[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4822-4824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2070]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Program Announcement 00021]


Cooperative Agreement to the Pan American Health Organization 
(PAHO) to Initiate the Post Hurricane Reconstruction of the Public 
Healthcare System in Central America and the Carribean; Notice of 
Availability of Funds

A. Purpose

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announces the 
availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 for a cooperative 
agreement with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The purpose 
of this program is to provide support for coordination of 
organizational planning, networking of laboratory support services, and 
assistance to Ministries of Health for developing programs to prevent 
and control priority infectious diseases for the initiative to 
reconstruct sustainable health services in the sub-region affected by 
Hurricanes Georges and Mitch in September and October 1998, (including 
Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Haiti 
and Costa Rica).
    This program addresses the Healthy People 2000 priority areas of

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Educational and Community-Based Programs.

B. Eligible Applicant

    Assistance will be provided only to the Pan American Health 
Organization for this project. No other applications are solicited. 
PAHO is the most appropriate and qualified agency to conduct the 
activities under this cooperative agreement because of its longstanding 
relationships with Ministries of Health in the sub-region. 
Additionally:
    1. PAHO has the lead responsibility among the United Nations 
organizations for implementing activities in the sub-region. PAHO is 
the only organization with a regional mandate for the control and 
prevention of diseases.
    2. The proposed program is strongly supportive of and directly 
related to the achievement of PAHO and CDC/Hurricane Reconstruction 
Project's objectives for the sustainable capacity for assessment of 
health status and the early detection and re-establishment of the 
effective response to outbreaks and changes in disease patterns.

    Note:  Public Law 104-65 states that an organization described 
in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that 
engages in lobbying activities is not eligible to receive Federal 
funds constituting an award, grant, cooperative agreement, contract, 
loan, or any other form.

C. Availability of Funds

    Approximately $1,000,000 is available in FY 2000 to support this 
cooperative agreement. It is expected the award will begin on April 1, 
2000, for a 12-month budget period within a 2-year project period. The 
funding estimate is subject to change. Continuation award within the 
project period will be made on the basis of satisfactory progress and 
availability of funds.

D. Program Requirements

    In conducting activities to achieve the purpose of this program, 
the recipient will be responsible for the activities under 1. 
(Recipient Activities) and CDC will be responsible for the activities 
listed under 2. (CDC Activities).

1. Recipient Activities

    (a) Coordinate disease control and prevention strategy development 
including analysis and dissemination of health information, sponsorship 
of meetings for any two or more countries and multi-country strategies 
and periodic technical meetings.
    (b) Coordinate the planning for a regional laboratory network and 
develop reference centers and provide quality assurance and quality 
control training and manuals for involved countries.
    (c) Provide assistance to Ministries of Health for developing 
programs to prevent and control priority infectious diseases. Examples 
of activities include urban malaria control, monitoring drug 
resistance, and the promotion of community based prevention strategies. 
Community participation and social mobilization for dengue control and/
or water and sanitation.
    (d) Coordinate with the Training Programs in Epidemiology and 
Public Health Interventions Network (TEPHINET) and others. Coordinate 
their activities with those of other partners working in the area. 
These include TEPHINET and United States Agency for International 
Development (USAID).

2. CDC Activities

    (a) Overall program coordination between partners: PAHO, TEPHINET, 
and other collaborating agencies.
    (b) Provide assistance to PAHO for communications and surveillance 
strategies.

E. Application Content

    Use the information in the Program requirements, Other 
Requirements, and Evaluation Criteria sections to develop the 
application content. The applicant must provide long-term (two years) 
and short-term (one year) objectives, a narrative plan that indicates 
how these objectives will be met, a budget and budget justification 
consistent with the proposed activities, and any other information that 
supports the request for assistance. The application will be evaluated 
on the criteria listed, so it is important to follow them in laying out 
the program plan. The narrative should be no more than 25 double-spaced 
pages, printed on one side, with one-inch margins, and unreduced font.

F. Submission and Deadline

    Submit the original and two copies of PHS 5161-1 (OMB Number 0937-
0189). Forms are available at the following Internet address: 
www.cdc.gov/ . . . Forms, or in the application kit. On or before March 
10, 2000 submit the application to the Grants Management Specialist 
identified in the ``Where to Obtain Additional Information'' section of 
this announcement.
    The application shall be considered as meeting the deadline if it 
is either:
    1. Received on or before the deadline date; or
    2. Send on or before the deadline date and received in time for 
submission to the Review Panel. The applicant must request a legibly 
dated U.S. Postal Service postmark or obtain a legibly dated receipt 
from a commercial carrier or U.S. Postal Service. Private metered 
postmark shall not be acceptable as proof of timely mailing.

G. Evaluation Criteria

    The application will be evaluated against the following criteria by 
an independent review group appointed by CDC.
    1. Background and Need (25 points): The extent to which the 
applicant presents data justifying the need for the program in terms of 
the magnitude of damage attributable to Hurricanes Georges and Mitch. 
The extend to which a description of current and previous related 
experiences demonstrates a capacity to facilitate communications 
between countries in the project region.
    2. Goals and Objectives (40 points):
    The extent to which the goals and objectives relate to the overall 
purpose of the Post-Hurricane Reconstruction Program, are specific, 
time-phases, measurable and feasible.
    3. Methods (35 points): The extent to which the applicant provides 
a detailed description of proposed activities which are likely to 
achieve each objective and overall program goals and which includes 
designation of responsibility for each action undertaken. The extent to 
which the applicant provides a reasonable and complete schedule for 
implementing all activities. The extent to which position description, 
CV's and lines of command are appropriate to accomplishment of program 
goals and objectives and to which concurrence with the applicant's by 
all other involved parties is specific and documented.
    4. Budget and Justification (not scored): The extent to which the 
budget request is clearly justified and consistent with the intended 
use of funds.

H. Other Requirements

Technical Reporting Requirements

    Provide CDC with original plus two copies of:
    1. Quarterly Progress Reports, no more than 30 days after the end 
of the period;
    2. Financial status report, no more than 30 days after the end of 
the budget period; and
    3. Final financial status report and performance report, no more 
than 90 days after the end of the project period.
    4. Conference Reports.
    Send all reports to the Grants Management Specialist identified in 
the ``Where to Obtain Additional Information'' section of this 
announcement.
    The following additional requirements are applicable to this

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program. For a complete description of each, see Attachment 1 in the 
application kit.

AR-11--Healthy People 2000
AR-12--Lobbying Restrictions
AR-20--Conference Support

I. Authority and Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number

    This program is authorized under Sections 301 and 307 of the Public 
Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. section 241 and 242l, and section 104 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 22 U.S.C. 2151b. The Catalog of 
Federal Domestic Assistance Number is 93.185.

J. Where to Obtain Additional Information

    If you have questions after reviewing the contents of all the 
documents, business management technical assistance may be obtained 
from: Van Malone, Grants Management Specialist, Grants Management 
Branch, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, Room 3000, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341-4146, 
Telephone number: 770-488-2733, Email address: [email protected].
    For program technical assistance, contact: Guillermo Herrera, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemiology Program 
Office, Division of International Health, 4770 Buford Highway, MS K 72, 
Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone number: 770-488-8322, E-mail [email protected].
    For this and other open program announcement, see the CDC home page 
on the Internet: http://www.cdc.gov.

    Dated: January 26, 2000.
John L. Williams,
Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).
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