[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 51 (Thursday, March 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13032-13033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5287]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Cooperative Agreement With the Kenya Medical Research Institute 
(KEMRI); 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:
    1. To conduct field and laboratory research and implement public 
health programs on important human infectious diseases, with an 
emphasis on HIV/AIDS, malaria, emerging and other emerging and re-
emerging infectious diseases as well as other identifiable public 
health problems.
    2. To provide training for students and public health professionals 
in basic and applied public health research, public health program 
planning, implementation and evaluation and other related issues such 
as data collection, financial planning and management.
    3. To strengthen the Kenya Medical Research Institute KEMRI) 
institutional capacity to conduct research, plan, implement and 
evaluate public health programs, provide surveillance, and develop 
interventions as well as support national and regional infectious 
disease identification and control efforts.
    4. To incorporate the results of research into operational disease 
prevention and control programs in the Republic of Kenya and ensure 
sharing of expertise and research findings with other nations.
    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program 
is 93.283.

B. Eligible Applicant

    Assistance will be provided only to KEMRI. No other applications 
are solicited. KEMRI is the most appropriate and qualified agency to 
conduct the activities specified under this cooperative agreement 
because:
    1. KEMRI is the only research organization in Kenya that possesses 
the requisite scientific and technical expertise, the infrastructure 
capacity and who has conducted malaria and

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HIV research in areas of high morbidity (20 years for malaria and 10 
years for HIV/AIDS). These combined attributes make them uniquely 
qualified as the only organization in Kenya capable of effectively 
conducting the research and public health program activities proposed 
for this cooperative agreement.
    2. A major operational unit of KEMRI is located in an area of 
western Kenya with intense and perennial malaria transmission and where 
incidence and prevalence is very high, and thus is ideally located to 
evaluate approaches to preventing and controlling these public health 
problems.
    3. KEMRI was established through the Science and Technology Act of 
the Republic of Kenya and has a Board of Management appointed by the 
Minister of Health which is responsible for overseeing all research and 
which has a well-developed secretariat to provide administrative and 
technical support to research services.
    4. KEMRI has been collaborating with health agencies on priority 
infectious disease research for over 20 years on the grounds of KEMRI 
facilities in Nairobi, Kisumu and other locations in Kenya. KEMRI has 
experienced staff, equipment, and facilities to support the 
collaboration.

C. Funding

    Approximately $5,000,000 is available in FY 2005 to fund this 
award. It is expected that the award will begin on or before August 15, 
2005, 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 program issues, contact: Ron Stoddard, Division of Parasitic 
Diseases, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341. Telephone: (770) 488-
7707. E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: March 11, 2005.
William P. Nichols,
Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-5287 Filed 3-16-05; 8:45 am]
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