Strengthening South Africas Laboratory and Epidemiology Capacity to Detect and Respond to Zoonotic Disease Outbreaks, Center for Global Health | CDC RFA GH15 162203CONT17

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This funding opportunity is a continuation cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), specifically through the Center for Global Health (CGH). It is titled "Strengthening South Africa's Laboratory and Epidemiology Capacity to Detect and Respond to Zoonotic Disease Outbreaks" and is focused on public health activities that improve South Africa's ability to identify, track, and respond to outbreaks of zoonotic diseases, meaning diseases that can spread between animals and people. As a continuation announcement, it is generally intended to maintain or extend work that is already underway under an existing award or project rather than launch an entirely new, open-ended competition.

The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically means CDC expects to have substantial involvement in the funded activities compared with a standard grant. In practice, that often translates into close technical collaboration, shared planning, performance monitoring, and alignment with CDC priorities and strategies for surveillance and outbreak response. The activity category is Health, and it is associated with CFDA number 93.318, which relates to CDC global health efforts and capacity-strengthening work. The opportunity number is CDC RFA GH15-162203CONT17, indicating it is tied to a prior funding line with a continuation in 2017.

The core intent of the project is to strengthen both laboratory capacity and epidemiology capacity in South Africa for zoonotic disease outbreaks. Laboratory capacity improvements generally refer to enhancing the ability of labs to detect and confirm pathogens quickly and accurately, which can include better diagnostic methods, quality management systems, biosafety and biosecurity practices, specimen handling and transport systems, and workforce training. Epidemiology capacity strengthening usually refers to improving the skills, systems, and processes needed to detect outbreaks early, investigate them effectively, analyze and interpret surveillance data, and coordinate responses across sectors. Because zoonotic threats sit at the intersection of human health, animal health, and sometimes environmental drivers, the work implied by the title often aligns with a One Health approach, emphasizing coordination across public health agencies, veterinary and agricultural counterparts, and other relevant partners.

The eligibility field is listed as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," which suggests the detailed eligibility rules were provided elsewhere in the full announcement. In many CDC continuation opportunities, eligibility is frequently limited to existing award recipients or specific partner organizations already engaged in the underlying program, although the summary provided here does not explicitly confirm that. The announcement was created on April 13, 2017, with an original closing date of May 19, 2017, giving applicants a relatively short window typical of continuation or limited-scope solicitations.

In terms of scale and awards, the posting lists an expected number of awards as 10. The listed award ceiling is 0, which usually indicates that a specific maximum was not set in the public summary or that the ceiling depended on factors defined in the full solicitation, such as availability of funds, negotiated workplans, or continuation-year budgets. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as CDC support to sustain and deepen South Africa's readiness for zoonotic disease events by improving laboratory diagnostics and strengthening the epidemiology and surveillance systems needed for rapid detection and coordinated outbreak response.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - CGH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Strengthening South Africas Laboratory and Epidemiology Capacity to Detect and Respond to Zoonotic Disease Outbreaks, Center for Global Health" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.318.
• This funding opportunity was created on Apr 13, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 19, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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