Increasing capacity of the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Health in the areas of Blood Safety, Monitoring and Evaluation, Epidemiology and Heath Information Systems under PEPFAR. | CDC RFA GH15 151802CONT16

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This funding opportunity is a CDC cooperative agreement under PEPFAR focused on strengthening the Dominican Republic Ministry of Health in several core public health and HIV program support functions: blood safety, monitoring and evaluation, epidemiology, and health information systems. The intent is to build and sustain institutional capacity within the Ministry so it can more effectively plan, implement, track, and improve activities that contribute to HIV prevention and care outcomes, including the safety of the blood supply and the quality and use of health data for decision-making.

The award is specifically categorized as continuation funding, meaning it is not an open competition for new applicants. It is reserved only for organizations that previously received an award under the earlier CDC funding announcement CDC-RFA-GH15-1518. In practical terms, this continuation mechanism is meant to maintain momentum and avoid disruption in ongoing technical assistance and capacity-building work already underway with the Ministry of Health, rather than launching a new program or bringing in new implementing partners.

Administratively, the opportunity is issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and uses a cooperative agreement instrument. A cooperative agreement typically indicates substantial CDC involvement beyond standard grant oversight, often including close collaboration on technical direction, performance monitoring, and alignment with U.S. government and PEPFAR priorities. The listing is associated with CFDA 93.067, which is commonly tied to CDC global HIV/AIDS and related public health activities. The eligible applicant category is listed as "Others," but the description makes clear that eligibility is effectively limited to prior awardees under the referenced announcement. The original closing date shown is December 6, 2015, with a creation date of October 6, 2015, reflecting when the continuation notice was posted.

From a program standpoint, the emphasis areas point to strengthening both service safety and the systems that support national HIV responses. Blood safety capacity can include improvements to screening, quality assurance, and oversight systems that reduce the risk of transfusion-transmitted infections, which is relevant to broader HIV prevention. Monitoring and evaluation capacity typically involves building the Ministry's ability to collect, validate, analyze, and report program performance data, including PEPFAR indicators, and to use that information for program improvement. Epidemiology capacity supports surveillance and analytic functions, such as understanding trends in HIV and related conditions, identifying gaps in prevention and treatment coverage, and guiding targeting of resources. Health information systems capacity generally covers strengthening data platforms, interoperability, data governance, and routine data use, so that national programs can reliably manage patient and program information, produce timely reports, and improve service delivery based on evidence.

The announcement does not state an award ceiling (listed as 0) and does not provide an expected number of awards in the provided source data, which is sometimes the case for continuation notices where funding levels and award counts are determined by prior agreements, performance, and availability of appropriations. Overall, this is best understood as a continuation action under PEPFAR designed to sustain and deepen existing CDC-supported work with the Dominican Republic Ministry of Health across blood safety and key data and analytic systems that underpin an effective HIV response.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Increasing capacity of the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Health in the areas of Blood Safety, Monitoring and Evaluation, Epidemiology and Heath Information Systems 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 2015-10-06.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2015-12-06. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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