[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 159 (Thursday, August 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 48560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16361]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Request for Application (RFA) AA220]


Partnering With the National Institute of Hygiene and 
Epidemiology To Enhance Public Health Capacity for HIV Prevention and 
Care Activities in the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, as Part of the 
President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief; 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 provide improved HIV prevention, care, and treatment in 
Vietnam through support and development of national laboratory systems, 
and implementation of surveillance and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) 
activities. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this 
program is 93.067.

B. Eligible Applicant

    Assistance will be provided only to the Vietnamese National 
Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE). No other applications are 
solicited.
    The award specifically aims to use existing capacity through NIHE 
to aid in providing Viet Nam with increased laboratory capability, 
including developing a national reference laboratory and quality-
assurance and quality-control systems (QA/QC); improving national 
surveillance and M&E through routine and special projects; and 
developing a national action plan, and other surveillance activities, 
as necessity dictates. Currently, the NIHE is the single institute in 
Viet Nam sanctioned by the Vietnamese Government to conduct laboratory 
activities, and, thus, the only appropriate and qualified organization 
to conduct this specific set of activities supportive of the 
President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
    In addition, NIHE is uniquely positioned in terms of legal 
authority and credibility among Vietnamese health institutions to 
provide national surveillance and laboratory leadership in the area of 
HIV/AIDS prevention and control. NIHE has already established 
mechanisms to provide national laboratory leadership, and national 
surveillance and M&E activities, which enables it to immediately become 
engaged in the activities listed in this announcement.
    NIHE is organizationally within the Vietnamese MOH, and can 
effectively coordinate and implement HIV prevention and care activities 
supported by the MOH and its other agencies. Although other Vietnamese 
Government Ministries are involved in HIV prevention and care, 
currently most activities occur through the MOH.

C. Funding

    Approximately $500,000 is available in FY 2005 to fund this award 
September 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 technical assistance, 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], U.S. Embassy Hanoi, 7 Lang Ha, Hanoi, Vietnam, Telephone: +84 
(4) 831-4580, ext. 215, E-mail: [email protected].
    For financial, grants management, or budget assistance, contact: 
Vivian Walker, Grants Management Specialist, CDC Procurement and Grants 
Office, 2920 Brandywine Road, Mail stop: E-14, Atlanta, GA 30341, 
Telephone: 770-488-2724, E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: August 11, 2005.
William P. Nichols,
Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-16361 Filed 8-17-05; 8:45 am]
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