Promoting HIV Prevention Youth through a National HIV Hotline and Behavior Change Communication in the United Republic of Tanzania under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) | CDC RFA PS09 973SUPP16

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This funding opportunity, titled "Promoting HIV Prevention Youth through a National HIV Hotline and Behavior Change Communication in the United Republic of Tanzania under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)," is a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cooperative agreement designed to strengthen HIV prevention efforts specifically for young people in Tanzania. The overall aim is to reduce HIV risk among youth by combining telecommunications-based support (centered on a national HIV hotline) with targeted behavior change communication (BCC). The prevention focus is practical and behavior-specific: encouraging a reduction in multiple concurrent or sequential sexual partners and increasing consistent, correct condom use.

The approach described in the opportunity emphasizes using telecommunications technology as a direct way to reach youth with accessible information and guidance. A national hotline can provide confidential, on-demand counseling and referrals, which is especially important for adolescents and young adults who may avoid in-person services due to stigma, privacy concerns, or limited access. Paired with BCC strategies, the program is meant to do more than just share facts about HIV; it aims to influence attitudes, social norms, intentions, and everyday decision-making related to sexual behavior. In effect, the hotline serves as both a service delivery channel and a bridge to prevention and care resources, while BCC activities reinforce key messages through broader communications methods.

The award is issued under PEPFAR, the U.S. government initiative that supports global HIV prevention, treatment, and care. Within that context, this FOA aligns with youth-focused prevention priorities and attempts to scale impact through high-reach platforms. By targeting condom use and partner reduction, the initiative concentrates on two well-established behavioral drivers of HIV transmission risk, and it implicitly supports the kind of harm-reduction and risk-lowering messaging that can be delivered at scale when integrated into communications campaigns and hotline services.

Administratively, the opportunity is categorized as a discretionary grant and uses a cooperative agreement funding instrument, meaning CDC would typically have substantial involvement in program implementation, monitoring, and technical direction compared to a standard grant. The funding activity category is health, and the associated CFDA number is 93.067. The funding opportunity number is CDC RFA PS09-973SUPP16. The ceiling amount listed is $2,292,108, with an expectation of one award, indicating that CDC intended to support a single primary implementer for this specific effort rather than multiple separate projects.

Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," but the description explicitly references Tanzania Youth Alliance (TAYOA), suggesting the opportunity was likely structured as a targeted or supplemental award connected to that organization and its capacity to implement youth-centered HIV prevention programming. The FOA was created on October 16, 2015, with an original closing date of December 16, 2015. Overall, the opportunity supports a focused, youth-oriented HIV prevention model in Tanzania that combines a national hotline platform with coordinated behavior change communications to reduce risk behaviors and promote safer sexual practices.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Promoting HIV Prevention Youth through a National HIV Hotline and Behavior Change Communication in the United Republic of Tanzania 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 2015-10-16.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2015-12-16. (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 $2,292,108.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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