Strengthening South Africa's Laboratory and Epidemiology Capacity to Detect and Respond to Zoonotic Disease Outbreaks

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-GH15-1622 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.318Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDCClosing Date: Jul 07, 2015Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: May 06, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to increase South Africa's laboratory and epidemiology capacity to detect, respond, and control emerging and reemerging zoonotic infectious disease outbreaks in humans and animals by enhancing surveillance systems, building strong information systems to disseminate data, building collaboration between key partners, and making recommendations to public and veterinary health professionals and policymakers. In order to prevent outbreaks, reduce the incidence and prevalence of zoonotic disease among humans, improve detection, diagnosis, and treatment of zoonotic disease and decrease mortality and morbidity associated with zoonotic diseases in South Africa, it is essential to: Develop and expand South Africa’s capacity for zoonotic disease detection and response Establish surveillance system for key infectious diseases that are transmitted through vector or animal-human contact Emphasize priority diseases with high epidemic potential or morta...
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