OpportunityTitle: Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) for Infectious Diseases: Program Components
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: &#239;&#191;&#189;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 Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau).  &#239;&#191;&#189;Official public health agencies of city governments with jurisdictional populations greater than 1,500,000 or county governments with jurisdictional populations greater than 8,000,000 (based on 2010 Census data).  This includes only the following:   Chicago IL, Houston TX, Los Angeles County CA, New York City NY, and Philadelphia PA
Description: The overall purpose of the ELC program is to assist state public health agencies improve surveillance for, and response to, infectious diseases and other public health threats by 1. strengthening epidemiologic capacity; 2. enhancing laboratory capacity; 3. improving information systems; 4. developing and implementing prevention and control strategies and 5. enhancing collaboration among epidemiology, laboratory, and information systems components of public health departments.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: General Submission Inquiries
GrantorContactText: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) &lt;br/&gt;Procurement and Grants Office (PGO) &lt;br/&gt;Technical Information and Management Section (TIMS) &lt;br/&gt;Phone 770-488-2700
CloseDateExplanation: Not a solicatation for applications.