Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Grant CDC-RFA-GH11-11105

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	Federal Grant Title:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Grant CDC-RFA-GH11-11105
	CFDA Number:	93.283
	CFDA Description:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention_Investigations and Technical Assistance
	Federal Agency Name:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
	Category of Funding Activity:	Health
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	CDC-RFA-GH11-11105
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Mar 01, 2011
	Creation Date:	Apr 22, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 16, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	May 16, 2011
	Archive Date:	Jun 15, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	25,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Assistance will be provided only to Direction Nationale de lEau Potable et de lAssainissement (DINEPA). No other applications are solicited.
Grant Description: The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to address the following public health practice goals in Haiti, focusing on the importance of WASH activities in all priority areas:1. To strengthen the DINEPA institutional capability to plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based public health actions and WASH programs2. To conduct surveillance and expand on health information systems, such as mapping of water source vulnerabilities where improvements can be made on the information collected so that results can be used in turn to develop strategies to identify suitable interventions 3. Support epidemiological research so that results can inform national and regional disease prevention and control efforts; 4. To develop high quality laboratory systems and diagnostic capacity specifically to expand water quality monitoring throughout Haiti and initiate a drinking water quality monitoring program,; 5. To implement evidence-based public health programs on infectious diseases that are water- and vector-borne with an emphasis on Malaria, Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, including Cholera, Neglected Tropical Diseases, and other infectious diseases with pandemic potential as well as Environmental health programs, non-communicable diseases,; Maternal and Child Health Services; ; and Emergency Preparedness and Response; ; ;6. To build capacity by provide training opportunities for public health professionals, including laboratorians and technicians, DINEPA staff, university and graduate level students and other program implementers in public health, WASH, assessment and surveillance, evidence-based program planning, program implementation, program evaluation, data collection and analysis. Staff will be trained in an effort to provide skilled workers in both urban and rural areas. Select personnel will also receive financial and administrative management training;7. To conduct monitoring and evaluation of these programs and incorporate the results of program evaluations into operational disease prevention and control programs, ensure the sharing of expertise and lessons learned nationally, regionally and internationally, and use the results to develop science-based health policies and guidelines.
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