Sustained Strengthening of Public Health Laboratory, Transfusion Services, and Health Care Worker Infection Control Practices for Ebola Virus Disease in Liberia

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-GH15-1630 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.318Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDCClosing Date: Apr 30, 2015Award Ceiling: $10,000,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Mar 26, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: Liberia is one of three West African nations most heavily affected by the Ebola virus disease (EVD). During the onset of EVD outbreak in Liberia, many hospitals and clinics were closed. As these facilities reopen it is imperative that the health care system receive support to strengthen infection prevention and control, laboratory and blood services to ensure health care worker and patient safety and to improve health care services.The first component of this project will support infection prevention and control activities in hospitals and health centers. Throughout the outbreak, health care workers (HCW) have been of the highest risk groups for contracting EVD with over 360 cases and 170 fatalities reported in this high-risk group in Liberia alone. As the number of EVD cases drops and regular health services resume, HCWs must remain vigilant to ensure that they are able to appropriately triage suspected EVD patients while protecting themselves from possible exposure and to provide adequate ...
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