Protecting and Improving Public Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity, and Security

The summary for the Protecting and Improving Public Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity, and Security grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Centers for Disease Control CGH, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Protecting and Improving Public Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity, and Security: The purpose of this program supports the achievement of the Global Health Security Agenda 12 targets that focus on protecting and improving health globally through Ministries of Health. Its purpose is to support immediate response efforts for the current Ebola outbreak, other infectious disease outbreaks or health threats, and Public Health Emergencies of International Concern (PHEICs). It is intended to build capacities to prevent, detect, respond to, and control infectious disease outbreaks, strengthen border security, and mitigate PHEICs and other health threats. (http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/security/cdc.htm). The purpose of this NOFO is to provide supplemental funding to organizations previously awarded through this NOFO. Only current active awardees are able to apply for additional funding. Funding should be used to augment current activities. Funds must be expended before the end of the current budget period. Funding for this award is subject to change based on CDC budgets, priorities and emerging public health issues and outbreaks. Technical areas and activities approved for funding will be based on USG GHSA priorities. Projects may be funded out of rank order due to USG GHSA priorities and to avoid duplication of GHSA activities in other CDC funding mechanisms. Awardees must clearly state the country or countries requested for funding. Awardees may apply to expand efforts under all strategies and activities within the scope of this NOFO, however, special consideration will be given to applicants for the following countries and activities listed.