[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 126 (Thursday, July 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 39942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14937]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Program Announcement 04200]


Expansion of Activities Supporting Capacity Building, 
Coordination, Networking, and Information Exchange Among Non-
Governmental AIDS Service Organizations in the Republic of Zimbabwe; 
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 to improve and expand capacity building, coordination, 
networking, and information exchange activities between and among non-
governmental AIDS Service Organizations (ASOs) in Zimbabwe. The Catalog 
of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program is 93.941.

B. Eligible Applicant

    Assistance will be provided only to the Zimbabwe AIDS Network 
(ZAN). No other applications are solicited.
    ZAN is an indigenous non-governmental organization (NGO) that has 
focused on prevention and care of HIV/AIDS since its inception in the 
early 1990s. ZAN's inception was the result of a number of HIV/AIDS 
organizations coming together through the realization that they needed 
a network to gather and share information and resources and a point of 
focus for information dissemination and advocacy at the highest levels 
of society. ZAN currently has over 260 members. In addition to non-
governmental organizations and ASOs, ZAN's membership includes 
organizations from the industrial private sector, commercial sector, 
farming communities, and churches.
    ZAN is unique because of its organizational mandate to serve as the 
single national HIV/AIDS NGO networking organization. No other agency 
exists within Zimbabwe to serve this purpose.
    Zimbabwe is among the countries most affected by HIV/AIDS in the 
world. HIV prevalence is estimated to be approximately 25 percent. 
There has been a ten-fold increase in the number of TB cases, and up to 
35 percent of the children may be orphaned due to AIDS by the end of 
this decade. At the same time, the public health response to the 
epidemic in Zimbabwe is inadequate due in part to insufficient manpower 
in the Zimbabwe public health system and lack of sufficient expertise 
in HIV/AIDS. Now more than ever, organizations involved in HIV/AIDS 
work are in need of a national networking organization like ZAN that 
will provide expanded services in capacity building, coordination, 
networking, and information exchange.

C. Funding

    Approximately $200,000 is available in FY 2004 to fund this award. 
It is expected that the award will begin on or before September 1, 
2004, and will be made for a 12-month budget period within a project 
period of up to three 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 program technical assistance, contact: Dr. Shannon Hader, MD, 
Director, CDC Zimbabwe, 38 Samora Machel Avenue, Second Floor, Harare, 
Zimbabwe, Telephone: (263) 4-796040, E-mail: [email protected].
    For financial, grants management, or budget assistance, contact: 
Ms. Shirley Wynn, Grants Management Specialist, CDC Procurement and 
Grants Office, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: 770-
488-1515, E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: June 25, 2004.
Alan Kotch,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-14937 Filed 6-30-04; 8:45 am]
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