Strengthening Botswana's national health data systems for a sustainable and government-led HIV/TB and related public health threat response through enhanced surveillance, digital health, and data analytics under PEPFAR

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The Award Ceiling for Year 1 is 0 (none). CDC anticipates an Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding amount of $4,000,000 for Year 1, subject to the availability of funds.This NOFO aims to strengthen the Government of Botswana’s (GOB) health data systems through tailored technical assistance efforts. You are expected to support the GOB to enhance health facility, district, and national data systems through focus on:Data governance and policies.Capacity building for data management.System functionality, interoperability, availability, quality, and data use. You are also expected to collaborate with relevant stakeholders to support the GOB to ensure that comprehensive, quality HIV-related health data systems operate effectively at the facility, district, and national levels through the following strategic activities:Strengthen monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacities within GOB, including data availability and reporting, quality, analytics, interpretation, and use at facility, district, and national levels.Enhance health informatics functionality, data security, infrastructure, and health data exchange across systems to improve patient outcomes and inform health policy and programming.Strengthen capacities of the GOB to conduct surveillance activities, including but not limited to clinical, population-level, and key populations. This will help to prevent, respond, and control HIV/TB and related public health threats, under the International Health Regulation (IHR) 2005 framework across all administrative levels.