Assisting the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) in Providing Critical Human Resources for Health to Achieve HIV Epidemic Control in Namibia under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) | CDC RFA GH16 164002CONT17

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This funding opportunity is a continuation cooperative agreement issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), under the Center for Global Health. It is titled "Assisting the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) in Providing Critical Human Resources for Health to Achieve HIV Epidemic Control in Namibia under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)." The core purpose is to support Namibia's Ministry of Health and Social Services by strengthening and maintaining the health workforce needed to deliver HIV services at the scale and quality required to reach and sustain HIV epidemic control, aligning with PEPFAR priorities and targets.

The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically means CDC is expected to have substantial involvement in the work beyond standard grant oversight. In practical terms, this often implies close collaboration with CDC technical staff on planning, implementation approaches, monitoring, and performance improvement so that activities remain consistent with national strategies, PEPFAR guidance, and evolving program needs. The opportunity is categorized as "Continuation," suggesting it is intended to extend or continue work that is already underway rather than launch an entirely new standalone initiative, and it is structured within the broader health funding activity area.

The program focus is human resources for health in the context of HIV epidemic control. While the notice does not list detailed activities, the title and framing indicate support would center on ensuring MOHSS has sufficient, well-prepared personnel to deliver essential HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and related clinical and public health services. This kind of support commonly involves addressing workforce gaps that can limit service coverage and quality, such as shortages of clinicians, nurses, counselors, laboratory staff, monitoring and evaluation personnel, supply chain-related staff, and program managers who enable HIV programs to function effectively. The ultimate intent is that a stronger, more stable health workforce improves access to services and helps drive progress toward epidemic control goals.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity number is CDC RFA GH16-164002CONT17, and it is associated with CFDA 93.067, which corresponds to CDC global health-related assistance (including HIV and other public health programming supported through CDC). The funding opportunity was created on February 6, 2017, with an original closing date of April 6, 2017. The notice lists an expected 10 awards, indicating CDC anticipated supporting multiple recipients or implementing partners under this continuation framework.

The award ceiling is shown as 0, which generally signals that a specific maximum amount was not publicly stated in the summarized listing or could be determined through other program documentation rather than this high-level record. That does not mean there is no funding; rather, it typically reflects that the ceiling was not provided in the abbreviated source data or was to be defined by continuation allocations, available appropriations, or negotiations tied to work plans and performance.

Eligibility is indicated as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," meaning the eligible applicant pool is not fully defined in the summary and would require consulting the full announcement for specifics. In many CDC/PEPFAR continuation cooperative agreements, eligibility can be limited to existing recipients, specific categories of organizations, or partners meeting defined criteria, but the exact restrictions would be spelled out in the full eligibility section.

Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a CDC-supported, PEPFAR-aligned effort to keep critical health workforce capacity in place in Namibia and to reinforce MOHSS's ability to implement and sustain effective HIV services. By concentrating on human resources for health, the program targets a foundational constraint in epidemic control efforts: without enough trained and supported personnel across facilities and program levels, it becomes difficult to maintain high-quality HIV testing, linkage to care, treatment initiation, viral load monitoring, adherence support, and broader public health coordination needed to reduce transmission and achieve durable population-level control of HIV.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - CGH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Assisting the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) in Providing Critical Human Resources for Health to Achieve HIV Epidemic Control in Namibia 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 Feb 06, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 06, 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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