral therapy, and supported to remain in care, while infants receive appropriate prophylaxis, early infant diagnosis, and follow-up testing through the full period of exposure risk. "HIV-free child survival" signals that the program is not only about preventing HIV transmission, but also about improving infant and child survival more broadly by strengthening service quality, continuity of care, and integration with maternal, newborn, and child health services.

Because the notice is for "technical assistance," the work typically centers on improving systems rather than directly delivering all services. That kind of support often includes strengthening clinical and program quality improvement, mentoring and training health workers, enhancing laboratory and testing networks for early infant diagnosis, improving data systems and use of routine data for decision-making, building supply chain reliability for test kits and antiretroviral medicines, and supporting more effective referral and follow-up systems so that mothers and infants do not fall out of care. In a cooperative agreement setting, CDC involvement frequently includes aligning the approach with national guidelines, supporting implementation of evidence-based strategies, and ensuring reporting and performance monitoring meet PEPFAR and CDC standards.

The funding opportunity number is CDC RFA GH13 135002CONT16, and the original closing date listed is October 23, 2015, with a creation date of September 18, 2015. The award ceiling is listed as 0, which commonly indicates that a specific maximum award amount is not provided in the public summary record, is determined through internal continuation processes, or is otherwise not specified in that field for this particular posting. The expected number of awards is not stated in the provided source data, which is consistent with a continuation action that may apply to a limited set of existing awardees rather than a broader competitive pool.

Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a renewal or extension mechanism for an existing CDC-supported, PEPFAR-aligned technical assistance program in Zambia. Its intent is to sustain and deepen progress toward eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and ensuring children born to mothers living with HIV remain HIV-free and survive and thrive, by continuing to fund the same previously selected implementing partner(s) and maintaining continuity of technical and programmatic support.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Technical Assistance to Accelerate the Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and Improve HIV-Free Child Survival in the Republic of Zambia under 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 2015-10-23. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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