OpportunityTitle: Utilizing Existing Birth Defects Surveillance Programs to Include Surveillance Data on Stillbirths
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Federally recognized or state-recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments  American Indian/Alaska native tribally designated organizations  Alaska Native health corporations  Urban Indian Health Boards  Tribal epidemiology centers  State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau)    A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state Department of Health as eligible to submit an application under the state eligibility in lieu of a state application.  If applying as a bona fide agent of a state, a letter from the state Department of Health as documentation of the status is required.
Description: The purpose of this program is to support: (1) the expansion of existing state population-based birth defects surveillance programs to incorporate surveillance data of stillbirths; (2) the monitoring and reporting on the occurrence of stillbirths in the study population; and (3) the evaluation of the stillbirth surveillance activities assessing completeness of case ascertainment and the improvement and enhancement of data available from fetal death reports/certificates.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: pgotim@cdc.gov
GrantorContactText: CDC Procurement and Grants Office &lt;br/&gt;grants &lt;br/&gt;Phone 770-488-2700