PPHF 2015: Immunization Grants-CDC Partnership: Strengthening Public Health Laboratories-financed in

This 5-year cooperative agreement aims to promote quality and safe PHL practice, improve PHL infrastructure, strengthen the PHL system, and to develop a well-trained PHL workforce in the U.S. and globally. Activities conducted through this cooperative agreement will use science-based knowledge to identify best practices that will improve PHL effectiveness, capabilities, and sustainability. Through this 5-year cooperative agreement, public health laboratories will become a much stronger component of the public health and healthcare systems.Toward fulfillment of that purpose, the partnership envisioned in this FOA will conduct activities in the following six cross-cutting areas and four program-specific areas

Eligibility Category: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)2. Additional Information on EligibilityThis FOA has been approved for single source competition. The eligible applicant organization for this FOA is the Association for Public Health Laboratories (APHL).

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