[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30921-30922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12223]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Program Announcement 04111]


World Health Organization (WHO): Addressing Emerging Infectious 
Diseases; Notice of Intent To Fund Single Eligibility Award

A. Purpose

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the 
intent to fund fiscal year (FY) 2004 funds for a cooperative agreement 
program for improving infectious disease surveillance, building public 
health infrastructure, detecting and responding to infectious disease 
outbreaks worldwide, and implementing improved infectious disease 
prevention and control strategies. The Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance number for this program is 93.283.

B. Eligible Applicant

    Assistance will be provided only to World Health Organization 
(WHO). WHO is the only international/intergovernmental agency qualified 
to conduct the activities under this cooperative agreement because:
    WHO is the lead technical agency for health within the United 
Nations with 192 member governments and is therefore the recognized 
authority for coordinating global and regional health efforts involving 
multiple countries and institutions.
    WHO has a robust global infrastructure that gives it direct access 
to and enables it to work with multiple national ministries of health 
and other critical health institutions through its headquarters in 
Geneva, Switzerland and six regional offices: Regional Office for 
Africa in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; Regional Office for Europe in 
Copenhagen, Denmark; Regional Office for South-East Asia in New Delhi, 
India; Regional Office for the Americas/Pan-American Health 
Organization in Washington DC, USA; Regional Office for the Eastern 
Mediterranean in Cairo, Egypt; and Regional Office for the Western 
Pacific in Manila, Philippines.
    WHO is the recognized pinnacle worldwide health organization to 
which national governments and regional health authorities look to for 
guidance and coordination of national, regional, and worldwide health 
programs. No other organization has the history, breadth of experience, 
existing worldwide infrastructure, and established relationship, 
stature, and authority among the world's national government health 
agencies that would allow it to successfully carry out activities under 
this cooperative agreement that require supervision, coordination, 
collaboration, and access to multiple governments and health 
organizations.

C. Funding

    Approximately $1,000,000 is available in FY 2004 to fund this 
award. It is expected that the award will begin on or before July 1, 
2004, and will be made for a 12-month budget period within a project 
period of up to five years. 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: Greg J. Jones, 
M.P.A., Project Officer, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, 
Mailstop C-

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12, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404) 639-4180, E-mail: 
[email protected].

    Dated: May 24, 2004.
William P. Nichols,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-12223 Filed 5-28-04; 8:45 am]
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