[Federal Register: February 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 29)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of
Authority
Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as
amended most recently at 67 FR 78474, dated 12/24/2002) as amended to
reorganize the National Center for HIV, STD & TB Prevention.
Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as
follows:
After the Surveillance Section (CK463), insert the following:
Global AIDS Program (CK6). (1) Provides financial and technical
assistance to nations heavily affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic; (2)
provides U.S.-based (headquarters) and onsite (in-country) technical
assistance and oversight for CDC financial assistance which is designed
to (a) develops and implements programs on HIV/AIDS prevention and
surveillance as well as medical care, support, and treatment for people
living with HIV/AIDS and (b) strengths infrastructure to support
prevention and care program through training, informatics, laboratory
support, program evaluation, operational research, and other relevant
activities; (3) serves as liaison to other divisions/offices within
NCHSTP and other CIOs, USAID and other Federal agencies, UNAIDS, the
World Health Organization (WHO), and other agencies of the United
Nations involved in HIV/AIDS-related activities and programs; non-
governmental agencies working at the international level, and health
agencies of other countries; (4) serves as the primary disseminator of
information from CDC about the global HIV/AIDS epidemic through health
communications materials, scientific publications, and presentations.
Office of the Director (CK61). (1) Directs the activities of the
Global AIDS Program (GAP); (2) provides leadership and guidance on
policy development and interpretation, budget formulation, and program
planning, development, management, operations, and evaluations; (3)
provides GAP-wide administrative and management services including
personnel, budgets, contracts, grants and cooperative agreements,
interagency/reimbursable agreements, travel, facility management, and
equipment in inventory and coordinates or ensures coordination with the
appropriate NCHSTP or CDC staff offices; (4) develops and implements
strategies and increases host government capacity to monitor and
evaluate the process, impact, and outcome of GAP and other HIV
prevention and care programs; (5) provides scientific and editorial
review and clearance of manuscripts for publication, abstracts for
presentation, protocols for Institutional Review Board (IRB) and human
subjects review, and other scientific, programmatic, and informational
materials; (6) responds to congressional and other official inquiries
related to the GAP budget and financial assistance programs.
HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Branch (CK62). (1) Provides technical
assistance in developing comprehensive programs for the prevention,
diagnosis, and treatment of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and other
opportunistic infections; (2) provides assistance in the development of
policy and programs for appropriate use of antiretroviral drugs; (3)
designs and assists in implementing home- and community-based models
for HIV/AIDS care; (4) develops and assesses operational research
protocols to improve the effectiveness and implementation of GAP
treatment and care technical strategies; (5) reviews and analyzes
findings of GAP-sponsored and other operational research to guide GAP
programs and policies; (6) provides technical support to GAP
headquarters and country programs in developing laboratory, clinical,
and administrative capacities to prevent and treat HIV and AIDS-related
conditions; (7) monitors the quality and impact of care programs for
persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families; (8) assists in
monitoring the training of health care workers to provide care,
support, and treatment; (9) assists in monitoring the impact of HIV/
AIDS of health care systems in GAP countries, including monitoring the
clinical spectrum of disease, response to treatment, and emerging
antiretroviral
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and antimicrobial resistance; (10) provides technical support in
increasing access to an availability of home- and community-based care
and access to antiretroviral, tuberculosis, and other drug programs
that will extend life and enhance the quality of life for persons
living with HIV/AIDS; (11) provides technical assistance to GAP country
programs in recruiting safe blood (products) donors, quality testing
blood bank management, appropriate use of blood and blood products, and
prevention of severe anemia; (12) fosters the improvement of HIV
prevention and counseling services through blood donor education,
mobilization, and retention of safe blood donors.
Country Program Support Branch (CK63). (1) Serves as the focal
point for communications and program and administrative support for all
country HIV prevention programs; (2) provides a link between GAP
country programs and GAP headquarters in Atlanta and supports and
assists GAP country program staff in communications with other GAP
programs around the world; (3) provides logistical and administrative
support to GAP country programs for implementing at least 17 technical
strategies under HIV/STD/TB prevention, AIDS treatment and care, and
infrastructure development relevant to specific country programs and
plans; (4) assists in the development, disbursement, and oversight of
country budgets; (5) arranges for international travel and all policy
and administrative issues relevant to the overseas assignment of CDC
staff and their families; (6) develops operational research protocols
to evaluate novel approaches to implementing GAP technical strategies
within each program; (7) procures and inventories materials and
equipment needed to support country plans; (8) develops plans and
provides financial, technical, and administrative assistance for
developing, implementing, and evaluating in-country HIV programs.
Surveillance and Infrastructure Development Branch (CK64).
Develops, implements, and evaluates comprehensive systems for
collecting, disseminating, and applying epidemiologic and hebavioral
surveillance data to monitor trends in HIV, other sexually transmitted
infections, and tuberculosis; (2) develops policies, systems, and
programs and provides technical assistance to increase host government
capacity to conduct quality laboratory testing for HIV, other sexually
transmitted infections, and tuberculosis; (3) provides technical and
other assistance to develop, maintain, and evaluate GAP and host
government informatics systems; (4) develops, provides, and evaluates
training activities in support of GAP technical strategies and assesses
and improves the training capacity of host governments to support HIV
prevention and care programs.
HIV Prevention Branch (CK65). (1) Supports GAP field sites in their
collaborations with national and international partners to implement,
improve, expand, sustain, and maximize effectiveness of HIV prevention
programs; (2) provides technical assistance to GAP country programs in
the development, implementation, and evaluation of model behavior
changes interventions and programs to reduce risk-behaviors and enhance
health-seeking behaviors; (3) provides technical assistance to GAP
country programs to strengthen, expand, and make accessible programs to
prevent, diagnose, and treat sexually transmitted infections and to
prevent HIV infection among persons seeking treatment of sexually
transmitted infections; (4) provides technical assistance to GAP
country programs to implement, expand, monitor, and evaluate programs
to provide antenatal services, decrease mother-to-child HIV
transmission, and improve care and support of infected mothers and
children; (5) provides technical assistance to GAP country programs on
tailoring HIV prevention programs to meet the special needs of youth
and drug-using populations; (6) provides technical assistance to GAP
country programs to develop, expand, and evaluate voluntary HIV
counseling and testing programs; (7) provides technical assistance for
the development of strategies to maximize the impact of HIV prevention
programs in GAP countries through public-private partnerships, national
program expansion, and community mobilization.
Dated: February 2, 2003.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Director.
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