OpportunityTitle: Support for the National Government Monitoring and Evaluation System, Surveillance and Laboratory Infrastructure in the Republic of Zambia under the President&#146;s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: The TDRC, situated within the premises of the Ndola Central Hospital, has a mandate to conduct research, training and provide service for diseases of public health importance.  The institution has been actively involved in antenatal clinic sentinel surveillance (ANC SS) for HIV and syphilis since the early 1990&#146;s, taking a lead role as a reference laboratory for the northern half of the country.  TDRC is part of Zambia&#146;s reference laboratory system, functioning as both a regional laboratory and supporting important disease surveillance, such as the sentinel surveillance of HIV and the Demographic Health Survey.
Description: The purpose of this announcement is to enhance Zambia&apos;s ability to respond to the HIV/AIDS crisis, opportunistic infections, and neglected tropical diseases. More specifically, this announcement seeks to strengthen the capacity of the Tropical Diseases Research Center (TDRC) to collect and use surveillance data and manage national HIV/AIDS programs by expanding HIV/STI/TB surveillance programs and strengthening laboratory support for surveillance, diagnosis, treatment, disease monitoring and HIV screening for blood safety. Additionally this announcement aims to support a program in the utilization of essential information from sentinel surveillance, national health surveys, clinical information systems, and targeted evaluations to improve quality of care.
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GrantorContactText: PGO TIMS &lt;br/&gt;grants &lt;br/&gt;Phone 770-488-2700