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$169,434,036

Department of Health and Human Services·Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

to WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY) LTD

healthactive
ACTION DATE2026-04-20·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_NU2GGH002381_075
Award description

WITS RHI GOPHELEGA (STRIVING FOR GOOD HEALTH) - A PROGRAM TO SUSTAIN HIV/TB EPIDEMIC CONTROL IN SOUTH AFRICA UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF (PEPFAR)

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Sustains HIV/TB epidemic control programs in South Africa through PEPFAR cooperative agreement with WITS Health Consortium.

Sub-sectors
public-healthhiv-aidsinternational-health
Why this matters

PEPFAR is a cornerstone U.S. global health initiative addressing HIV/AIDS in high-burden countries; South Africa is critical to pandemic control.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for antiretroviral drugs, diagnostic equipment, and health infrastructure in South African supply chains.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. positions itself as reliable health partner in Africa against competing Chinese health diplomacy and Belt-and-Road influence.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002265.

Period of performance
Start
2021-09-30
End
2026-09-29
Status
activein 135 days
Sources

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