[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 130 (Tuesday, July 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40667-40668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17160]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Program Announcement 03159]


Cooperative Agreement To Strengthen, Monitor, and Evaluate 
Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response in Africa; Notice of 
Intent To Fund Single Eligibility Award

A. Purpose

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the 
intent

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to fund fiscal year (FY) 2003 funds for a cooperative agreement to 
improve country-level capacity for prompt detection and response to 
priority communicable diseases in the priority countries of Mozambique, 
Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, and Mali. The Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance number for this program is 93.283.

B. Eligible Applicant

    Assistance will be provided only to Communicable Disease 
Surveillance and Response, African Regional Office of the World Health 
Organization (CSR, WHO-AFRO). No other applications are solicited.
    CSR, WHO-AFRO is the most appropriate and qualified organization to 
conduct the activities specified under this cooperative agreement 
because it is the sole organization with legal authority to provide 
guidance, monitoring and evaluation on IDSR to the member states in the 
African region and with the internal administrative capacity to provide 
funds to the WHO country offices and ministries of health for country-
level activities.

C. Funding

    Approximately $240,000 is available in FY 2003 to fund this award. 
It is expected that the award will begin on or before September 1, 
2003, and will be made for a 12-month budget period within a project 
period of one year. Funding estimates may change.

D. Where To Obtain Additional Information

    For general comments or questions about this announcement, contact:
    Technical Information Management, CDC Procurement and Grants 
Office, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341-4146. Telephone: 770-
488-2700.
    For technical questions about this program, contact: Ms. Helen 
Perry or Dr. Montse Soriano-Gabarro, Meningitis and Special Pathogens 
Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for 
Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 
Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333. Telephone number (404) 639-0706 or 
(404) 639-4062; email address [email protected] or [email protected].

    Dated: July 1, 2003.
Sandra R. Manning,
Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-17160 Filed 7-7-03; 8:45 am]
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