[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 12963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04812]


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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 
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Regional Health Bureaus, 
Ethiopia

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 approximately $6,000,000 for Year 1 of funding to the Southern 
Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Regional Health Bureaus (SNNPRHB). 
The award will ensure continuity of quality comprehensive HIV/AIDS 
prevention, care, and treatment services for controlling the HIV 
epidemic in SNNPR in Ethiopia. Funding amounts for years 2-5 will be 
set at continuation.

DATES: The period for this award will be September 30, 2022 through 
September 29, 2027.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tesfaye Desta, Center for Global 
Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Embassy-Addis 
Ababa, Entoto Road, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Telephone: 800-232-6348, 
Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The single-source award will implement 
activities and provide support regarding prevention, testing and 
counselling, prevention of mother to child transmission, care and 
treatment, laboratory, Strategic Information (M&E, Surveillance, HIS), 
TB/HIV and other public health needs affecting HIV/AIDS programming 
like COVID-19 in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples 
Region.
    The award will support the strengthening of public health response 
and programs, including but not limited to HIV/AIDS, in the SNNPR. 
SNNPRHB is in a unique position to conduct this work as it is the only 
government entity with a legal authority (proclamation number 180//
2019) and mandate to plan, manage, administer, and coordinate all 
health-related activities in the region.

Summary of the Award

    Recipient: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Regional 
Health Bureaus (SNNPRHB).
    Purpose of the Award: The purpose of this award is to ensure 
continuity of quality comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and 
treatment services for controlling the HIV epidemic in SNNPR in 
Ethiopia. This NOFO will help the region close gaps to achieve the 95-
95-95 goals (95% of HIV-positive individuals knowing their status, 95% 
of those receiving antiretroviral therapy [ART], and 95% of those 
achieving viral suppression) and reach HIV epidemic control.
    Amount of Award: The approximate year 1 funding amount will be 
$6,000,000 in Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2022 funds, subject to the 
availability of funds. Funding amounts for years 2-5 will be set at 
continuation.
    Authority: This program is authorized under Public Law 108-25 (the 
United States Leadership Against HIV AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act 
of 2003).
    Period of Performance: September 30, 2022 through September 29, 
2027.

    Dated: March 2, 2022.
Terrance W. Perry,
Chief Grants Management Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2022-04812 Filed 3-7-22; 8:45 am]
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