Enhancing sustainable HIV health systems and networks for quality detection, management, and monitoring to end HIV as a public health threat in India under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

The Award Ceiling for Year 1 is 0 (none). CDC anticipates an Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding amount of $6,000,000 for Year 1, subject to the availability of funds. This NOFO will support India’s National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) in building sustainable HIV health systems, laboratory networks, and strategic information. Support aligns with national program’s Phase VI goals to eliminate HIV as a public health threat, while safeguarding American health through robust global health security measures. This funding opportunity aims to accelerate and sustain delivery, management, and monitoring of lifesaving HIV services in priority geographies. Investments will advance key health systems including: Health information. Laboratory and program monitoring systems with emphasis on local ownership and alignment with U.S. foreign aid policies. Key activities include optimizing national laboratory networks for HIV, TB, early infant diagnosis, and co-morbidity diagnostics to ensure efficiency, accessibility, and saturation of viral load coverage. Your proposal should strengthen biosafety, biosecurity, and laboratory quality systems while adopting innovative technologies to bridge testing gaps across the 95-95-95 targets. This includes integrating molecular epidemiology to track transmission networks and HIV drug resistance to address emerging needs Additionally, it should enhance capacity to collect, analyze, and use high-quality data to improve patient care, monitor progress and guide planning while reinforcing sustainable health systems vital for HIV epidemic control and aligned with U.S. global health priorities.