Economic Modeling for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Tuberculosis and School Health

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-PS14-1415 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.084Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDCClosing Date: Jul 17, 2014Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 3Creation Date: May 21, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: CDC seeks to support state and local public health efforts to increase the prevention effectiveness of public health interventions. Timely models and economic analyses support both of these goals. The activities described in this FOA will provide models and analytic results that will enable NCHHSTP to better assess policy options, address questions of resource allocation, estimate impact, and characterize the cost-effectiveness of interventions used or potentially used in public health. It is anticipated that these activities will at times require analyses of the types described in Table 1, on the following page. At times CDC is called upon to assess any of the following types of economic issues: ? The change in disease incidence or prevalence as a result of changes in factors such as (1) sexual behaviors (e.g., condom use, pre-exposure prophylaxis, anti-retroviral therapy), (2) health-seeking behaviors (e.g., increased HIV and HCV testing), (3) provision or cessation of specific interventions, ...
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