Developing a Regional Public Health Surveillance and Laboratory Network for Central America with the Secretar’a General del Sistema de la Integraci—n Centroamericana (SG-SICA) / Consejo de Ministros de Salud de CentroamŽrica (COMISCA)

Post Date

March 4th 2010

Application Due Date

May 4th 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

CDC-RFA-GH10-1005

CFDA Number(s)

93.283

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

Assistance will be provided only to the Secretar’a General del Sistema de la Integraci—n Centroamericana (SG-SICA) / Consejo de Ministros de Salud de CentroamŽrica (COMISCA). No other applications are solicited. SG-SICA/COMISCA is the most appropriate and qualified agency to conduct the activities specified under this cooperative agreement because: 1. SG-SICA/COMISCA is the entity that represents all of the Ministers of Health of Central America. It is both a political and a technical entity. SG-SICA/COMISCA is uniquely positioned, in terms of legal authority and support from all Ministries of Health in Central America, to collaborate with CDC-Central America and Panama (CAP) to enhance sustainable public health surveillance and laboratory networks in the region. 2. As such, the SG-SICA/COMISCA can easily work with all of the Ministries of Health of the Central America region in a way that no other entity can. The Ministers of Health of eight countries have agreed to support the development of a shared information platform which will be managed by the SG-SICA/COMISCA. No other entity in the region has this capacity. 3. The Ministers have authorized SG-SICA/COMISCA to coordinate a regional response to the influenza pandemic - no other entity has such authorization. 4. SG-SICA/COMISCA has experience executing a large public health project financed by the World Bank that was focused on training and laboratory strengthening related to HIV-AIDS. The World Bank is satisfied with the execution of this project and is discussing financing a second phase to continue their work. 5. As the entity that represents the Central American Ministers of Health, SG-SICA/COMISCA is the only organization in the region that has the authority to develop plans for regional public health networks including surveillance and laboratory. 6. SG-SICA/COMISCA is the only entity that can pass funds to the Central American Ministries of Health and can contract personnel for the Ministries of Health. 7. SG-SICA/COMISCA has the political authority necessary to call for regional meetings, and since it has been doing this for years it also has the administrative capacity needed. SG-SICA/COMISCA is the only organization able to function in this capacity as they are actually mandated by the multiple Ministries of Health to do so. 8. SG-SICA/COMISCA has a fiscal management system in place that is unique within the region in that their financial records (consisting of funds from all eig

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $10000000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

This program addresses the “Healthy People 2010” focus area(s) of Health Communication; HIV; Immunization and Infectious Diseases; Public Health Infrastructure; Respiratory Diseases; and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and is in alignment with HHS/CDC performance goal(s) to protect Americans from infectious diseases by providing global health promotion, health protection and health diplomacy.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Agency Contact:

  PGO TIMS
  grants
  Phone 770-488-2700

• Agency Mailing Address:

  GENERAL EMAIL

• Agency Email Address:

  PGOTIM@CDC.gov