Expanding global health security though local partnerships in Tanzania
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Global Health Center has issued Notice of Funding Opportunity CDC-RFA-JG-26-0052 to support global health security in Tanzania. This initiative focuses on collaborating with Tanzania's Ministry of Health to prevent, detect, notify, and respond to health threats. Key objectives include strengthening biosurveillance systems, expanding emergency operation center capacities, enhancing national laboratory capabilities for the detection of antimicrobial resistance and zoonotic diseases, and developing a skilled public health workforce. The program emphasizes the implementation of the Global Health Security Agenda and the National Action Plan for Health Security through a multi-sectoral approach. Funding is structured as a cooperative agreement over a five-year period of performance. The financial strategy includes three components: Core Global Health Security Priorities with a one million dollar ceiling, and two rapid response components for small and large-scale infectious disease outbreaks, each with a two million dollar ceiling. While the total potential value over five years is estimated between one million and twenty-five million dollars, funding for rapid response components is subject to the availability of funds. Applications are due by October 2, 2026, and must be submitted via Grants.gov. Award selection is based on a rank-order merit review focusing on organizational capacity, background and approach, and evaluation and performance measurement plans. Applicants must pass initial and risk reviews, including registration in SAM.gov and GrantSolutions. The CDC will monitor performance through site visits, routine communication, and detailed reporting. Special requirements include the submission of cybersecurity plans for protecting personally identifiable information and adherence to biosafety and biosecurity best practices. There is a specific funding preference for applicants who can demonstrate local partnership in Tanzania.
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CDC is working with the Tanzania government to meet key International Health Regulations requirements through implementation of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA). Tanzania completed the Joint External Evaluation and launched a costed National Action Plan for Health Security based on a multi-sectorial approach. This NOFO supports programs/activities in the following areas: strengthening biosurveillance systems networked to information sharing platforms to predict and identify health threats, including at points of entry; expanding emergency capacity through national and subnational emergency operation centers; enhancing national laboratory capabilities and applying biosafety and biosecurity best practices for accurate, and reliable detection of outbreaks, antimicrobial resistance and emerging zoonotic diseases; increasing timely and transparent reporting of disease emergencies and threats to relevant national and international authorities; and developing a functional biosurveillance workforce with trained disease detectives and laboratory scientists.
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