[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10514-10515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03522]


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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 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies 
(IFRC)

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 funding to the 
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The 
award will utilize IFRC's unique expertise, skills and access to 
countries and subnational consequential geographies that are 
inaccessible to CDC personnel, to continue polio eradication activities 
as well as to deliver measles and other life-saving vaccine preventable 
disease (VPD) interventions in priority countries. Funding amounts for 
years 2-5 will be set at continuation.

DATES: The period for this award will be July 1, 2023 through June 30, 
2028.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary A. Mulholland, Center for Global 
Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd. 
NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone: 404-553-7371, E-Mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The single-source award will support IFRC's 
polio eradication activities and the delivery of measles and other 
life-saving vaccine preventable disease (VPD) interventions in priority 
countries. Through its network of national Red Cross and Red Crescent 
societies, IFRC has unparalleled community access and provides critical 
health services and activities in areas which are otherwise 
inaccessible to CDC due to security restrictions. Extending 
immunization services to these areas of unreached children is critical 
to achieving global eradication of polio.
    IFRC is in a unique position to conduct this work, as it is one of 
the three arms of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent 
Movement, the world's largest humanitarian network whose mission 
includes protecting life and health in conflict countries and other 
emergencies. National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are a 
network of community-based volunteers who support the public 
authorities in their own countries as independent auxiliaries to the 
government in the humanitarian field. The community-based volunteers 
provide local knowledge and culturally competent expertise, which 
provides unparalleled access to communities. IFRC comprises 190-member 
Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies globally, a secretariat 
based in Geneva and more than 60 country offices strategically located 
to support activities around the world.

Summary of the Award

    Recipient: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent 
Societies.
    Purpose of the Award: The purpose of this award is to support 
efforts to strengthen and sustain global, regional, and national 
immunization program capacity needed to:
     Achieve the globally agreed goals of the IA2030 (including 
polio eradication, global and regional elimination targets for select 
VPDs including measles and rubella, and neonatal tetanus;
     Achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 
to end VPDs of children under 5 years of age;
     Reduce chronic disease and cancer deaths from VPDs; and
     Prevent, detect, and respond to VPD outbreaks.
    Amount of Award: The approximate year 1 funding amount will be 
$6,000,000 in Federal Fiscal Year (FYY)

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2023 funds, subject to the availability of funds. Funding amounts for 
years 2-5 will be set at continuation.
    Authority: This program is authorized under Section 307 of the PHS 
Act (42 U.S.C 242); section 317(k)(1) and (2) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 
247b(k)(1) and (2).
    Period of Performance: 7/1/2023 through 6/30/2028.

    Dated: February 15, 2023.
Terrance Perry,
Chief Grants Management Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2023-03522 Filed 2-17-23; 8:45 am]
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