Supporting the Implementation and Expansion of High Quality, Sustainable and Comprehensive HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment Programs in the Western Region and Turkana County of the Republic of Kenya under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS R | CDC RFA GH16 161902CONT18

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This funding opportunity is a continuation cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), administered through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Center for Global Health (CGH). The program sits under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and is focused on supporting the implementation and expansion of high quality, sustainable, and comprehensive HIV prevention, care, and treatment services in Kenya, specifically targeting the Western Region and Turkana County. In practical terms, the aim is to strengthen and scale HIV programming in these geographies in a way that improves health outcomes while also building durable local capacity so that services can be maintained over time.

The opportunity is identified by Funding Opportunity Number CDC RFA GH16-161902CONT18, and it is categorized explicitly as continuation funding. That designation typically means CDC intended this announcement to support ongoing work under an existing program framework rather than launching an entirely new initiative from scratch. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which is important because it signals substantial involvement by CDC in the program's execution compared with a standard grant. Under a cooperative agreement model, recipients generally implement activities while CDC provides technical direction, collaboration, oversight, and support to help ensure the work aligns with PEPFAR and CDC priorities and meets required quality standards.

The activity category is Health, and the associated CFDA number is 93.067, which corresponds to CDC global HIV and tuberculosis-related assistance programming. The scope described in the title and summary emphasizes comprehensive HIV services, meaning the funded work would be expected to span the continuum: prevention services to reduce new infections, care services to engage and retain people living with HIV, and treatment services to achieve viral suppression and reduce HIV-related illness and deaths. The phrase "high quality" points to a focus on service quality and performance, while "sustainable" suggests an emphasis on strengthening systems, workforce capacity, and program management so that impact persists beyond short-term funding cycles. The wording "implementation and expansion" indicates both maintaining existing service delivery and scaling up coverage, reach, or effectiveness across targeted facilities and communities.

Geographically, the opportunity concentrates on Kenya's Western Region and Turkana County, which implies the work is tailored to regional needs, epidemic patterns, and health system realities in those areas. Western Kenya has historically carried a significant HIV burden in certain counties, while Turkana presents distinct logistical and service delivery challenges given its size, mobility patterns, and health infrastructure constraints. A combined focus like this generally points to interventions that can be adapted to different contexts, including more densely populated areas and more remote, hard-to-reach settings.

In terms of eligibility, the listing indicates "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)." That means eligibility was not limited strictly to state or local governments, and could include a range of organizations depending on the detailed eligibility language in the full notice. In many CDC/PEPFAR continuation opportunities, eligible applicants can include non-governmental organizations, universities, faith-based organizations, and other entities with demonstrated capacity to manage large-scale public health programs, comply with U.S. government award requirements, and operate effectively in the target country. Because the public excerpt references an additional eligibility field that is not included here, the exact eligible entity types cannot be confirmed from the snippet alone, but the "Others" label suggests broader eligibility than a narrow government-only category.

The announcement was created on January 27, 2017, with an original closing date of March 31, 2017. The expected number of awards is 10, which indicates CDC anticipated supporting multiple implementing partners or multiple distinct program components, likely covering different geographic areas, service delivery models, or technical focus areas within the broader HIV prevention, care, and treatment agenda. The award ceiling is listed as 0, which usually means the specific maximum funding per award was either not set in this excerpt, was to be determined, was provided elsewhere in the full announcement, or was not represented in the simplified data export. It should not be interpreted as "no funding"; rather, it reflects that a ceiling amount was not captured in the provided field.

Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a CDC/PEPFAR-supported continuation cooperative agreement intended to sustain and scale comprehensive HIV programming in Western Kenya and Turkana, delivered through multiple awards, with CDC playing an active technical partnership role. The core deliverable implied by the title is measurable progress across HIV prevention, care engagement, treatment initiation and continuity, and long-term program durability, achieved through coordinated implementation that aligns with national and PEPFAR strategies and strengthens local systems in the targeted regions.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - CGH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Supporting the Implementation and Expansion of High Quality, Sustainable and Comprehensive HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment Programs in the Western Region and Turkana County of the Republic of Kenya under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS R" 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 27, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 31, 2017. (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 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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