Strengthening Laboratory Infrastructure, Quality of Laboratory Services, and Strategic Information Capacity in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Post Date

January 27th 2012

Application Due Date

March 27th 2012

Funding Opportunity Number

CDC-RFA-GH12-1219

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 Preventionуs intention to fund the described project activities without full and open competition.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $24531624

• Award Range:

  $0 - $3276624

Grant Description

The purpose of this program is to support strengthening of integrated public health laboratory systems, surveys and surveillance, and TB/HIV programs in Ethiopia. Strengthening quality assurance system at all tiers of the laboratory network with decentralization of external quality assessment (EQA), accreditation of laboratories, an integrated specimen referral system for specialized testing, capacity building of regional laboratories, implementation of a comprehensive equipment maintenance strategy, systematic expansion of laboratory information systems, and evaluation and implementation of better diagnostic technologies are important objectives articulated in the national laboratory master plan. The program will also focus on the development of laboratory capacity to detect multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) at national and regional levels.

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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