[Federal Register: July 23, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 141)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[Program Announcement 04283]
Partnering With Schools of Public Health to Enhance Public Health
Capacity for HIV Prevention and Care Activities in Vietnam; Notice of
Intent to Fund Single Eligibility Award
A. Purpose
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the
intent to fund fiscal year (FY) 2004 funds for a cooperative agreement
program to provide technical and capacity building assistance for HIV
prevention and care in Vietnam. This program should involve training
and other capacity building that specifically facilitates the
implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation of HIV prevention
and care activities, using locally appropriate approaches, and should
operate in close collaboration with the CDC Global AIDS Program (GAP)
Vietnam Office and its collaborators in Vietnam (e.g., Vietnam Ministry
of Health). The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this
program is 93.941.
B. Eligible Applicant
Assistance will be provided only to the Hanoi School of Public
Health (HSPH).
The award specifically aims to use existing capacity through
Schools of Public Health to aid in providing Vietnam governmental
agencies additional capacity/training in public health management,
information-technology, monitoring and evaluation, and other
surveillance activities. Currently, the HSPH is the single school of
public health in Vietnam and thus the only appropriate and qualified
organization to conduct this specific set of activities supportive of
the CDC/GAP. In addition,
(1) The HSPH is uniquely positioned, in terms of legal authority
and credibility among Vietnamese health institutions, to provide
technical and capacity building assistance in the areas of public
health informatics and sustainable management development for public
health programs.
(2) The HSPH already has established mechanisms to access public
health informatics and sustainable management development information,
enabling it to immediately become engaged in the activities listed in
this announcement.
(3) The purpose of this announcement is to build upon the existing
framework of health information and activities that the HSPH itself has
collected or initiated.
(4) The HSPH is organizationally within the MOH and can effectively
coordinate and implement HIV prevention and care activities supported
by MOH and its other agencies. Although other Vietnam government
ministries are involved in HIV prevention and care, currently most
activities occur out of MOH.
Cost Sharing or Matching
Matching funds are not required for this program.
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C. Funding
Approximately $200,000 is available in FY 2004 to fund this award.
It is expected that the award will begin on or before September 1,
2004, and will be made for a 12-month budget period within a project
period of up to 5 years. Funding estimates may change.
D. Where To Obtain Additional Information
For general comments or questions about this announcement, contact:
Technical Information Management, CDC Procurement and Grants Office,
2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341-4146. Telephone: 770-488-2700.
For technical questions about this program, contact: S. Patrick
Chong, Deputy Director, Global AIDS Program [GAP], Vietnam, National
Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention [CDC], US Embassy Hanoi, 7 Lang Ha, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Telephone: +84 (4) 831-4580, ext. 215. E-mail: pchong@cdc.gov.
Dated: July 16, 2004.
William P. Nichols,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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