[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 190 (Wednesday, October 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59272-59273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23350]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV/AIDS Surveillance and Service Data Analysis in the Republic
of Haiti Under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: General notice; notice of expansion supplement award.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces
intent to award additional expansion supplement funds to National
Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) Cooperative
Agreement Number PS001842 in the amount of $1,250,000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Project Officer: Christen Suhr,
Centers for Disease Control, Center for Global Health, Division of
Global Health Protection, 3400 Port-au-Prince Place,
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Washington, DC 20521-3400, Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this award is to carry out
periodic Antenatal Clinic (ANC) sero-surveys in order to follow the
trend of both the HIV/AIDS and syphilis epidemics among pregnant women
attending these clinics in the Republic of Haiti; Perform HIV drug
resistance threshold study to evaluate the extent of transmitted HIV
drug resistance in sero-sentinel surveillance sites; Perform periodic
triangulation of data in order to demonstrate program impact, identify
areas for improvement, direct new programs and enhance existing
programs as well as help direct policy changes; Perform cohort studies
to capture data on key aspects of patient care and treatment in a
selected number of ART sites of the PEPFAR network at baseline, 6
months, and then yearly in order to assess the performance of the ART
sites regarding delivery of treatment; To assist with data analysis of
PEPFAR approved studies, including monitoring and evaluation
activities, on-going program assessment and public health evaluations
(PHE).
During FY15, the purpose of the award is to work directly with The
Haiti Ministry of Health (MSPP) to strengthen their capacity to
effectively prevent HIV infections; improve care and treatment of HIV/
AIDS and co-infection; build the capacity for the local and regional
collection of strategic information and its use for program management
and development; and, increase the government of Haiti's capacity to
lead and manage a sustainable response to the HIV epidemic.
Initial award date 9/30/2009-9/29/2014; additional funds and time
needed to carryout award 9/30/2014-9/30/2015. Project Number is CDC-
RFA-PS09-981.
Dated: September 25, 2014.
Ron A. Otten,
Acting Deputy Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-23350 Filed 9-30-14; 8:45 am]
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