[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19593-19594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05774]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Notice of Award of a Sole Source Cooperative Agreement To Fund 
World Health Organization (WHO)

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 $20,000,000, for Year 1 funding to WHO. This 
award will support the development of global guidelines and provide 
technical assistance through WHO to aid PEPFAR-supported countries to 
meet the 95-95-95 targets and achieve program sustainability by 2030. 
Funding amounts for years 2-5 will be set at continuation.

DATES: The period for this this award will be September 30, 2024, 
through September 29, 2029

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Francheskie Velez, Center for Global 
Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE MS-E39 Atlanta, GA 30329, telephone: 404.245.5639, e-Mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The sole source award will support efforts 
to improve surveillance, prevention, care, and treatment of HIV, 
Tuberculosis (TB), sexually transmitted infection

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(STIs), viral hepatitis, and associated chronic co-infections and 
noncommunicable diseases (NCDs); promote health equity; increase 
sustainability of programs; strengthen public health systems and health 
security; and follow science.
    WHO is in a unique position to conduct this work, as it is the sole 
international global health organization responsible for issuing 
normative standard and guidelines for implementation of health programs 
including HIV/AIDS within the UN system. No other organization has the 
authority to issue international standards for health in the UN system 
as denoted by the WHO constitution signed in 1948.

Summary of the Award

    Recipient: World Health Organization (WHO).
    Purpose of the Award: The purpose of this award is to support the 
development of global guidelines and provide technical assistance 
through WHO to aid PEPFAR-supported countries to meet the 95-95-95 
targets and achieve program sustainability by 2030. In alignment with 
the 2022 PEPFAR Five-Year Strategy.
    Amount of Award: For WHO, the approximate year 1 funding amount 
will be $20,000,000 in Federal Fiscal Year (FYY) 2024 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) (22 U.S.C. 7601, et seq.) and Public Law 110-293 (the Tom 
Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/
AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008), and 
Public Law 113-56 (PEPFAR Stewardship and Oversight Act of 2013). 
Additionally, this program is authorized under section 307 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242l), as amended and section 
301(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241(a)), as amended.

Non-PEPFAR Funding

    Additionally, this program is authorized under the Public Health 
Service Act 42 CFR part 51b--Project Grants for Preventive Health 
Services section 318 (42 U.S.C. 247c) section 318 (42 U.S.C. 247c) 
Sexually transmitted diseases; prevention and control projects; 
sections 301(a), 317N, and 318 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 241(a), 247b-15, and 247c).
    Period of Performance: The period for this award will be September 
30, 2024, through September 29, 2029.

    Dated: March 13, 2024.
Jamie Legier,
Acting Director, Office of Grants Services, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-05774 Filed 3-18-24; 8:45 am]
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