Identification, Surveillance and Control of Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases in Uganda

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	Federal Grant Title:	Identification, Surveillance and Control of Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases in Uganda
	CFDA Number:	Information not provided
	CFDA Description:	Information not provided
	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:	RFA-CK-08-004
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Mar 18, 2008
	Creation Date:	Apr 01, 2008
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 21, 2008
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	May 21, 2008
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$2,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$2,000,000
	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: Only the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in Entebbe, Uganda, is eligible to apply for this RFA for the following reasons: 1) UVRI has an acceptable, existing laboratory facility, located in Arua, Uganda, which is within study area for the plague and rodent-associated diseases and is near an international airport, which makes the transfer of samples easier; 2) UVRI has an acceptable, existing arbovirus laboratory facility in Entebbe, Uganda, which is within the arbovirus study area and near an international airport, which makes the transfer of samples easier; 3) UVRI is already equipped with the resources and infrastructure necessary for the scope of work required; which will eliminate start-up costs and save the U.S. taxpayer money, since insufficient funds are available to this project to construct new infrastructure; 4) the work of this project is an extension of previous HHS/CDC programs in Uganda, and this project will use previously generated databases currently under the administration of UVRI; and 5) UVRI has connections with other HHS institutions, particularly HHS/NIH, which should ease the transfer of lessons learned and data to programs engaged in the development and evaluation of drugs and other countermeasures against plague, conducted collaboratively with CDC.
Grant Description: This is an opportunity to investigate, characterize and control environmental aspects of human and animal plague in the Republic of Uganda with special emphasis placed on identifying human environmental risk factors, developing novel public-health interventions based on those risk factors, and implementing field trials and demonstration projects to evaluate the effectiveness of those interventions.
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