Sustaining life-saving HIV services in Ukraine by strengthening resilient health systems under the Ukraine Ministry of Health, Public Health Center | CDC RFA JG 26 0172

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Sustaining life-saving HIV services in Ukraine by strengthening resilient health systems under the Ukraine Ministry of Health, Public Health Center (Funding Opportunity Number: CDC RFA JG 26 0172) is a CDC-led cooperative agreement focused on keeping HIV services functioning during ongoing instability and strengthening the systems that deliver them. The opportunity sits in the Health category under CFDA 93.067 and is administered by the Centers for Disease Control-GHC. The overall intent is to support the Public Health Center (PHC) within Ukraine's Ministry of Health (MOH) to maintain and improve life-saving HIV-related assistance, including services connected to other common co-occurring conditions, by using targeted testing, prevention, and treatment approaches that can operate reliably even when normal health service delivery is disrupted.

Funding for the first year is described in a specific way: the award ceiling for Year 1 is listed as 0 (meaning no maximum cap is set for Year 1 within the notice), while CDC anticipates approximately $10,000,000 in total funding for Year 1, contingent on the availability of funds. The notice anticipates a single award (Expected Awards: 1), reinforcing that this is designed as a focused, centralized effort rather than a multi-recipient program. The original application closing date is July 20, 2026, and the posting date is June 18, 2026.

Programmatically, the NOFO concentrates on ensuring that people at higher risk for HIV can access the full continuum of HIV services: finding cases through targeted testing, getting people linked to treatment immediately, keeping them retained in care with adherence support, and expanding prevention services so new infections are reduced even in difficult operating conditions. A major emphasis is placed on delivering services where people are, not only in traditional clinics, including through community-based approaches and mobile services. The goal is practical continuity of care: people should be diagnosed quickly, started on treatment without delay, supported to stay on treatment, and connected to higher-acuity care when advanced HIV disease or HIV/TB co-infection is present.

One core objective is scaling targeted HIV testing, treatment, retention, and prevention for people at higher risk in community settings using social network strategies (SNS). In practice, this means leveraging trusted community connections to identify individuals who may not be reached through routine facility-based testing. Activities under this objective include targeted community-based case finding, immediate linkage to whatever treatment services are available, and retention support to reduce loss to follow-up. The NOFO also explicitly calls out clinical and programmatic attention to advanced HIV disease and HIV/TB co-infection, signaling that the project should not only identify new HIV cases, but also strengthen pathways for timely management of complex, high-risk patients who face elevated morbidity and mortality when care is delayed or fragmented.

A second major pillar is improving availability of HIV services through targeted mobile HIV testing, treatment, and prevention. The mobile focus is meant to reduce access barriers created by displacement, security constraints, transport limitations, or facility disruption. The activities highlighted include streamlining immediate linkage to treatment from mobile testing points, and strengthening ongoing adherence support so that mobile outreach does not end at diagnosis. This frames mobile services as part of a full care pathway, not just an outreach testing event, with an emphasis on converting diagnoses into rapid treatment initiation and then maintaining continuity thereafter.

The NOFO also targets improvements inside medical facilities through implementation of differentiated service delivery (DSD) models. DSD generally refers to organizing HIV services in ways that are more patient-centered and efficient, such as tailoring visit frequency, medication refills, and follow-up intensity based on stability and clinical need. Here, the purpose is to raise the availability and quality of HIV services at facilities while also improving patient retention, adherence, and overall access at the facility level. In a context of instability, DSD approaches can help facilities manage workload, reduce patient burden, and keep treatment uninterrupted, which is critical for viral suppression and prevention of drug resistance.

Finally, the opportunity underscores the need to enhance essential, targeted HIV prevention services for people at higher risk for HIV. The prevention emphasis is not generic; it is framed around improving availability, quality, coverage, and timely initiation, meaning prevention services should be reachable, consistent, and started promptly when needed. Taken together, the NOFO lays out a resilience-oriented approach: strengthen community-based and mobile access points, ensure rapid linkage and long-term retention, improve facility efficiency through DSD, and maintain strong prevention programming so the HIV response remains effective during disruption.

Eligibility is broad and includes multiple types of domestic applicant organizations such as state and local governments, tribal governments and organizations, public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status, for-profit organizations (including small businesses), independent school districts, special district governments, and public housing authorities, with the listing marked as unrestricted. Despite the wide eligibility list, the structure of the opportunity (one expected award) suggests CDC is seeking a single lead implementer or coordinating entity capable of delivering or supporting the PHC/MOH agenda at scale and with close collaboration, which is consistent with the cooperative agreement mechanism where substantial federal involvement and coordination is typical.

• The Centers for Disease Control-GHC in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Sustaining life-saving HIV services in Ukraine by strengthening resilient health systems under the Ukraine Ministry of Health, Public Health Center" 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 2026-06-18.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-07-20. (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 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Unrestricted.

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