DHHS/CDC: Tanzania Global Health Security Partner Engagement

Deadline: 27 April 2020

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) entitled “Tanzania Global Health Security Partner Engagement: Advancing Efforts and Strategies to Protect and Improve Public Health.

The purpose of this NOFO is to support the implementation of programs and activities that focus on protecting and improving health globally and further implementing Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) through partnership with the Tanzania Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MOHCDGEC).

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) seeks to continue working collaboratively with partners and other United States Government (USG) agencies to achieve specific goals in three main strategic areas: prevent avoidable epidemics; detect threats early; and respond rapidly and effectively to potential events of concern for public health and health security.

CDC, through this NOFO, will leverage and complement the MOHCDGEC resources in the following activities: promote national initiatives and frameworks that support International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) core capacities: detect and reduce biothreats; improve sharing of best practices; use of relevant tools to promote health security; strengthen accountability and transparency of data sharing; and participate in regional and international health security initiatives.

Outcomes

This NOFO’s main outcomes are to:

Improve prevention of avoidable epidemics including naturally occurring outbreaks and intentional or accidental releases of dangerous pathogens
Improve ability to rapidly detect threats early, including detecting, characterizing, and reporting emerging biological threats
Improve interconnected global network that can respond rapidly and effectively to biological threats of international concern

Components

Core Global Health Security Priorities
Rapid Response to small scale infectious disease outbreaks or other Public Health Emergencies
Rapid Response to Large Scale Infectious Disease Outbreaks or other Public Health Emergencies

Funding Information

Estimated Total Program Funding: $12,500,000
Average One Year Award Amount: $500,000
Total Period of Performance Length: 5
Estimated Award Date: 09/30/2020
Approximate Number of Awards: 5
Budget Period Length: 12 month(s)

Eligibility Criteria

State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Independent school districts
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Small businesses
Others