[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7116-7117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3440]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the 
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of 
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated 
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as 
amended most recently at 67 FR 78474, dated 12/24/2002) as amended to 
reorganize the National Center for HIV, STD & TB Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    After the Surveillance Section (CK463), insert the following:
    Global AIDS Program (CK6). (1) Provides financial and technical 
assistance to nations heavily affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic; (2) 
provides U.S.-based (headquarters) and onsite (in-country) technical 
assistance and oversight for CDC financial assistance which is designed 
to (a) develops and implements programs on HIV/AIDS prevention and 
surveillance as well as medical care, support, and treatment for people 
living with HIV/AIDS and (b) strengths infrastructure to support 
prevention and care program through training, informatics, laboratory 
support, program evaluation, operational research, and other relevant 
activities; (3) serves as liaison to other divisions/offices within 
NCHSTP and other CIOs, USAID and other Federal agencies, UNAIDS, the 
World Health Organization (WHO), and other agencies of the United 
Nations involved in HIV/AIDS-related activities and programs; non-
governmental agencies working at the international level, and health 
agencies of other countries; (4) serves as the primary disseminator of 
information from CDC about the global HIV/AIDS epidemic through health 
communications materials, scientific publications, and presentations.
    Office of the Director (CK61). (1) Directs the activities of the 
Global AIDS Program (GAP); (2) provides leadership and guidance on 
policy development and interpretation, budget formulation, and program 
planning, development, management, operations, and evaluations; (3) 
provides GAP-wide administrative and management services including 
personnel, budgets, contracts, grants and cooperative agreements, 
interagency/reimbursable agreements, travel, facility management, and 
equipment in inventory and coordinates or ensures coordination with the 
appropriate NCHSTP or CDC staff offices; (4) develops and implements 
strategies and increases host government capacity to monitor and 
evaluate the process, impact, and outcome of GAP and other HIV 
prevention and care programs; (5) provides scientific and editorial 
review and clearance of manuscripts for publication, abstracts for 
presentation, protocols for Institutional Review Board (IRB) and human 
subjects review, and other scientific, programmatic, and informational 
materials; (6) responds to congressional and other official inquiries 
related to the GAP budget and financial assistance programs.
    HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Branch (CK62). (1) Provides technical 
assistance in developing comprehensive programs for the prevention, 
diagnosis, and treatment of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and other 
opportunistic infections; (2) provides assistance in the development of 
policy and programs for appropriate use of antiretroviral drugs; (3) 
designs and assists in implementing home- and community-based models 
for HIV/AIDS care; (4) develops and assesses operational research 
protocols to improve the effectiveness and implementation of GAP 
treatment and care technical strategies; (5) reviews and analyzes 
findings of GAP-sponsored and other operational research to guide GAP 
programs and policies; (6) provides technical support to GAP 
headquarters and country programs in developing laboratory, clinical, 
and administrative capacities to prevent and treat HIV and AIDS-related 
conditions; (7) monitors the quality and impact of care programs for 
persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families; (8) assists in 
monitoring the training of health care workers to provide care, 
support, and treatment; (9) assists in monitoring the impact of HIV/
AIDS of health care systems in GAP countries, including monitoring the 
clinical spectrum of disease, response to treatment, and emerging 
antiretroviral

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and antimicrobial resistance; (10) provides technical support in 
increasing access to an availability of home- and community-based care 
and access to antiretroviral, tuberculosis, and other drug programs 
that will extend life and enhance the quality of life for persons 
living with HIV/AIDS; (11) provides technical assistance to GAP country 
programs in recruiting safe blood (products) donors, quality testing 
blood bank management, appropriate use of blood and blood products, and 
prevention of severe anemia; (12) fosters the improvement of HIV 
prevention and counseling services through blood donor education, 
mobilization, and retention of safe blood donors.
    Country Program Support Branch (CK63). (1) Serves as the focal 
point for communications and program and administrative support for all 
country HIV prevention programs; (2) provides a link between GAP 
country programs and GAP headquarters in Atlanta and supports and 
assists GAP country program staff in communications with other GAP 
programs around the world; (3) provides logistical and administrative 
support to GAP country programs for implementing at least 17 technical 
strategies under HIV/STD/TB prevention, AIDS treatment and care, and 
infrastructure development relevant to specific country programs and 
plans; (4) assists in the development, disbursement, and oversight of 
country budgets; (5) arranges for international travel and all policy 
and administrative issues relevant to the overseas assignment of CDC 
staff and their families; (6) develops operational research protocols 
to evaluate novel approaches to implementing GAP technical strategies 
within each program; (7) procures and inventories materials and 
equipment needed to support country plans; (8) develops plans and 
provides financial, technical, and administrative assistance for 
developing, implementing, and evaluating in-country HIV programs.
    Surveillance and Infrastructure Development Branch (CK64). 
Develops, implements, and evaluates comprehensive systems for 
collecting, disseminating, and applying epidemiologic and hebavioral 
surveillance data to monitor trends in HIV, other sexually transmitted 
infections, and tuberculosis; (2) develops policies, systems, and 
programs and provides technical assistance to increase host government 
capacity to conduct quality laboratory testing for HIV, other sexually 
transmitted infections, and tuberculosis; (3) provides technical and 
other assistance to develop, maintain, and evaluate GAP and host 
government informatics systems; (4) develops, provides, and evaluates 
training activities in support of GAP technical strategies and assesses 
and improves the training capacity of host governments to support HIV 
prevention and care programs.
    HIV Prevention Branch (CK65). (1) Supports GAP field sites in their 
collaborations with national and international partners to implement, 
improve, expand, sustain, and maximize effectiveness of HIV prevention 
programs; (2) provides technical assistance to GAP country programs in 
the development, implementation, and evaluation of model behavior 
changes interventions and programs to reduce risk-behaviors and enhance 
health-seeking behaviors; (3) provides technical assistance to GAP 
country programs to strengthen, expand, and make accessible programs to 
prevent, diagnose, and treat sexually transmitted infections and to 
prevent HIV infection among persons seeking treatment of sexually 
transmitted infections; (4) provides technical assistance to GAP 
country programs to implement, expand, monitor, and evaluate programs 
to provide antenatal services, decrease mother-to-child HIV 
transmission, and improve care and support of infected mothers and 
children; (5) provides technical assistance to GAP country programs on 
tailoring HIV prevention programs to meet the special needs of youth 
and drug-using populations; (6) provides technical assistance to GAP 
country programs to develop, expand, and evaluate voluntary HIV 
counseling and testing programs; (7) provides technical assistance for 
the development of strategies to maximize the impact of HIV prevention 
programs in GAP countries through public-private partnerships, national 
program expansion, and community mobilization.

    Dated: February 2, 2003.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 03-3440 Filed 2-11-03; 8:45 am]
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