Provision of Comprehensive Public Health Services for the Fishing communities in the Republic of Uganda under PEPFAR | CDC RFA GH12 121104CONT16

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The grant opportunity titled "Provision of Comprehensive Public Health Services for the Fishing communities in the Republic of Uganda under PEPFAR" is a continuation funding announcement issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to sustain an existing public health program serving fishing communities in Uganda. It sits under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which focuses heavily on HIV prevention, care, and treatment, while also supporting related public health services that strengthen community health systems. The opportunity is not a new open competition; it is specifically designed to continue support for organizations that were already funded under the earlier announcement CDC-RFA-GH12-1211, meaning the intent is program continuity rather than expansion to brand-new recipients.

Administratively, the award is offered as a Cooperative Agreement, which typically means the CDC expects to have substantial involvement in the project beyond simply providing funds. In practice, this often includes ongoing technical guidance, collaborative planning, performance monitoring, and alignment with national and PEPFAR priorities. The funding activity category is listed as Health, and the program is tied to CFDA number 93.067, a CDC assistance listing commonly associated with global HIV/AIDS initiatives and related public health efforts. Because this is continuation funding, the announcement lists an award ceiling of 0 and does not specify the number of expected awards, which is common when amounts and counts are determined by previously established budgets, performance, and year-to-year continuation decisions rather than by a fresh competitive pool.

The target population is fishing communities in Uganda, which are often recognized in public health programming as highly mobile and disproportionately affected by HIV and other health risks. Fishing settlements can face structural barriers such as limited access to clinics, high levels of population movement, occupational risk factors, and challenges with consistent prevention and treatment adherence. The core purpose of a program like this under PEPFAR is typically to ensure that comprehensive services reach these communities where transmission risk may be elevated and standard service delivery models do not work as well. While the notice itself does not list specific required activities, the phrase "comprehensive public health services" under a PEPFAR framing generally implies a package that may include HIV testing services, linkage to care, antiretroviral treatment support, prevention services, and efforts to improve retention and viral suppression, often paired with community-based outreach and coordination with district and national health structures.

Eligibility is effectively restricted. Even though the listing shows "EligibleApplicants: Others," the description makes the real limitation clear: only grantees previously awarded under the original funding opportunity (CDC-RFA-GH12-1211) are intended to receive continuation funds. That means organizations that did not hold the earlier award should not expect to be considered for this continuation. The opportunity number is CDC RFA GH12 121104CONT16, which reflects that it is a continuation action tied back to the original award line.

Key timeline details in the source data include a creation date of October 6, 2015, and an original closing date of December 9, 2015. These dates indicate when the continuation notice was posted and the deadline associated with that continuation cycle. Overall, the announcement is best understood as a mechanism for extending and sustaining an established CDC/PEPFAR-supported service delivery effort in Ugandan fishing communities, maintaining progress and continuity for an existing cohort of implementers rather than launching a new funding competition.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Provision of Comprehensive Public Health Services for the Fishing communities in the Republic of Uganda 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 2015-10-06.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2015-12-09. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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