Cooperative Agreement with the Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Post Date

December 29th 2010

Application Due Date

March 1st 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

CDC-RFA-GH11-11104

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 Catholic Relief Services (CRS). No other applications are solicited.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $20000000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $5000000

Grant Description

The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to address the following public health practice goals: 1. To conduct on a national level, public health surveillance and epidemiological assessments on issues affecting disease, premature death, and quality of life; develop high quality laboratory systems and diagnostic capacity; and, implement evidence-based public health programs on the following: infectious diseases with an emphasis on HIV/AIDS (not limited to blood safety, injection safety, infection control, and medical waste management), Malaria, Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, including cholera, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Tuberculosis, Influenza and other diseases with pandemic potential as well as Environmental Health issues, Chronic Diseases, Maternal and Child Health, Reproductive Health, Public Health Preparedness, Bio-safety, and Injury Control and Prevention. 2. To provide training opportunities for public health professions, including laboratorians, Ministry of Health staff, university and graduate level select students and other program implementers in health assessment and epidemiology, evidence-based program planning, program implementation, program evaluation, data collection and analysis as well as personnel, financial and administrative management. 3. To strengthen the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) institutional capability to plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based public health programs, conduct public health surveillance, carry-out epidemiological analysis that support national and regional disease prevention and control efforts. 4. To incorporate the results of program evaluations into operational disease prevention and control programs, insure the sharing of expertise and lessons learned nationally, regionally and internationally, and use the results to develop science-based health policies and guidelines.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Agency Contact:

  CDC
  Procurement and Grants Office (PGO)
  Technical Information Management Section (TIMS)
  Phone 770-488-2700

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Technical Information Management Section (TIMS)

• Agency Email Address:

  pgotim@cdc.gov

• More Information:

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