Expanding global health security though local partnerships in Tanzania
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, through its Global Health Center, has issued a funding opportunity, CDC-RFA-JG-26-0052, to support health security work in Tanzania. The notice falls under the Cooperative Agreement category and covers the health sector. It relates to CDC's collaboration with the Tanzanian government on International Health Regulations requirements under the Global Health Security Agenda, following Tanzania's Joint External Evaluation and its costed National Action Plan for Health Security. Areas of interest named in the notice include biosurveillance systems linked to information sharing platforms, emergency operations centers at national and subnational levels, laboratory capabilities and biosafety and biosecurity practices, timely reporting of disease threats to national and international authorities, and workforce development for disease detection and laboratory science. The notice was published on Grants.gov on 2026-08-03 with a closing date of 2026-10-02. No funding amount is specified, and eligibility is listed as not applicable in the source. Organizations working in global health security, disease surveillance or public health systems strengthening in Tanzania may wish to review the full opportunity for further detail.
Description
CDC is working with the Tanzania government to meet key International Health Regulations requirements through implementation of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA). Tanzania completed the Joint External Evaluation and launched a costed National Action Plan for Health Security based on a multi-sectorial approach. This NOFO supports programs/activities in the following areas: strengthening biosurveillance systems networked to information sharing platforms to predict and identify health threats, including at points of entry; expanding emergency capacity through national and subnational emergency operation centers; enhancing national laboratory capabilities and applying biosafety and biosecurity best practices for accurate, and reliable detection of outbreaks, antimicrobial resistance and emerging zoonotic diseases; increasing timely and transparent reporting of disease emergencies and threats to relevant national and international authorities; and developing a functional biosurveillance workforce with trained disease detectives and laboratory scientists.
Eligibility Criteria
N/A
Focus Sectors
Health
Target Countries
Tanzania