The United States Agency for International Development in Bangladesh (USAID/Bangladesh) is seeking
applications from qualified US and non-US organizations to implement an activity titled Strengthening Local
Level Health Systems Activity. As detailed in SECTION C, ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION of this Notice of Funding
Opportunity (NOFO), eligibility for this award is not restricted. The authority for this NOFO is found in the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.
The purpose of this activity is to strengthen local level health systems to deliver quality, equitable public health
services while optimizing resources to improve the health status of all Bangladeshis residing at the local level.
This Activity will focus on the following four objectives: 1) Strengthen Systems for Local-Level Evidence-Based
Planning, 2) Strengthen Systems to Deliver Equitable, Quality, Integrated Local Level Public Health Services, 3)
Improve Enabling Environment to Operate Local Level Public Health Systems, and 4) Improve Local Level Public
Health System Resilience.
The prime applicant may submit only one application. Interested applicants from within Duke should contact fundopps@duke.edu as early as possible.
Application Deadline: January 20, 2024
This funding opportunity is open to all eligible U.S. and non-U.S. nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
entities (other than those from foreign policy restricted countries), including educational organizations and
universities, and public international organizations, etc.
Subject to funding availability and at the discretion of the Agency, USAID intends to provide sixty million dollars
($60 million) in total USAID funding over a five (5) year period.