Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA GH18 1836
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through PEPFAR, offered this cooperative agreement funding opportunity (CDC RFA GH18-1836) to scale up Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) in Zimbabwe by improving the availability, integration, and quality of HIV prevention services. The opportunity is grounded in the public health reality that Zimbabwe is not a traditionally circumcising country, with only about 9 percent of the overall male population circumcised and most circumcisions historically occurring for cultural or religious reasons. At the same time, strong evidence from intervention studies shows VMMC can reduce a man s risk of acquiring HIV by roughly 60 percent, and modeling in Zimbabwe suggests that approximately one new HIV infection could be prevented for every eight circumcisions performed. The grant is therefore positioned as a high-impact biomedical prevention investment intended to help drive progress toward HIV epidemic control.
The core purpose of the award is to support a recipient organization that will work in close partnership with Zimbabwe s Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) to implement evidence-based VMMC as part of a broader combination HIV prevention strategy. Rather than treating circumcision as a stand-alone intervention, the program emphasizes integration with other essential HIV services, particularly HIV testing services (HTS), and the strengthening of service delivery approaches that can sustainably reach priority male populations. The overarching coverage goal described in the notice is ambitious: achieving more than 80 percent VMMC coverage in selected PEPFAR-supported districts, indicating a targeted geographic focus aligned with PEPFAR planning and burden/impact considerations.
In the short term, the opportunity aims to produce measurable increases in circumcision coverage among males in the target population and to expand and sustain access to both HTS and VMMC services. These outcomes are expected to be achieved through direct service delivery as well as blended implementation approaches when needed to ensure services can be provided effectively, which often implies a mix of fixed-site delivery, outreach, and other adaptive models suited to local conditions and demand. Alongside volume and access, the notice highlights the importance of delivering acceptable, safe, and quality VMMC services, meaning the program is not only about scaling numbers but also about maintaining clinical standards, client safety, and community acceptability while expanding reach.
The long-term outcomes are framed around population-level HIV impact and improved health among the targeted groups. These include reduced HIV incidence and prevalence, fewer opportunistic infections, and decreased HIV-related mortality in the populations reached by the program. The notice also explicitly points to improved documentation of coverage and service delivery, underscoring the expectation for stronger monitoring, evaluation, and data systems that can credibly track who is being reached, what services are delivered, and whether quality and safety benchmarks are met. Additionally, by lowering male acquisition risk and improving prevention coverage, the program is intended to reduce onward HIV transmission, including transmission from men living with HIV to their sexual partners, reinforcing the broader prevention and epidemic-control rationale.
From an administrative standpoint, this was a discretionary funding opportunity using a cooperative agreement mechanism, meaning CDC would typically anticipate substantial involvement in program oversight, technical guidance, and performance monitoring compared with a standard grant. The opportunity was open to unrestricted eligible applicants, with one expected award. The stated award ceiling was $12,000,000. The opportunity was posted on August 17, 2017, and the original application closing date was October 16, 2017. The funding aligns with CFDA 93.067 and was issued by CDC s Center for Global Health (CGH), reflecting its placement within U.S. government global HIV prevention investments under PEPFAR.Apply for CDC RFA GH18 1836
- The Centers for Disease Control - CGH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Scaling up Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) through Improvements in the Availability, Integration, and Quality of HIV Prevention Services in Zimbabwe under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (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 2017-08-17.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-10-16. (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 $12,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.
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