Improving quality of care and health outcomes through innovative systems and technologies in Malawi under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Key Facts

Status: Open

Posted date: October 2, 2025

Archive date: March 19, 2026

Opportunity ID: 360717

Opportunity number: CDC-RFA-JG-26-0155

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
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  • status:open
Description

The Award Ceiling for Year 1 is 0 (none). CDC anticipates an Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding amount of $9,000,000 for Year 1, subject to the availability of funds.This NOFO builds on gains made in Malawi’s HIV health information systems (HIS) by: Strengthening existing data systems.Improving security through the application of International Organization for Standardization (ISO).Enhancing and expanding HIS to ensure reported data at the facility, district, and national levels are accurate, reliable, timely, and useable.Maintaining and strengthening HIS infrastructure.Improving interoperability and data sharing at all levels of the health care system.Supporting patient records management, program monitoring, and timely reporting for the Ministry of Health (MOH) and PEPFAR.Activities under this NOFO are expected to:Improve data reliability and accuracy.Enhance use and reporting.Increase use of a sustainable nationwide HIV HIS that provides aggregate and case surveillance for reporting and analysis.Improve Malawi health information system (MaHIS) governance and implementation by MOH.Increase data exchange across systems.Improve site-level client identification and de-duplication.This NOFO supports the modernization of a government-owned, sustainable, secure, and integrated HIS for-data collection and management. The scope covers building and maintaining associated hardware systems, building MOH capacity to support the systems, increasing user support services, and introducing new and sustainable technologies. These efforts strive to improve the usability, flexibility, and integration of these systems.

Improving quality of care and health outcomes through innovative systems and technologies in Malawi under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
The Award Ceiling for Year 1 is 0 (none). CDC anticipates an Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding amount of $9,000,000 for Year 1, subject to the availability of funds.This NOFO builds on gains made in Malawi’s HIV health information systems (HIS) by: Strengthening existing data systems.Improving security through the application of International Organization for Standardization (ISO).Enhancing and expanding HIS to ensure reported data at the facility, district, and national levels are accurate, reliable, timely, and useable.Maintaining and strengthening HIS infrastructure.Improving interoperability and data sharing at all levels of the health care system.Supporting patient records management, program monitoring, and timely reporting for the Ministry of Health (MOH) and PEPFAR.Activities under this NOFO are expected to:Improve data reliability and accuracy.Enhance use and reporting.Increase use of a sustainable nationwide HIV HIS that provides aggregate and case surveillance for reporting and analysis.Improve Malawi health information system (MaHIS) governance and implementation by MOH.Increase data exchange across systems.Improve site-level client identification and de-duplication.This NOFO supports the modernization of a government-owned, sustainable, secure, and integrated HIS for-data collection and management. The scope covers building and maintaining associated hardware systems, building MOH capacity to support the systems, increasing user support services, and introducing new and sustainable technologies. These efforts strive to improve the usability, flexibility, and integration of these systems.
Improving quality of care and health outcomes through innovative systems and technologies in Malawi under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Open
Centers for Disease Control-GHC
Health
Cooperative Agreement
State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Independent school districts
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
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
For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Small businesses
Unrestricted
2025-10-02