This grant opportunity aims to establish a national specimen transportation network in Liberia to enhance the country’s ability to detect and respond to infectious diseases like Ebola. The project will connect hospitals, health care centers, and laboratories, ensuring efficient and timely transportation of specimens. By developing a formal network, Liberia can improve its capacity for disease surveillance, contribute to achieving zero cases of EVD, and strengthen its public health infrastructure for future outbreaks. Applications are due by May 23, 2015.
Opportunity ID: 276056
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | CDC-RFA-GH15-1631 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Strengthening the Diagnostic Transport Network in Liberia |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Health |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 93.318 — Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Securit |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 23, 2015 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 23, 2015 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the listed application due date. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 23, 2015 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the listed application due date. |
| Archive Date: | Jun 20, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $2,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $2,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Riders for Health The Drummonds, Spring Hill Pitsford, Northampton, NN6 9AA |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Description: | Liberia is one of the three West African countries most heavily impacted by the 2014 West Africa Ebola Virus outbreak. During the onset of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Liberia, many hospitals, public health laboratories and health clinics closed imperiling the health of the Liberian population. While international NGOs, organizations and governments have arrived to help fill the gaps in the immediate need for laboratory testing and EVD treatment and care, there is only an informal link between the laboratories and locations where specimens are taken. Currently no formal specimen transport network exists in Liberia. Instead, an informal network of NGOs is providing transport for specimens requiring EVD testing to laboratories. This often leads to inefficiencies and pulls organizations away from their formal commitment to identifying and caring for EVD patients. Also, a small number of NGOs are also collecting and transporting swabs from dead bodies to laboratories as part of a temporary active surveillance network for EVD. As work continues to get to zero cases of EVD, the need for a more formal sample transport network is critical. This project will support the development and implementation of a national specimen transportation network in Liberia. The network will link hospitals, active surveillance for EVD efforts and health care centers across the country to the nearest laboratory with the capabilities to test for Ebola and/or other relevant common diseases. This national specimen transportation network will ensure the rapid delivery of specimens in a manner designed to preserve specimen integrity to laboratories. This capacity is necessary in order for Liberia to get to and maintain zero cases of EVD, increase Liberia’s ability to rapidly detect future outbreaks and will be a vital component of the public health infrastructure necessary for future national disease surveillance programs. |
| Link to Additional Information: | |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Brian Wheeler
BIW8@cdc.gov Email:BIW8@cdc.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 276056 Full Announcement-1 -> cdc-rfa-gh15-1631.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Brian Wheeler BIW8@cdc.gov Email: BIW8@cdc.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.318 | CDC-RFA-GH15-1631 | Strengthening the Diagnostic Transport Network in Liberia | PKG00216390 | Apr 23, 2015 | May 23, 2015 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
276056 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
276056 SF424A-1.0.pdf
276056 HHS_CheckList_2_1-2.1.pdf
276056 Project-1.1.pdf
276056 Budget-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
276056 Other-1.1.pdf
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