World Health Organization: Addressing Ebola and other Highly Infectious Diseases Internationally

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-CK15-1505 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.09993.818Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDCClosing Date: Jun 29, 2015Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Apr 29, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention entered into its current five-year cooperative agreement with the World Health Organization on September 1, 2014. The agreement will end on August 31, 2019. CDC and WHO initiated this cooperative agreement relationship in 1995 as an outgrowth of previous collaborations and as part of the CDC strategy to address emerging infectious diseases. Over the years, these agreements have served as broad-scope umbrella agreements under which a wide variety of projects addressing emerging infectious diseases may be undertaken collaboratively. On September 19, 2011, the Government of the United States of America and the World Health Organization signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to assist WHO Member States in strengthening their capacity to meet the requirements of the International Health Regulations (2005). The MOU encourages CDC and WHO to pursue activities that improve the abilities of all nations to detect, report, and respond to infectious dise...
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