Achieving and Sustaining HIV/TB Epidemic Control in the Free State Province | 72067424RFA00008

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The USAID grant opportunity titled "Achieving and Sustaining HIV/TB Epidemic Control in the Free State Province" (Funding Opportunity Number 72067424RFA00008) is a discretionary health funding opportunity administered by USAID South Africa (USAID-Pretoria). It is intended to support long, healthy lives for people living in South Africa's Free State Province by helping the province achieve and maintain control of the HIV and TB epidemics. The award will be implemented through a cooperative agreement, which typically means USAID expects substantial involvement during implementation, including close collaboration on planning, monitoring, and performance improvement.

The activity is organized around three strategic objectives. First, it aims to close remaining gaps that prevent full HIV/TB epidemic control, which commonly includes issues such as undiagnosed HIV, delays in starting or staying on treatment, treatment interruption, uneven viral suppression outcomes, and persistent TB risk among people living with HIV. Second, it focuses on sustaining health gains by strengthening and improving health systems so they are more resilient over time. In practice, this generally points to strengthening facility and district-level systems that keep HIV and TB services functioning reliably, including service integration, quality improvement, workforce support, supply chain and laboratory coordination, data systems, referral networks, and routine performance management. Third, it emphasizes leveraging community structures and partnerships, including community-based organizations, civil society, traditional structures, and the private sector, to improve service delivery and client outcomes. This objective highlights the importance of demand generation, patient support, stigma reduction, community-led monitoring, adherence and retention support, and other approaches that keep people engaged in prevention and treatment services.

The application process is structured in two phases. Phase 1 requires submission of a concept paper, which serves as an initial screening step to identify applicants with a strong and feasible approach. Only applicants that are both eligible and successful in Phase 1 will be invited to submit a Phase 2 full application. This staged approach reduces burden for applicants and allows USAID to focus full proposal development on the most competitive concepts. Applicants are directed to carefully review the relevant sections of the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for detailed instructions and criteria.

Eligibility is restricted to local entities as defined by USAID for this opportunity. To qualify as a local entity, the applicant must be legally organized under South African law, have its principal place of business or operations in South Africa, be majority owned by South African citizens or lawful permanent residents, and be governed by a board or governing body where the majority are South African citizens or lawful permanent residents. This requirement is designed to prioritize local leadership, local accountability, and locally embedded capacity to sustain results in the Free State health context.

Key administrative details included in the notice indicate the opportunity falls under the Health funding activity category, with CFDA/Assistance listing 98.001. The opportunity was created on 2024-02-13, and the original closing date for the solicitation was 2024-04-04. The award ceiling is listed as 54,000,000 (as provided in the source data), indicating a large-scale award intended to support province-wide or multi-district impact aligned with epidemic control goals.

• The South Africa USAID-Pretoria in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Achieving and Sustaining HIV/TB Epidemic Control in the Free State Province" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-02-13.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-04-04. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $54,000,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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