Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Grants

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC s Procurement and Grants Office has published a program announcement entitled, Rapid Strengthening and Expansion of Integrated Social Services for People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in the Republic of Mozambique under the President s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Approximately $100,000 will be available to fund approximately one award. The purpose of the program is to progressively build an indigenous, sustainable response to the national HIV epidemic through the rapid expansion of innovative, culturally appropriate, high-quality HIV/AIDS prevention and care interventions, and improved linkages to HIV counseling and testing and HIV treatment services targeting rural and other underserved populations. For complete program details, please see the full announcement. The estimated funding date is prior to September 30, 2009.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The purpose of the program is to support innovative partnerships and collaborations that advance public health surveillance. This program aims to improve data access and quality in order to accelerate effective public health decision-making and program planning. In addition this program will foster collaboration among various stakeholders, including, non-profits, states, territories and tribes, it will focus on leveraging investments in advancing the use of healthcare information resources for public health applications, as well as advance broader uses of health and risk factor data. This will result in more robust surveillance solutions that solve common problems, are easily transferable across states, and advance current CDC and HHS priorities.