Emerging Infections Sentinel Networks - Infectious Disease Specialists

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-CK16-1604 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.860Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Agency Name: HHS-CDC-NCEZIDClosing Date: May 09, 2016Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Mar 10, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: In its 1994 monograph, “Addressing Emerging Infectious Disease Threats -- A Prevention Strategy for the United States”, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) called for the establishment of provider-based Emerging Infections Sentinel Networks (EISNs) to study conditions that are not covered by health department surveillance and are more likely to be seen by specific kinds of health providers. As such, three provider-based networks have been established through CDC’s EISN cooperative agreement program: Surveillance network of infectious disease specialists (EIN) Emergency department-based network of academically affiliated emergency departments for research on emerging infectious diseases (EMERGEncy ID Net) Global surveillance network of travel medicine clinics (GeoSentinel) These networks contribute to public health by a) making connections between clinical medicine and public health; b) generating prac...

Source: Grants.gov - March 11, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding