Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA 121 17 000001
HealthLink Ukraine is a USAID-funded cooperative agreement designed to speed up Ukraines progress toward ending HIV as a public health threat by 2030. The opportunity sits in the health sector and focuses on strengthening both service uptake and the broader environment that makes HIV prevention and treatment effective and sustainable. In practical terms, it targets the full HIV care continuum, from increasing testing and diagnosis to ensuring people are successfully linked to treatment and remain in care over time, while also tackling the social and structural barriers that keep people from seeking or staying in services.
The grant emphasizes four connected results. First, it aims to create increased and sustained demand for high-quality HIV prevention and treatment services among people living with HIV (PLHIV) and key populations (KP). That implies outreach and engagement approaches that do not just generate one-time increases in service use, but help normalize and maintain regular use of prevention tools, testing, and treatment services, with an emphasis on quality and appropriateness for populations at higher risk or with higher barriers to care.
Second, HealthLink prioritizes civil society advocacy as a driver of improved access to quality, effective health services. This result points to strengthening the ability of community and nongovernmental actors to identify barriers in policy or practice, mobilize evidence and community voices, and press for changes that expand access and improve service delivery. The intent is that civil society does not only provide services or outreach, but also plays a sustained accountability role that results in concrete improvements in availability, quality, and responsiveness of HIV-related health services.
Third, the program explicitly targets measurable improvements along key steps of HIV service delivery in selected oblasts (regions). It seeks increased numbers of people who know their HIV status, are linked to care and treatment after diagnosis, and are retained in care and treatment. This is essentially a focus on improving testing coverage, strengthening referral and linkage systems, and reducing drop-off over time so that treatment is not only initiated but continued. Retention is especially important because sustained treatment improves individual health outcomes and reduces onward transmission at the population level.
Fourth, HealthLink includes a strong stigma and discrimination reduction component, aiming to reduce stigma, self-stigmatization, and discrimination toward PLHIV and key populations. This acknowledges that even when services exist, fear of exposure, negative treatment, or legal and social consequences can keep people away. Addressing stigma typically involves work at multiple levels, including community attitudes, provider practices within health facilities, and the internalized stigma that affects self-care and willingness to seek help.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is a discretionary funding announcement issued by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Ukraine (USAID-Kiev). The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally means USAID expects substantial engagement during implementation compared to a standard grant, often including close collaboration on technical direction, monitoring, and adaptive management. The funding opportunity number is RFA 121 17 000001 under CFDA 98.001. The award ceiling listed is $22,000,000, and USAID anticipated making one award, indicating a single lead implementer would likely be responsible for coordinating a comprehensive approach across the targeted oblasts, potentially working with subrecipients and partners.
Key dates provided show the opportunity was created on March 23, 2017, with an original closing date of May 15, 2017, and an application submission deadline of May 15, 2017 at 1600 local Kyiv time. Eligibility is noted broadly as "Others," with further clarification referenced in the additional eligibility text of the original announcement, suggesting that eligibility may have been open beyond a narrow set of applicant types, potentially including a range of organizations subject to the specific terms in the full solicitation. Overall, the opportunity is structured to combine demand generation, systems for testing-to-treatment continuity, civil society advocacy, and stigma reduction into a single integrated effort to help Ukraine meet its 2030 HIV objective.Apply for RFA 121 17 000001
- The Agency for International Development, Ukraine USAID-Kiev in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "HealthLink Ukraine" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 23, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 15, 2017 Closing Date and Time for Submission of Applications May 15, 2017, 1600 Hours Local Kyiv Time. (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 $22,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - HealthLink Ukraine (USAID)
1) What is HealthLink Ukraine?
HealthLink Ukraine is a USAID-funded cooperative agreement intended to accelerate Ukraine's progress toward ending HIV as a public health threat by 2030. It focuses on improving HIV prevention and treatment outcomes by strengthening both service uptake (people using services) and the broader environment that makes those services effective and sustainable.
2) What is the overall goal of this funding opportunity?
The overall goal is to support an integrated effort that strengthens the full HIV care continuum in Ukraine and addresses social and structural barriers that prevent people from accessing or staying in HIV prevention and treatment services. The program is designed to contribute to Ukraine's 2030 objective on HIV.
3) Which sector does this opportunity fall under?
This opportunity sits in the health sector, with a specific focus on HIV prevention, testing, linkage to treatment, retention in care, civil society advocacy, and stigma and discrimination reduction.
4) What parts of the HIV care continuum are included?
The program targets the full HIV care continuum, including increasing testing and diagnosis, improving linkage to care and treatment after diagnosis, and strengthening retention in care and treatment over time.
5) What are the four main results HealthLink Ukraine emphasizes?
The opportunity emphasizes four connected results:
- Increased and sustained demand for high-quality HIV prevention and treatment services among people living with HIV (PLHIV) and key populations (KP).
- Stronger civil society advocacy that drives improved access to quality, effective health services.
- Measurable improvements along key steps of HIV service delivery in selected oblasts (regions), including status knowledge, linkage, and retention.
- Reduced stigma, self-stigmatization, and discrimination toward PLHIV and key populations.
6) Who are the primary populations this program aims to serve?
The program specifically highlights people living with HIV (PLHIV) and key populations (KP) as priority groups for increasing sustained demand for services and for stigma and discrimination reduction efforts.
7) What does "increased and sustained demand" mean in practice?
Based on the description, it refers to outreach and engagement approaches that do more than produce a one-time increase in service use. The emphasis is on helping normalize and maintain regular use of prevention tools, testing, and treatment services, with attention to service quality and appropriateness for populations facing higher risk or higher barriers to care.
8) How does civil society advocacy fit into the program?
Civil society advocacy is positioned as a driver of improved access to quality, effective health services. The intent is to strengthen community and nongovernmental actors so they can identify barriers in policy or practice, mobilize evidence and community voices, and push for changes that expand access and improve service delivery.
9) Is the program only about providing services, or does it also focus on accountability and policy change?
It is not limited to service delivery. The opportunity explicitly describes civil society playing a sustained accountability role, with advocacy intended to result in concrete improvements in availability, quality, and responsiveness of HIV-related services.
10) What geographic scope is mentioned?
The opportunity describes measurable improvements in HIV service delivery in selected oblasts (regions) of Ukraine. Specific oblast names are not provided in the summary information.
11) What specific service delivery outcomes are expected in the selected oblasts?
The opportunity calls for increased numbers of people who:
- Know their HIV status,
- Are linked to care and treatment after diagnosis, and
- Are retained in care and treatment over time.
12) Why does the program emphasize retention in care and treatment?
The description highlights retention as especially important because sustained treatment improves individual health outcomes and reduces onward transmission at the population level.
13) What does the stigma and discrimination reduction component cover?
The program aims to reduce stigma, self-stigmatization, and discrimination toward PLHIV and key populations. The description notes that even when services exist, fear of exposure, negative treatment, or legal and social consequences can keep people away, so stigma-related barriers are treated as central to improving outcomes.
14) Who is issuing this funding opportunity?
This is a discretionary funding announcement issued by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Ukraine, referred to as USAID-Kiev.
15) What type of funding instrument is being used?
The instrument is a cooperative agreement. As described, this generally means USAID expects substantial engagement during implementation compared to a standard grant, including close collaboration on technical direction, monitoring, and adaptive management.
16) How many awards did USAID anticipate making?
USAID anticipated making one award, meaning a single lead implementer would likely be responsible for coordinating the overall approach, potentially including work with subrecipients and partners.
17) What is the award ceiling for this opportunity?
The listed award ceiling is $22,000,000.
18) What is the funding opportunity number and CFDA reference?
The funding opportunity number is RFA 121 17 000001, under CFDA 98.001.
19) What are the key dates for this opportunity?
The opportunity was created on March 23, 2017. The original closing date was May 15, 2017, and the application submission deadline was May 15, 2017 at 1600 local Kyiv time.
20) What was the application deadline time zone?
The submission deadline is stated as 1600 local Kyiv time.
21) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is described broadly as "Others," with additional eligibility details referenced in the original announcement's additional eligibility text. This suggests eligibility may have been open beyond a narrow set of applicant types, but the specific eligible categories are not included in the provided summary.
22) Does the summary specify required partners or subrecipients?
The summary does not list required partners. It does indicate that, because one award was anticipated, a single lead implementer would likely coordinate a comprehensive approach and may work with subrecipients and partners, but specific requirements are not provided here.
23) What kind of approach does USAID appear to be looking for?
The description indicates an integrated approach that combines demand generation, improved continuity from testing to treatment (including linkage and retention), civil society advocacy, and stigma and discrimination reduction, all aligned to measurable improvements in selected regions.
24) Is this opportunity focused only on clinical services?
No. While it includes improving key steps in service delivery (testing, linkage, retention), it also emphasizes non-clinical factors such as advocacy, accountability, and reducing stigma and discrimination that can keep people from seeking or staying in care.
25) What is the long-term target year referenced by this program?
The program is framed around supporting Ukraine's progress toward ending HIV as a public health threat by 2030.
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