Notice of Award of a Single-Source Cooperative Agreement To Fund the National AIDS Control Committee (NACC), Cameroon, 12967-12968 [2022-04788]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 45 / Tuesday, March 8, 2022 / Notices • HIV prevention services: Voluntary medical male circumcision; Cervical cancer prevention and treatment; Gender based violence Prevention and response; Condom programming; Preexposure prophylaxis; Elimination of mother-to-child transmission; Support for Key and vulnerable populations and Orphans and vulnerable children; • HIV treatment and support services for all age groups across the care continuum from case finding to viral load suppression. Support will include: Prevention and management of opportunistic infections and advanced HIV disease, as well as noncommunicable diseases (including support for mental health); • Health system strengthening including support to financial and administrative management systems, internal controls, human resources for health, health information systems, supply chain/commodities management, laboratory services, and continuous quality improvement. The Provincial Health Offices are the single entities eligible for this award since they are the sole government institutions with the mandate to support health service delivery through capacity building, systems strengthening, and oversight for HIV program implementation for the population of Zambia per the National Health Policy and Zambian National Health Strategic Plan. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Summary of the Award Recipient: Southern Provincial Health Office; Lusaka Provincial Health Office; Western Provincial Health Office; and Eastern Provincial Health Office in Zambia. Purpose of the Award: The purpose of this award is to provide PHOs with CDC technical assistance and financial support to maintain and sustain the province’s overall leadership and oversight for implementing high-impact HIV combination prevention, treatment, and support services, including clinical, surveillance, and laboratory services as well as to identify and mitigate emerging disease threats for PLHIV. Specifically, it will serve to strengthen capacity development activities, while providing optimal health systems strengthening in support of continued and sustainable HIV epidemic control in Zambia. Amount of Award: The approximate year 1 funding amount in Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2022 funds will be, subject to the availability of funds: • Southern Provincial Health Office (SPHO): Anticipated Year 1 Funding Amount is $14,500,000 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:25 Mar 07, 2022 Jkt 256001 • Lusaka Provincial Health Office (LPHO): Anticipated Year 1 Funding Amount is $19,000,000 • Western Provincial Health Office (WPHO): Anticipated Year 1 Funding Amount is $12,000,000 • Eastern Provincial Health Office (EPHO): Anticipated Year 1 Funding Amount is $12,000,000; 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 Perry, Chief Grants Management Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. 2022–04827 Filed 3–7–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–18–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Notice of Award of a Single-Source Cooperative Agreement To Fund the National AIDS Control Committee (NACC), Cameroon Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the award of approximately $3,000,000 for Year 1 of funding to the National AIDS Control Committee (NACC), Cameroon. The award will strengthen national policies, build capacity, and define high-level high-impact interventions and key strategies for HIV/TB prevention, treatment and care in Cameroon. 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: Lisa Esapa, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Standard Chartered Bank Building, Hippodrome, Telephone: 800–232– 6348, Email: hww5@cdc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The single-source award will implement HIV prevention, care and treatment in Cameroon through activities, including: SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 12967 Developing and implementing policies and strategies to optimize case finding, HIV treatment and retention, viral load coverage and suppression, and building workforce capacity to improve uptake and quality of these HIV/TB services; and enhancing the implementation of evidence-based prevention interventions for KPs (key populations) /PPs (priority populations) /GP (general populations. Implementation of this award will enhance scale up of services and improve quality of diagnostics, treatment, management, and clinical outcomes for HIV and TB infections in Cameroon. This award will build upon CDC’s initial successful partnerships to address these challenges and gaps and complement Global Fund efforts. NACC is in a unique position to conduct this work, as it is the organization mandated by the Government of Cameroon to coordinate HIV/AIDS activities in Cameroon. NACC is essential to building effective national-level coordination in HIV programs, as mandated in the 2000–2005 and 2006– 2010 National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plans. The mission of NACC is to coordinate a comprehensive and effective multi-sector and decentralized national response to HIV/AIDS, including coordination and support to the health sector response. Summary of the Award Recipient: National AIDS Control Committee (NACC), Cameroon. Purpose of the Award: The purpose of this award is to strengthen national policies and define high-level highimpact interventions and key strategies for HIV/TB prevention, treatment and care; improve knowledge and prevent high risk behaviors associated with STIs/HIV; monitor and ensure the elimination of user fees for all HIV/TB services; develop national quality improvement policy and setup CQI management system; provide technical capacity to generate quality data; reduce HIV/TB related morbidity and mortality; and provide capacity to coordinate and monitor the national HIV response in Cameroon. Amount of Award: The approximate year 1 funding amount will be $ 3,000,000 in Federal Fiscal Year (FYY) 2022 funds, subject to the availability of funds. Funding amounts 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. E:\FR\FM\08MRN1.SGM 08MRN1 12968 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 45 / Tuesday, March 8, 2022 / Notices Dated: March 2, 2022. Terrance Perry, Chief Grants Management Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. 2022–04788 Filed 3–7–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–18–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: NCGC00413972 and Its Related Analogs Consisting of an Imidazo-Pyrazine Scaffold Core for the Treatment or Prevention of Cancers Expressing the Mannose Receptor CD206, Including Both Solid Tumors and Hematological Malignancies AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS. ACTION: Notice. The National Cancer Institute, an institute of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an Exclusive Patent License to practice the inventions embodied in the Patent Applications listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice to Macala Bio, Inc. located in 1000 NW Wall Street, Suite 220, Bend, OR 97703. DATES: Only written comments and/or applications for a license which are received by the National Cancer Institute’s Technology Transfer Center on or before March 23, 2022 will be considered. SUMMARY: Requests for copies of the patent application, inquiries, and comments relating to the contemplated an Exclusive Patent License should be directed to: Eric Cheng, Ph.D., Licensing and Patenting Manager at (240)-276– 5530 or eric.cheng2@nih.gov. 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[FR Doc. 2022–04829 Filed 3–7–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Intellectual Property VerDate Sep<11>2014 The prospective exclusive license territory may be worldwide and the field of use may be limited to: NCGC00413972 and its related analogs consisting of an imidazo-pyrazine scaffold core for the treatment or prevention of cancers expressing the mannose receptor CD206, including both solid tumors and hematological malignancies. This technology discloses immunotherapy drugs, and to compounds that modulate CD206 as well as their use and methods for preparation. This notice is made in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404. 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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12967-12968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04788]


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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 
the National AIDS Control Committee (NACC), Cameroon

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located 
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the 
award of approximately $3,000,000 for Year 1 of funding to the National 
AIDS Control Committee (NACC), Cameroon. The award will strengthen 
national policies, build capacity, and define high-level high-impact 
interventions and key strategies for HIV/TB prevention, treatment and 
care in Cameroon. 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: Lisa Esapa, Center for Global Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Standard Chartered Bank 
Building, Hippodrome, Telephone: 800-232-6348, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The single-source award will implement HIV 
prevention, care and treatment in Cameroon through activities, 
including: Developing and implementing policies and strategies to 
optimize case finding, HIV treatment and retention, viral load coverage 
and suppression, and building workforce capacity to improve uptake and 
quality of these HIV/TB services; and enhancing the implementation of 
evidence-based prevention interventions for KPs (key populations) /PPs 
(priority populations) /GP (general populations. Implementation of this 
award will enhance scale up of services and improve quality of 
diagnostics, treatment, management, and clinical outcomes for HIV and 
TB infections in Cameroon. This award will build upon CDC's initial 
successful partnerships to address these challenges and gaps and 
complement Global Fund efforts. NACC is in a unique position to conduct 
this work, as it is the organization mandated by the Government of 
Cameroon to coordinate HIV/AIDS activities in Cameroon. NACC is 
essential to building effective national-level coordination in HIV 
programs, as mandated in the 2000-2005 and 2006-2010 National HIV/AIDS 
Strategic Plans. The mission of NACC is to coordinate a comprehensive 
and effective multi-sector and decentralized national response to HIV/
AIDS, including coordination and support to the health sector response.

Summary of the Award

    Recipient: National AIDS Control Committee (NACC), Cameroon.
    Purpose of the Award: The purpose of this award is to strengthen 
national policies and define high-level high-impact interventions and 
key strategies for HIV/TB prevention, treatment and care; improve 
knowledge and prevent high risk behaviors associated with STIs/HIV; 
monitor and ensure the elimination of user fees for all HIV/TB 
services; develop national quality improvement policy and setup CQI 
management system; provide technical capacity to generate quality data; 
reduce HIV/TB related morbidity and mortality; and provide capacity to 
coordinate and monitor the national HIV response in Cameroon.
    Amount of Award: The approximate year 1 funding amount will be $ 
3,000,000 in Federal Fiscal Year (FYY) 2022 funds, subject to the 
availability of funds. Funding amounts 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.


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    Dated: March 2, 2022.
Terrance Perry,
Chief Grants Management Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2022-04788 Filed 3-7-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P
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