Strengthening the National Institutes of Health in the Republic of Mozambique under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Post Date

January 21st 2011

Application Due Date

March 21st 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

CDC-RFA-GH11-1158

CFDA Number(s)

93.067

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

This funding announcement is not a request for applications. This is a public notice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s intention to fund the project activities described in the full announcement without full and open competition.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $12000000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The National Institutes of Health (INS) in Mozambique was created to conduct national disease surveillance, monitoring and evaluation of public health programs, outbreak investigations, laboratory science, training of health professionals, and other functions vital to the country’s public health responses. The purpose of this announcement is to build the material and human resources of INS and the quality and timeliness of information generated and available on health in Mozambique. Specifically, this project will: 1) Support the development and capacity building of national reference laboratories; 2) Support demographic surveillance site (DSS) activities; 3) Develop and conduct national and sentinel surveillance for causes of morbidity and mortality in Mozambique populations; 4) Enhance the human resource capacity of the INS and national health systems through scholarships and training programs; 5) Monitor and evaluate programs, interventions, and initiatives related to improving health and safety in Mozambique; 6) Increase and support the capacity of the National Institute of Health to gather, analyze, disseminate and use timely and accurate data on health indicators in Mozambique.

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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