Expanding Efforts and Strategies to Protect and Improve Public Health in Vietnam

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has partnered with the Government of Vietnam (GVN) since 1998 to improve and protect the health of the Vietnamese people. This includes PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), GHSA (Global Health Security Agenda), TB and Influenza. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks to build upon activities funded by CDC to support USG global health priorities in Vietnam through implementation of programs and activities that focus on strengthening public health programs. After five years of implementing and strengthening global health security systems, the USG will continue to advance prevent, detect, and respond strategies to mitigate threats. CDC is also committed to supporting the GVN to identify innovations, build technical public health capacity, and develop integrated, real-time information technology systems within all levels and sectors of the health system. This NOFO's main outcomes are to: Improve prevention of avoidable epidemics including naturally occurring outbreaks and intentional or accidental releases of dangerous pathogens. Improve ability to rapidly detect threats early, including detecting, characterizing, and reporting emerging biological threats. By responding rapidly and effectively to public health threats of international concern.