[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11677-11678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4552]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Comparisons of Community with Facility Management of Malaria and 
Pneumonia in Rural Tanzania; 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) 2005 funds for a cooperative agreement 
program to establish the effectiveness of combination antimalarial 
therapy policies within the context of intense malaria transmission and 
to develop an evidence-based comparison between two approaches to 
managing febrile illness in rural sub-Sahara Africa. Specifically, the 
two approaches of interest are an enhanced facility-based management 
approach and a community- or household-based approach. The aim is to 
generate detailed data enabling international public health 
organizations to make recommendations to national governments based on 
quality scientific evidence. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 
number for this program is 93.283.

B. Eligible Applicant

    Assistance will be provided only to the Ifakara Health Research and 
Development Centre, Ifakara, Tanzania. No other applications are 
solicited.
    The Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre (IHRDC) is the 
only institution located in Tanzania that possesses the requisite 
scientific and technical expertise, the infrastructure capacity and 
experience in conducting the described research topics and which has 
collaborative relationships with the Ministry of Health to ensure that 
all aspects of this agreement can be fulfilled. Because of its work in 
malaria for more than 15 years, the IHDRC is an internationally 
respected research institution.
    Investigators at IHDRC have a detailed understanding of the 
epidemiologic patterns and geographic distribution of malaria infection 
and transmission in their area, are actively engaged in using state-of-
the-art techniques for evaluating antimicrobial drug resistance, and 
have needed and proven expertise in socio-behavioral and economic 
research related to febrile illness. In addition, the IHDRC has the 
following required experience and capabilities:
     Maintains a DSS covering over 100,000 individuals, 
allowing for measurement of public health impact of malaria treatment 
policies.
     Proven experience in carrying out large-scale community-
based public health interventions, to conduct malaria research, and to 
correctly diagnose drug resistant malaria infections in its 
laboratories and field activities.
     Located in an area of very intense malaria transmission in 
a country that is has adopted a national malaria treatment policy of 
ACT while remaining actively engaged in investigating future treatment 
options.
     Maintains a close relationship with the National Malaria 
Control Program of the Ministry of Health and as well as close 
relationship with other relevant research and public health entities in 
the country and region.
     Actively engaged in research activities that are directly 
related to the objectives of this RFA with proven experience and 
capacity.

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 September 
1, 2005, 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.

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    For technical questions about this program, contact: Dr. Trudy 
Messmer, Scientific Review Administrator, 1600 Clifton Rd, MS C-19, 
Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone: 404-639-3770, e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: March 3, 2005.
William P. Nichols,
Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-4552 Filed 3-8-05; 8:45 am]
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