OpportunityTitle: Surveillance, intervention, and referral to services activities for infants with microcephaly or other adverse outcomes linked with the Zika virus
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: State, territory, and District of Columbia governments or their bona fide agent.
Description: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the availability of fiscal year (FY) 2016 funds to establish, enhance, and maintain rapid population-based surveillance of microcephaly and other adverse outcomes (especially central nervous system (CNS) defects) possibly linked to Zika virus infection during pregnancy using an active case-finding methodology; participate in centralized pooled clinical and surveillance data projects; ensure affected infants and families are referred to services; and assess health and developmental outcomes of these children. This aligns with the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) performance goal to &#8220;enhance birth defects surveillance, research, and prevention.&#8221; This announcement is for non-research activities supported by CDC, i.e., conduct rapid active population-based ascertainment of select major birth defects possibly linked to maternal Zika virus and to use the data for public health action through monitoring, prevention, and intervention.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Grants Policy
GrantorContactText: Bill Paradies&lt;br/&gt;wep2@cdc.gov&lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Applications are not being solicited and this announcement will be published for informational purposes only.