OpportunityTitle: Viral Hepatitis - Prevention and Surveillance
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants    Category A, Part 1 and Category B    The following entities are eligible to apply:    For Category A, Part 1 &#150; Viral Hepatitis Prevention Coordinator  &#149;State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands)  &#149;A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state 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 or local government, a legal, binding agreement from the state or local government as documentation of the status is required.  Attach with &#147;Other Attachment Forms&#148; when submitting via www.grants.gov.     For Category B - Surveillance  &#149;State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District  of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands)  &#149;A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state 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 or local government, a legal, binding agreement from the state or local government as documentation of the status is required.  Attach with &#147;Other Attachment Forms&#148; when submitting via www.grants.gov.  Limited competition for this RFA is justified based on the following:   In 2010, IOM, in its report titled, Hepatitis and Liver Cancer: A National Strategy for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis B and C, cited viral hepatitis as &#147;a large and underappreciated health issue for the nation.&#148; The IOM articulated ways to improve prevention and care services and called for an intensified, coordinated national prevention and health-care effort.  In response, HHS developed the Viral Hepatitis Action Plan, which set prevention goals, established program priorities, and assigned responsibilities for actions to meet priorities to HHS operating divisions, including CDC.  To implement activities outlined in the plan, CDC will provide funds in the FOA for FY 2013-2015 to help state and local health departments implement or sustain prevention and surveillance activities.
Description: The purpose of the program is to support the goals of the HHS Viral Hepatitis Action Plan by focusing on 1) addressing national viral hepatitis prevention and 2) surveillance priorities for increasing testing and access to care and treatment and strengthening surveillance to detect viral hepatitis transmission and disease. This program addresses the &#147;Healthy People 2020&#148; focus area(s) of Immunization and Infectious Diseases: &#149; IID-1.3 Reduce, eliminate, or maintain elimination of new hepatitis B cases among persons 2 to 18 years;&#149; IID-15 Increase hepatitis B vaccine coverage among high-risk populations;&#149; IID-25.1 Reduce hepatitis B infections in adults aged 19 and older;&#149; IID-25.2 Reduce hepatitis B infections among high risk populations &#150; injection drug users;&#149;IID-25.3 Reduce hepatitis B infections among high risk populations &#150; men who have sex with men;&#149;IID-26 Reduce new hepatitis C infections; and, &#149;IID-27 Increase the percentage of persons aware they have hepatitis C infection (http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.aspx?topicid=23). &#149;IID-28 Reduce tuberculosis (TB)
GrantorContactEmailDescription: pgotim@cdc.gov
GrantorContactText: CDC  &lt;br/&gt;Procurement and Grants Office  (PGO)Phone 770-488-2700