93.755: Surveillance for Diseases Among Immigrants and Refugees financed in part by Prevention and Public Health Funds (PPHF)

93.755

Inactive

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [HHS]

Aug. 24, 2022

Aug. 25, 2021

The purpose of the program is to conduct surveillance to detect, prevent and control diseases and evaluate existing health programs to improve the health of refugees and/or immigrants that are newly arrived in the United States. The program will: 1) enhance existing surveillance networks for communicable and non-communicable diseases, including, but are not limited to: vaccine-preventable diseases, malaria, hepatitis, intestinal parasites, nutritional deficiencies and anemia; 2) evaluate the health status of refugees and/or immigrants for the purposes of informing and improving U.S. programs for overseas and the post-arrival health assessments and interventions, such as presumptive treatment for parasitic infections; and 3) improve the health of refugees and/or immigrants undergoing U.S. resettlement and protect the health of their receiving communities by controlling the spread of communicable diseases.

B - Cooperative Agreements

Eligibility is limited to any domestic entity providing health care services to immigrants and refugees newly arrived in the United States.

Any U.S. state, political subdivision and U.S. territories and other public entities providing healthcare services to newly arrived refugees and immigrants will benefit

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