Building Systems and Capacity within the Cambodian Ministry of Health to Achieve Virtual Elimination of HIV in Cambodia through Support to the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology, and STDS (NCHADS) under PEPFAR | CDC RFA GH18 1819

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This grant opportunity, titled "Building Systems and Capacity within the Cambodian Ministry of Health to Achieve Virtual Elimination of HIV in Cambodia through Support to the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology, and STDs (NCHADS) under PEPFAR," is a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funding announcement designed to help Cambodia sustain HIV epidemic control and move toward what the announcement describes as "virtual elimination" of HIV. The work is meant to be carried out in close partnership with Cambodia's Ministry of Health (MOH), specifically through NCHADS, which is the national technical body responsible for HIV/AIDS, certain dermatologic conditions, and sexually transmitted diseases. The overall intent is not just to run short-term activities, but to strengthen the national systems and institutional capacity needed to keep HIV under control over time.

The opportunity is offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement, meaning the CDC expects to be actively involved with the awardee beyond standard grant oversight. The funding activity falls under health, with CFDA number 93.067, and the opportunity number is CDC RFA GH18-1819. The announcement was created on September 19, 2017, with an original application closing date of November 20, 2017 (applications due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time). The CDC anticipated making one award, with an award ceiling of $1,500,000, signaling a single, focused partnership intended to align closely with national leadership and coordination through MOH and NCHADS.

Programmatically, the central goal is sustained HIV epidemic control in Cambodia, with clear performance targets tied to global HIV benchmarks. The announcement emphasizes achieving the 95-95-95 targets (95 percent of people living with HIV know their status, 95 percent of those diagnosed receive sustained antiretroviral treatment, and 95 percent of those on treatment achieve viral suppression). In addition, it points to a national incidence target of fewer than 300 new HIV infections annually by 2025. These targets reflect an approach focused on both reducing transmission and ensuring long-term health outcomes for people living with HIV through effective treatment and viral suppression.

A core strategy highlighted in the announcement is aggressive case finding to identify people living with HIV who remain undiagnosed and to link them quickly to high-quality treatment services. In practice, this implies strengthening the systems that enable targeted testing, rapid diagnosis, and efficient linkage to care, especially among populations and geographic areas where undiagnosed infections are more likely to be concentrated. The emphasis is on system building rather than isolated campaigns, so that Cambodia can consistently detect and bring people into care as the epidemic becomes smaller and harder to find, which is often the most challenging phase of epidemic control.

Another major pillar of the opportunity is the use of high-quality, real-time, and granular data to guide decisions and action. The CDC describes supporting NCHADS to use timely, detailed information to quickly identify new infections and detect program gaps across the HIV care cascade, from diagnosis through treatment initiation and long-term viral suppression. This is meant to enable rapid course correction when performance slips, outbreaks occur, or certain groups are being missed, helping the country maintain epidemic control rather than simply reach it once. The focus on "real-time" and "granular" data suggests an expectation for stronger surveillance and monitoring systems, better data use at multiple levels of the health system, and faster feedback loops between what the data show and how programs respond on the ground.

Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others" with further clarification referenced in an additional eligibility field (not included in the text provided). At a high level, though, the structure of the opportunity makes it clear that the work is meant to directly support and strengthen Cambodian government capacity through MOH and NCHADS under the broader PEPFAR framework, with CDC acting as a technical and strategic partner. The bottom line is that the award is designed to help Cambodia reach and sustain very low levels of HIV transmission by building durable national systems for finding undiagnosed cases, linking people to effective treatment, and using better data to continuously manage performance across the entire HIV response.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - CGH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Building Systems and Capacity within the Cambodian Ministry of Health to Achieve Virtual Elimination of HIV in Cambodia through Support to the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology, and STDS (NCHADS) 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 Sep 19, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 20, 2017 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (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 $1,500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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