USAID Social and Behavior Change (SBC) MALARIA Program in Mozambique | 72065621USAIDSBCMALARIA

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The USAID Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Malaria Program in Mozambique is a planned health initiative from USAID/Mozambique (Integrated Health Office) focused on improving malaria prevention and treatment behaviors in selected target areas of the country. The opportunity is framed as a request for feedback on a draft Program Description, meaning USAID was actively gathering input from organizations and technical experts to shape the final design of the program before launching a full solicitation. The intent is to ensure the future program is grounded in evidence-based and theory-driven SBC approaches that can measurably influence how communities prevent malaria and seek timely diagnosis and treatment.

At its core, the program is aimed at strengthening both the implementation and the monitoring of proven malaria SBC interventions, while also improving how malaria SBC is designed, carried out, and tracked by Mozambique's Ministry of Health and its implementation partners. In practical terms, this signals a dual emphasis: first, delivering high-quality SBC activities that directly affect community knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to malaria, and second, building institutional capacity so government and partner systems can plan, manage, and measure SBC work more effectively over time. The language around "increase implementation and monitoring" and "improve design, implementation, and monitoring" suggests USAID wants not only outreach and communication activities, but also stronger SBC strategy development, partner coordination, and performance management tied to clear indicators.

The funding mechanism listed is a Cooperative Agreement, which typically means USAID expects substantial involvement in the program's direction, collaboration on key decisions, and ongoing technical engagement rather than a hands-off grant. The opportunity category is listed as an earmark, and the activity area is health, under CFDA 98.001. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, indicating that a wide range of applicants could potentially apply, including nonprofits, for-profits, universities, and other qualified entities, assuming they meet standard USAID requirements. The posted award ceiling is $6,000,000, which provides a sense of the program's maximum anticipated size, though the posting does not specify a final number of awards or an exact implementation period in the excerpt provided.

Because this announcement was specifically aimed at collecting "industry comment" on a draft Program Description, organizations were being asked to respond to USAID's technical questions and to demonstrate relevant capabilities that could inform the final scope of work. USAID notes that any information submitted could be used in developing the anticipated Program Description, a common approach in pre-solicitation market research to refine objectives, confirm feasibility, identify innovation opportunities, and better understand what potential partners can realistically deliver in Mozambique's operating context. The original closing date for feedback was June 10, 2021, and the opportunity was created on May 20, 2021, placing it clearly in a planning and consultation phase rather than a finalized competitive application stage based on the text provided.

Overall, the opportunity reflects USAID's intent to invest in stronger, more measurable social and behavior change programming as a key part of malaria control in Mozambique, with particular attention to evidence-based interventions, behavior-focused outcomes, and improved national and partner capacity to design, implement, and monitor SBC activities at scale.

• The Mozambique USAID-Maputo in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "USAID Social and Behavior Change (SBC) MALARIA Program in Mozambique" 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 2021-05-20.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-06-10. (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 $6,000,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.

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