Strengthening Laboratory Infrastructure, Quality of Laboratory Services, and Strategic Information Capacity in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

The summary for the Strengthening Laboratory Infrastructure, Quality of Laboratory Services, and Strategic Information Capacity in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) 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 and Prevention, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Strengthening Laboratory Infrastructure, Quality of Laboratory Services, and Strategic Information Capacity in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR): The purpose of this program is to support strengthening of integrated public health laboratory systems, surveys and surveillance, and TB/HIV programs in Ethiopia. Strengthening quality assurance system at all tiers of the laboratory network with decentralization of external quality assessment (EQA), accreditation of laboratories, an integrated specimen referral system for specialized testing, capacity building of regional laboratories, implementation of a comprehensive equipment maintenance strategy, systematic expansion of laboratory information systems, and evaluation and implementation of better diagnostic technologies are important objectives articulated in the national laboratory master plan. The program will also focus on the development of laboratory capacity to detect multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) at national and regional levels.

Federal Grant Title:	Strengthening Laboratory Infrastructure, Quality of Laboratory Services, and Strategic Information Capacity in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Federal Agency Name:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Grant Categories:	Health
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	CDC-RFA-GH12-1219
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	93.067
CFDA Descriptions:	Global AIDS
Current Application Deadline:	Mar 27, 2012
Original Application Deadline:	Mar 27, 2012
Posted Date:	Jan 27, 2012
Creation Date:	Jan 27, 2012
Archive Date:	Apr 26, 2012
Total Program Funding:	$24,531,624
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$3,276,624
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$0
Expected Number of Awards:	1
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: This funding announcement is not a request for applications. This is a public notice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's intention to fund the described project activities without full and open competition.
Grant Announcement Contact: CDC Procurement and Grants Office (PGO) Technical Information Management Section (TIMS) Phone 770-488-2700

Technical Information Management Section (TIMS) [[email protected]]
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