Capacity building for ecological surveillance of viral hemorrhagic fevers in Sierra Leone

Post Date

April 3rd 2016

Application Due Date

June 1st 2016

Funding Opportunity Number

CDC-RFA-CK16-1605

CFDA Number(s)

93.318

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

Eligibility Category: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Additional Eligibility Category: 2. Additional Information on Eligibility The 2014 West Africa Ebola virus outbreak that overwhelmed Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberiaмs health systems is believed to have started from a single animal-to-human spillover event in the forest that links southeastern Guinea, eastern Sierra Leone and western Liberia. CDC is seeking a unique partner that is a public governmental institution of Sierra Leone (SL) that has: established programs in wildlife management including programs to train new scientists on wildlife management expert knowledge of forested areas in Sierra Leone scientific expertise in animal sample collection and processing expertise in molecular laboratory methods for EVD sustainable access to critical field sites in forested areas where the Ebola outbreak of 2014-2015 is believed to have started, including existing linked to and/or buy-in from the communities surrounding these sites existing track-record managing a collaborative agreement experience with a U.S government agency miliarity operating in Sierra Leone as it relates to local laws and traditions, and government entities

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $3000000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

Detection and monitoring the burden of infections for high consequence pathogens in animal reservoirs represent a critical step to mitigate and control outbreaks. These activities require a well-developed in-country capacity to perform collection of appropriate samples, detection and differential diagnostic using established laboratory methods for VHF, and curation of samples in a sustainable and secure manner. This FOA supports the establishment of such ecological surveillance program in forest-dwelling animals to promote yearly monitoring of the burden of infections in these animals.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Agency Contact:

  Office of Grant Services (OGS)
  Technical Information Management Section (TIMS)
  E-mail: ogstims@cdc.gov
  Phone: 770-488-2700
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  ogstims@cdc.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  ogstims@cdc.gov

• Location:

  Centers for Disease Control - NCEZID