Strengthening Blood Transfusion Services in the Republic of Mozambique under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-GH15-1559 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: Nov 20, 2014Award Ceiling: $1,000,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Oct 03, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The purpose of this FOA in Mozambique is to continue to support the Ministry of Health of Mozambique to Strengthen Mozambique?s Blood Transfusion Service to fulfill its mission of providing safe and sufficient blood products for the population. This FOA will transition 10 years of PEPFAR engagement on Blood Safety activities to the government of Mozambique. Two main objectives are: Objective # 1: ? Increase blood collection from voluntary non remunerated blood donation to meet country blood need Objective # 2: ? Improve the quality of blood testing (infectious disease testing, blood typing and cross matching)
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