Public Health Systems Capacity Building in India

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-GH14-1416 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.067Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDCClosing Date: Jul 17, 2014Award Ceiling: $750,000Expected Number of Awards: 3750000Creation Date: Jun 04, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The Global Disease Detection Regional Center in India is seeking a cooperative agreement with a governmental agency within the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Republic of India to continue the cooperation between India and the U.S. in public health systems capacity building. Both Parties will provide opportunities to exchange ideas, information, skills, and techniques, and collaborate on problems that affect the public health of the country. The cooperative agreement will provide an opportunity to develop training curriculum related to public health management and will focus on training program managers at the state, district, and sub-district levels. This training will allow for program managers to compile, analyze, interpret, and use data to identify and prioritize health challenges in their arena of influence. The training would also provide skills necessary to develop a health profile and action plan on how to combat infectious diseases. This directly points toward...
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