Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) Ebola Preparedness and Response Activities

Funding Opportunity Number: EP-U3R-15-002 Opportunity Category: MandatoryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-OS-ASPRClosing Date: Apr 22, 2015Award Ceiling: $15,229,780Expected Number of Awards: 72Creation Date: Feb 20, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: The funding provided through the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) Ebola Preparedness and Response Activities is intended to ensure the nation’s health care system is ready to safely and successfully identify, isolate, assess, transport, and treat patients with Ebola or patients under investigation for Ebola, and that it is well prepared for a future Ebola outbreak. While the focus will be on preparedness for Ebola, it is likely that preparedness for other novel, highly pathogenic diseases will also be enhanced through these activities. Important lessons learned in the U.S. response to Ebola include that the safety of health care workers – from clinicians and laboratorians to ancillary staff – must be foremost in health care system preparedness and response activities; that the care of Ebola patients is clinically complex and demanding; and that early case recognition is critical for preventing spread and improving outcomes. He...

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