Hospital-based birth defects surveillance in Kampala, Uganda

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-GH-16-008 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.067Eligible Applicants Public and State controlled institutions of higher educationPrivate institutions of higher educationAgency Name: HHS-CDC-HHSCDCERAClosing Date: May 04, 2016Award Ceiling: $500,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Mar 03, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: The purpose of this project is to: 1) continue a birth defects surveillance system implemented under award #1U01GH000487 in four main hospitals in Kampala, Uganda focusing on major external structural birth defects; and 2) conduct a nested case-control study concurrently with the surveillance to determine if maternal use of cotrimoxazole or ARTs during very early pregnancy is associated with a higher risk of birth defects in newborns. Results from this study will provide background rates of birth defects in Kampala and provide baseline estimates of maternal medication use to treat HIV/AIDS in pregnancy and the prevalence of major external birth defects.
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding