[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 7 (Monday, January 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 1747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-532]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Program Announcement 04077]


Rapid Strengthening of Blood Transfusion Services in Selected 
Countries in Africa and the Caribbean for the Ministries of Health and 
National Transfusion Services; Notice of Availability of Funds; 
Amendment

    A notice announcing the availability of fiscal year (FY) 2004 funds 
for cooperative agreements for Rapid Strengthening of Blood Transfusion 
Services in Selected Countries in Africa and the Caribbean for the 
Ministries of Health and National Transfusion Services Under the 
President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief was published in the Federal 
Register December 1, 2003, Volume 68, Number 230, pages 67177-67180. 
The notice is amended as follows:
    Page 67178, first column, section ``III.1. Eligible Applicants'', 
delete the text in this section, and replace with, ``Applications may 
be submitted by the National Blood Transfusion Service or Agency in the 
14 targeted countries: Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Haiti, 
Guyana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, 
Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. If there is no National Blood Transfusion 
Service or Agency, the Ministry of Health may submit the application 
directly on behalf of it's hospitals and operating units. Organizations 
that can provide support to official National Blood Transfusion 
Services or Agencies are guided to Program Announcement 04078, intended 
to provide resources to such assisting organizations.''

    Dated: January 6, 2004.
Edward Schultz,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-532 Filed 1-9-04; 8:45 am]
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