The Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support to strengthen Monitoring and Evaluation, Disease Surveillance and the capabilities of District Health Teams in the Republic of Uganda Under PEPFAR | CDC RFA GH15 161102CONT16

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This grant opportunity, titled "The Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support to strengthen Monitoring and Evaluation, Disease Surveillance and the capabilities of District Health Teams in the Republic of Uganda Under PEPFAR," is a continuation funding announcement from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It is tied to PEPFAR-supported work in Uganda and is focused on improving how health programs are tracked, assessed, and strengthened at the district level, with a specific emphasis on monitoring and evaluation (M and E), disease surveillance, and building the operational capacity of District Health Teams. The funding mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which generally means CDC expects to have substantial involvement in guiding or collaborating on program activities, rather than operating at arm's length like a standard grant.

A key point of this opportunity is that it is not open competition. It is explicitly described as continuation funding intended only for organizations that were previously funded under the related, earlier announcement CDC-RFA-GH15-1611. In other words, the applicant pool is restricted to prior awardees, and the purpose is to maintain and extend existing work rather than start an entirely new project with new partners. The eligible applicants field is listed as "Others," but in practice that limitation is overridden by the continuation-only condition, meaning only current or past recipients under the original funding announcement would be considered.

In terms of program intent, the opportunity centers on providing technical support that strengthens the systems used to measure performance and outcomes in public health programs, improves the detection and reporting of diseases through surveillance systems, and enhances the practical capabilities of Uganda's District Health Teams. District Health Teams typically play a frontline role in coordinating service delivery, supervising health facilities, compiling and reporting data, responding to outbreaks, and implementing national health priorities at the local level. Strengthening their capabilities often involves improving data quality and use, standardizing reporting processes, building staff skills, and reinforcing routine systems that allow districts to identify problems early and respond effectively.

Administratively, the opportunity is categorized under Health, with CFDA number 93.067 (a CDC assistance listing associated with global health activities). The funding opportunity number is listed as CDC RFA GH15 161102CONT16, indicating a continuation action connected to the original GH15-1611 initiative. The record shows an original closing date of 2015-12-09 and a creation date of 2015-10-06, reflecting when the continuation notice was posted in the system. The award ceiling is listed as 0, which typically means a maximum award amount is not specified in the public summary record (it does not necessarily mean no funding, but rather that the ceiling was not provided in that particular listing). The number of expected awards is not stated in the summary data provided, which is common in continuation announcements since they often correspond to one or a small number of existing awards.

Overall, this is best understood as a CDC-led, PEPFAR-aligned continuation award meant to keep an established technical assistance effort running in Uganda, with the goal of improving district-level health team performance through stronger monitoring and evaluation systems, better disease surveillance, and reinforced management and implementation capacity. The most important practical takeaway is that it is continuation-only and therefore intended for existing grantees from the earlier CDC-RFA-GH15-1611 award rather than new applicants.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "The Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support to strengthen Monitoring and Evaluation, Disease Surveillance and the capabilities of District Health Teams in the Republic of Uganda 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 2015-12-09. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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