Scaling Capacity in Strategic and Health Information Systems in Mozambique under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) | CDC RFA GH20 2057

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This CDC cooperative agreement opportunity (CDC RFA GH20-2057, CFDA 93.067) focuses on strengthening Mozambique's strategic and health information systems in support of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). It sits within PEPFAR 3.0, which prioritizes sustainable control of the HIV epidemic by emphasizing transparency, accountability, and measurable impact aligned with the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets. In practical terms, the grant is aimed at improving how HIV program data are captured, shared, analyzed, and used so Mozambique can better track who is being diagnosed, started on treatment, and achieving viral suppression, while also improving overall program management and decision-making.

Funding for the first year is described in a way that can be confusing at first glance: the listed award ceiling for Year 1 is 0 (meaning no maximum cap is specified in the notice), while CDC anticipates approximately $5,000,000 in total funding available for Year 1, dependent on funds being available. CDC expected to make up to three awards under this announcement. The program was open to unrestricted applicants (in other words, a wide range of entity types could apply, subject to any eligibility clarifications in the full text). Applications were required to be submitted electronically by March 17, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally signals substantial involvement by CDC in technical collaboration, oversight, and joint planning during implementation rather than a purely hands-off grant relationship.

The core technical emphasis is eHealth and health informatics as essential building blocks for meeting national HIV targets. The opportunity recognizes that as HIV programs scale, the volume and complexity of patient-level information increases dramatically, and health systems need secure, standards-based, and interoperable digital infrastructure to manage it. The work described centers on designing, developing, implementing, maintaining, evaluating, and using health information systems (HIS) at both patient and aggregate levels. A key theme is interoperability: linking disparate systems so that data can move across platforms and programs, enabling comprehensive tracking of the 95-95-95 cascade and reducing fragmentation that can undermine accuracy and program performance.

Beyond technology delivery, the opportunity highlights country ownership and sustainability as central goals. Applicants were expected to support the development, implementation, evaluation, and/or adoption of national eHealth or digital health strategies, along with the governance structures and policies needed to keep systems secure, standardized, and aligned with national priorities. This includes establishing and maintaining rules, roles, and decision-making processes for data standards, privacy and security controls, system change management, and coordination across stakeholders, including public and private sector partners. The emphasis on governance reflects the idea that durable digital health systems depend as much on institutions and policies as on software and hardware.

Workforce development is another major pillar. The opportunity explicitly calls for developing indigenous health informatics capacity, meaning building local expertise to run, improve, and troubleshoot systems over time without relying indefinitely on external support. It also notes the need for ongoing strengthening of human resources for health (HRH) planning and allocation using site-level program data. That framing suggests expected activities could include improving data quality and use at facility level, helping health managers translate information into staffing and resource decisions, and training users and administrators to sustain the systems and the data culture required for continuous improvement.

Finally, the opportunity underscores monitoring, evaluation, and transition planning as required components. Implementers were expected to monitor and evaluate HIS implementation itself, not just HIV program outcomes, so that system performance, data completeness, data quality, uptime, user adoption, and interoperability can be assessed and improved. A stated endpoint is transitioning ownership of systems to Mozambique, with continued attention to governance, interoperability, and workforce capacity so PEPFAR investments in health information systems remain functional and useful after external support diminishes. Overall, the grant is designed to strengthen the digital foundation that enables Mozambique to manage HIV services more effectively, report results with greater confidence, and sustain progress toward epidemic control.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - CGH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Scaling Capacity in Strategic and Health Information Systems in Mozambique 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 Jan 17, 2020.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 17, 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 3 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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