Support for laboratory diagnosis and monitoring to scale up and improve HIV/AIDS care and treatment services for Caribbean countries supported under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Status: Open
Posted date: October 1, 2025
Archive date: March 19, 2026
Opportunity ID: 360703
Opportunity number: CDC-RFA-JG-26-0128
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Centers for Disease Control-GHC
Agency code: HHS-CDC-GHC
Award floor: $0
Award ceiling: $0
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity
- Health
Eligible Applicants
- City or township governments
- County governments
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Small businesses
- Special district governments
- State governments
- Unrestricted
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:hhs_cdc_ghc
- category_of_funding_activity:health
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:city_or_township_governments
- eligible_applicants:county_governments
- eligible_applicants:for_profit_organizations_other_than_small_businesses
- eligible_applicants:independent_school_districts
- eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_governments_federally_recognized
- eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_organizations_other_than_federally_recognized_tribal_governments
- eligible_applicants:nonprofits_having_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:nonprofits_that_do_not_have_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:private_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:public_and_state_controlled_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:public_housing_authoritiesindian_housing_authorities
- eligible_applicants:small_businesses
- eligible_applicants:special_district_governments
- eligible_applicants:state_governments
- eligible_applicants:unrestricted
- funding_instrument_type:cooperative_agreement
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:open
The Award Ceiling for Year 1 is 0 (none). CDC anticipates an Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding amount of $1,500,000 for Year 1, subject to the availability of funds.Access to high-quality laboratory diagnostic services is critical for successful public health programs that address HIV, TB, and related diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided technical support to Caribbean laboratories, strengthening systems, building staff capacity, and achieving accreditation for twelve public health laboratories. Despite these successes, more work is required to ensure efficient and sustainable laboratory systems. Increased support is needed to expand and sustain laboratory capacity, improve timely diagnostics, enhance monitoring services, and scale-up of care and treatment programs for HIV, TB, STIs, and other related diseases. This NOFO builds on previous work and lessons learned from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministries of Health (MOHs), with a focus on:Supporting and achieving accreditation of public health laboratories.Strengthening the laboratory workforce through in-service training.Facilitating the expansion of laboratory information systems and integration with health information systems.Enhancing HIV/TB-related testing and diagnostic capacity for opportunistic infections.Establishing efficient laboratory programs to facilitate HIV-related diagnostic and monitoring services in PEPFAR-supported countries.