OpportunityTitle: Strengthening a Regional Public Health Surveillance, Capacity and Laboratory Network for Central America with the Secretaria General del Sistema de la Integracion Centroamericana (SG-SICA) / Consejo de Ministros de Salud de Centroamerica (COMISCA)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Assistance will be provided only to the Secretar&amp;iacute;a General del Sistema de la Integraci&amp;oacute;n Centroamericana (SG-SICA) / Consejo de Ministros de Salud de Centroam&amp;eacute;rica (COMISCA). No other applications are solicited. Secretar&amp;iacute;a General del Sistema de la Integraci&amp;oacute;n Centroamericana (SG-SICA) / Consejo de Ministros de Salud de Centroam&amp;eacute;rica (COMISCA)Rolando Hernando ArquetaCCD/icddrbBlvd. Orden de Malta; Edificio Eben Ezer 4 NivelUrb. Santa Elena, Antiquo Cuscatlan, El Salvador
Description: This project will: 1. Enhance and strengthen ongoing regional cooperation related to the creation of a shared surveillance information platform. 2. Contribute to efficiencies the small Central American countries are seeking to improve laboratory capacity by creating networks of reference laboratories. 3. Develop and implement regional guidelines for biosafety, as well as other guidelines that are appropriately developed regionally. It will strengthen the network of epidemiologists and regional epidemiological training. 4. Strengthen regional communication and the capacity of the countries of the region to respond in a coordinated manner to epidemiological and public health threats. This program addresses the issues of Health Communication; Immunization and Infectious Diseases; Public Health Infrastructure; Respiratory Diseases; and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and is in alignment with HHS/CDC performance goal(s) to protect Americans from infectious diseases by providing global health promotion, health protection and health diplomacy. Measurable outcomes of the program will be in alignment with one (or more) of the following performance goal(s) the Center for Global Health&#8217;s priority areas identified in &quot;Protecting the Nation&#8217;s Health in an Era of Globalization: CDC&#8217;s Global Strategy for Addressing Infectious Diseases&quot;. Priority areas for this cooperative agreement include: 1) implementation of proven disease prevention and control interventions, 2) application of proven public health tools, 3) identification of potential global initiatives for disease control and, 4)public health training and capacity building.
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GrantorContactText: Bernard Benecke&lt;br/&gt;bxb4@cdc.gov&lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted on www.grants.gov no later than 11:59 p.m., US Eastern Standard Time, on the listed application due date.