Notice of Award of a Sole Source Cooperative Agreement To Fund University Teaching Hospital in Zambia
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the award of approximately $30,000,000, for Fed...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the award of approximately $30,000,000, for Federal Fiscal Year 2026 funding to Zambia's University Teaching Hospital (UTH), subject to availability of funds. Funding amounts for years 2-5 will be set at continuation. The award is expected to improve HIV and TB clinical and laboratory service delivery at referral level hospitals and provincial-level referral facilities through the national government referral facility, UTH.
DATES:
The period for this award will be September 30, 2026, through September 29, 2031.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cristel Bender, Global Health Center, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30329, Email:
DGHTNOFOs@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The sole source award is expected to improve HIV and TB clinical and laboratory service delivery at referral level hospitals and provincial-level referral facilities through the national government referral facility, UTH.
UTH is the only entity that can carry out this work, as it is the country's national reference hospital, with a directive to provide inpatient and outpatient services for complicated cases, including advanced HIV disease cases.
Summary of the Award
Recipient:
University Teaching Hospital.
Purpose of the award:
The purpose of this award is to support sustainable HIV and TB service implementation through UTH.
Authority:
This program is authorized under Public Law 108-25 (the United States Leadership Against HIV AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003) [22 U.S.C. 7601,
et seq.] and Public Law 110-293 (the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008), Public Law 113-56 (PEPFAR Stewardship and Oversight Act of 2013), and Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242I).
Period of performance:
September 30, 2026, through September 29, 2031.
Jamie Legier,
Chief Grants Management Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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91 FR 53257
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“Notice of Award of a Sole Source Cooperative Agreement To Fund University Teaching Hospital in Zambia,” thefederalregister.org (August 17, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-16732/notice-of-award-of-a-sole-source-cooperative-agreement-to-fund-university-teaching-hospital-in-zambia.
Public Law 108-25