[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 42 (Monday, March 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7393-7394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03846]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Renewal of Cooperative Agreement With the Institut Pasteur 
International Network

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response 
(ASPR), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 
Response (ASPR), in the Department of Health and Human Services intends 
to provide a Single Source Five Year Cooperative Agreement to Institut 
Pasteur International Network (IPIN) through the Pasteur Foundation. 
The Cooperative Agreement will support

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continue to guide and support public health capacities to prepare for, 
detect, and respond to potential public health emergencies caused by 
human influenza viruses, zoonotic diseases, and other emerging 
infectious diseases with pandemic potential in West and Central Africa, 
and Southeast Asia to support the health security of the United States. 
The total proposed cost of the Single Source Cooperative Agreement is 
not to exceed $5 million over the five-year life of the Cooperative 
Agreement.

DATES: 
    Project Period: The period of performance is from September 30, 
2019 to September 30, 2024.
    Award Amount: Estimate $5 million.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    Maria Marinissen--Maria .[email protected], (202) 205-4214.
    Robin Moudy_[email protected], 202-260-2105.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Preparedness and Response (ASPR), International Policy Branch is the 
program office for this Cooperative Agreement:
    Single Source Justification: Founded in 1887, Institut Pasteur, 
based in Paris, has an international research network with 33 
institutes globally committed to advancing science, medicine and public 
health, with especially unmatched reach in the Francophone world. This 
partnership between ASPR and IPIN gives ASPR access to information and 
the ability to build international partner capacity to prepare for, 
detect, and respond to potential public health emergencies caused by 
human influenza viruses, zoonotic diseases, and other emerging 
infectious diseases with pandemic potential in West and Central Africa, 
and Southeast Asia that could have an severe impact on the health 
security of the United States and its citizens.
    The focus will be on countries in West and Central Africa, 
Madagascar, and Southeast Asia (Cambodia) where IPIN is the primary 
laboratory partner of the host government, although supported 
partnerships may extend beyond those countries and regions. Prior to 
each annual award, affiliated laboratories will submit their proposed 
scope of work, which may be adjusted over the course of the year based 
on changing needs and priorities or other exigent circumstances, such 
as a critical outbreak response.
    The five-year scope of work of the renewed cooperative agreement 
will build upon the successes of past activities, including the 
following overarching objectives:
     Facilitate public health emergency planning, rapid 
epidemiologic responses, public health event assessment pursuit to the 
IHR, international data or event reporting as determined by the host 
government, and assist with emergency management where needed;
     Ensure One Health coordination with the WHO, the World 
Organization for Animal Health (OIE), national human, animal, and 
environmental health agencies, and others as needed to address zoonotic 
disease threats.
     System in place for medical countermeasures distribution 
during a public health emergency and integrating vaccine coverage as 
part of national program;
     Interoperable, interconnected, electronic real-time 
reporting system with emergency operation centers, and risk 
communication processes in place;
     Improve the quality and scale of public health 
surveillance, national epidemiologic data, and infectious diseases 
diagnostics;
     Develop, produce, acquire, and/or deploy novel infectious 
disease surveillance assays and clinical diagnostic tests during an 
outbreak;
     Strengthen laboratory biosafety and biosecurity systems, 
including the ability to scale-up in response to an epidemic caused by 
a highly dangerous pathogen;
     Real-time reporting system, and risk communication 
processes in place.
    Please submit an inquiry via the ASPR Program Contact: Dr. Robin 
Moudy, [email protected], 202-260-2105.

    Authority: Sections 301 and 307 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 241, 242l).

    Dated: February 25, 2019.
Robert P. Kadlec,
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.
[FR Doc. 2019-03846 Filed 3-1-19; 8:45 am]
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