OpportunityTitle: Capacity building for ecological surveillance of viral hemorrhagic fevers in Sierra Leone
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligibility Category: Others (see text field entitled &quot;Additional Information on Eligibility&quot; for clarification)Additional Eligibility Category:2. Additional Information on EligibilityThe 2014 West Africa Ebola virus outbreak that overwhelmed Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia&#8217;s health systems is believed to have started from a single animal-to-human spillover event in the forest that links southeastern Guinea, eastern Sierra Leone and western Liberia. CDC is seeking a unique partner that is a public governmental institution of Sierra Leone (SL) that has:established programs in wildlife management including programs to train new scientists on wildlife management expert knowledge of forested areas in Sierra Leone scientific expertise in animal sample collection and processingexpertise in molecular laboratory methods for EVDsustainable access to critical field sites in forested areas where the Ebola outbreak of 2014-2015 is believed to have started, including existing linked to and/or buy-in from the communities surrounding these sites existing track-record managing a collaborative agreement experience with a U.S government agency miliarity operating in Sierra Leone as it relates to local laws and traditions, and government entities
Description: Detection and monitoring the burden of infections for high consequence pathogens in animal reservoirs represent a critical step to mitigate and control outbreaks. These activities require a well-developed in-country capacity to perform collection of appropriate samples, detection and differential diagnostic using established laboratory methods for VHF, and curation of samples in a sustainable and secure manner. ThisFOA supports the establishment of such ecological surveillance program in forest-dwelling animals topromote yearly monitoring of the burden of infections in these animals.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: ogstims@cdc.gov
GrantorContactText: Office of Grant Services (OGS) &lt;br/&gt;Technical Information Management Section (TIMS) &lt;br/&gt;E-mail:  ogstims@cdc.gov &lt;br/&gt;Phone: 770-488-2700 &lt;br/&gt;