Improving quality of care and health outcomes through innovative systems and technologies in Malawi under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- CDC-RFA-JG-25-0050
- Applications due
- Award size
- Not on record
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 93.067 Global AIDS
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- For Profit Organizations
- Public or Indian Housing Auth.
- State Governments
- Special District Governments
- Independent School Districts
- Small Businesses
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Unrestricted
- County Governments
- City/Township Governments
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
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About this opportunity
This Federal Grant Opportunity, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, seeks applicants for a cooperative agreement to strengthen Malawi's HIV health information systems under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The primary goal is to ensure timely facility-level, Ministry of Health, and PEPFAR data reporting by modernizing and extending country-owned, sustainable, and innovative integrated information systems for data collection, management, and use. Key requirements include developing scalable health information systems, maintaining EMR compliance with OpenMRS and OpenHIE standards, implementing an integrated laboratory information system, providing connectivity and hardware support, and building Ministry of Health capacity. Eligible applicants include government entities, nonprofits, educational institutions, tribal organizations, and for-profit companies. The application deadline is February 21, 2025, with an expected award start date of September 30, 2025.
The award ceiling for Year 1 is unspecified, but the CDC anticipates a total first-year funding amount of $9 million, subject to availability. The 5-year project will require quarterly and annual reporting on performance measures related to data quality, system functionality, and capacity building outcomes. The work is to be performed in Malawi in collaboration with the national health authorities.
Synopsis
The Award Ceiling for Year 1 is 0 (none). CDC anticipates an Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding amount of $7,000,000 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 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 deduplication. This NOFO supports modernization of a government-owned, sustainable, secure, and integrated HIS for data collection and management. This is to be used at all levels, while improving patient health outcomes. 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.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| Malawi CDC-RFA-JG-25-0050 Final NOFO for Publication.pdf |
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