Strengthening a Regional Public Health Surveillance, Capacity and Laboratory Network for Central America with the Secretaria General del Sistema de la Integracion Centroamericana (SG-SICA) / Consejo de Ministros de Salud de Centroamerica (COMISCA)

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-GH15-1607 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.283Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDCClosing Date: Apr 20, 2015Award Ceiling: $2,000,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Feb 19, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: This project will:
1. Enhance and strengthen ongoing regional cooperation related to the creation of a shared surveillance information platform.
2. Contribute to efficiencies the small Central American countries are seeking to improve laboratory capacity by creating networks of reference laboratories.
3. Develop and implement regional guidelines for biosafety, as well as other guidelines that are appropriately developed regionally. It will strengthen the network of epidemiologists and regional epidemiological training.
4. Strengthen regional communication and the capacity of the countries of the region to respond in a coordinated manner to epidemiological and public health threats.
This program addresses the issues of Health Communication; Immunization and Infectious Diseases; Public Health Infrastructure; Respiratory Diseases; and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and is in alignment with HHS/CDC performance goal(s) to protect Americans from infectious diseases by providing global health promot...

Source: Grants.gov - February 20, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding