Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) Ebola Preparedness and Response Activities: Development of a Regional Ebola and other special pathogen treatment center for HHS Region 9

Funding Opportunity Number: EP-U3R-15-002 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.817Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-OS-ASPRClosing Date: Jun 05, 2015Award Ceiling: $15,229,780Expected Number of Awards: 72Creation Date: Mar 07, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: The funding provided through the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) Ebola Preparedness and Response Activities is intended to ensure the nation’s health care system is ready to safely and successfully identify, isolate, assess, transport, and treat patients with Ebola or patients under investigation for Ebola, and that it is well prepared for a future Ebola outbreak. While the focus will be on preparedness for Ebola, it is likely that preparedness for other novel, highly pathogenic diseases will also be enhanced through these activities. Important lessons learned in the U.S. response to Ebola include that the safety of health care workers – from clinicians and laboratorians to ancillary staff – must be foremost in health care system preparedness and response activities; that the care of Ebola patients is clinically complex and demanding; and that early case recognition is critical for preventing spread and improving out...

Source: Grants.gov - March 8, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding