[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 141 (Friday, July 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44008-44009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16809]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Program Announcement 04283]


Partnering With Schools of Public Health to Enhance Public Health 
Capacity for HIV Prevention and Care Activities in Vietnam; 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 provide technical and capacity building assistance for HIV 
prevention and care in Vietnam. This program should involve training 
and other capacity building that specifically facilitates the 
implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation of HIV prevention 
and care activities, using locally appropriate approaches, and should 
operate in close collaboration with the CDC Global AIDS Program (GAP) 
Vietnam Office and its collaborators in Vietnam (e.g., Vietnam Ministry 
of Health). The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this 
program is 93.941.

B. Eligible Applicant

    Assistance will be provided only to the Hanoi School of Public 
Health (HSPH).
    The award specifically aims to use existing capacity through 
Schools of Public Health to aid in providing Vietnam governmental 
agencies additional capacity/training in public health management, 
information-technology, monitoring and evaluation, and other 
surveillance activities. Currently, the HSPH is the single school of 
public health in Vietnam and thus the only appropriate and qualified 
organization to conduct this specific set of activities supportive of 
the CDC/GAP. In addition,
    (1) The HSPH is uniquely positioned, in terms of legal authority 
and credibility among Vietnamese health institutions, to provide 
technical and capacity building assistance in the areas of public 
health informatics and sustainable management development for public 
health programs.
    (2) The HSPH already has established mechanisms to access public 
health informatics and sustainable management development information, 
enabling it to immediately become engaged in the activities listed in 
this announcement.
    (3) The purpose of this announcement is to build upon the existing 
framework of health information and activities that the HSPH itself has 
collected or initiated.
    (4) The HSPH is organizationally within the MOH and can effectively 
coordinate and implement HIV prevention and care activities supported 
by MOH and its other agencies. Although other Vietnam government 
ministries are involved in HIV prevention and care, currently most 
activities occur out of MOH.

Cost Sharing or Matching

    Matching funds are not required for this program.

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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 5 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: S. Patrick 
Chong, Deputy Director, Global AIDS Program [GAP], Vietnam, National 
Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention [CDC], US Embassy Hanoi, 7 Lang Ha, Hanoi, Vietnam. 
Telephone: +84 (4) 831-4580, ext. 215. E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: July 16, 2004.
William P. Nichols,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-16809 Filed 7-22-04; 8:45 am]
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