Protecting and Improving Global Health Security by Engaging Local Partners: Strengthening and Sustaining Public Health Systems in Ghana

This CDC Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks cooperative‑agreement partners to strengthen and sustain Ghana’s public‑health system, focusing on laboratory, surveillance, emergency response, workforce development, border‑district lab capacity, sequencing, and bioinformatics. Up to four awards will be made, with total estimated funding of $125 million. Recipients will work closely with CDC and multilateral partners to build capacity for early detection and rapid response to infectious‑disease threats, and will be required to submit detailed technical, financial, and performance reports throughout the award period. • Target area: Ghana’s national and border‑district public‑health infrastructure • Funding mechanism: Cooperative Agreement (CA) • Estimated total funding: $125 M (≈ $31 M per award) • Number of awards: 4 • Application deadline: 02 Oct 2026 (via Grants.gov) • Required registrations: UEI, SAM.gov, Grants.gov compliance • Post‑award obligations: quarterly/annual performance and financial reporting, data‑management plans, site monitoring, and technical oversight by CDC