[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 225 (Friday, November 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67472-67473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25764]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Notice of Award of a Single-Source Cooperative Agreement To Fund 
the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located 
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the 
award of $750,000 with an expected total funding of approximately 
$3,750,000 in funding to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to 
plan and conduct assessments of micronutrient deficiencies burden and 
to design and implement systems to monitor and evaluate micronutrient 
and nutrition interventions in select countries, including Nepal, 
Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Niger, and Guatemala.

DATES: The period for this award will be January 1, 2022 through 
December 31, 2026.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maria Elena Jefferds, National Center 
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, MS S107-5, 
Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: 770.488.5862, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The single-source award will focus on 
assessments of micronutrient status and the design and implementation 
of systems to monitor and evaluate micronutrient interventions, such as 
vitamin and mineral supplementation and fortification programs, and 
other nutrition interventions, such as infant and young child feeding, 
dietary counseling, and growth monitoring, in select countries. 
Specifically, the award will focus on the development of 
recommendations that inform country-specific nutrition strategies. The 
award will build in-country capacity to implement standardized national 
nutrition programs and micronutrient interventions to reduce the 
worldwide burden of micronutrient deficiencies. Key strategies include 
collaborating with ministries of health (MOH) and other key partners in 
developing countries. This work will advance the knowledge base about 
micronutrient deficiencies, and has the potential to benefit other 
countries, including the U.S.
    UNICEF has a unique position among the world's health agencies as 
the technical agency for maternal and child health within the United 
Nations, with access to all national health promotion and disease 
prevention programs and potential surveillance sites through its 
regional offices located in seven (7) regions (Central and Eastern 
Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, East Asia and the 
Pacific, Eastern and Southern Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, 
Middle East and Northern Africa, South Asia, West and Central Africa) 
and in 190 country offices.

Summary of the Award

    Recipient: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
    Purpose of the Award: The purpose of this award is to develop 
recommendations that inform country-specific nutrition strategies and 
build in-country capacity to implement standardized national nutrition 
programs and micronutrient interventions to reduce the worldwide burden 
of micronutrient deficiencies.
    Amount of Award: $750,000 in Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2022 funds, 
and a total of $3,750,000 for a five-year period of performance, 
subject to availability of funds.
    Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title 42, Sections 307 and 
301 U.S.C. 241l and 241(a).
    Period of Performance: January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026.

    Dated: November 19, 2021.
Terrance Perry,
Chief Grants Management Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2021-25764 Filed 11-24-21; 8:45 am]
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