87 FR 45 pg. 12963 - Notice of Award of a Single-Source Cooperative Agreement To Fund Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Regional Health Bureaus, Ethiopia
Type: NOTICEVolume: 87Number: 45Page: 12963
Page: 12963FR document: [FR Doc. 2022-04812 Filed 3-7-22; 8:45 am]
Agency: Health and Human Services Department
Sub Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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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.
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: hmz4@cdc.gov.
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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