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Press Release

For Immediate Release: September 24, 2008
Contact: Division of News & Electronic Media, Office of Communication
(404) 639-3286

CDC Awards $24 Million for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Projects

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $24 million to fund 55 projects in 29 state and local public health departments that could serve as innovative approaches for influenza pandemic preparedness.

"What is learned from these projects can benefit everyone because it could improve national, regional and local public health detection and response to a pandemic involving influenza," said Richard Besser, MD, Director of CDC's Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response. CDC intends for the recipients to implement promising practices or to develop effective approaches and models that can be replicated nationally, Dr. Besser said.

A total of 184 funding applications were submitted by state and local health departments in a competitive application process. Eligible applicants for the awards were limited to the 62 state, local and territorial public health departments that currently receive federal funding through CDC's Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Cooperative Agreement.

The 29 award recipients have one year to complete the projects, which begin on September 30, 2008. The projects focus on seven key areas and include:

  1. Use of public engagement as part of the public health decision-making process
  2. Electronic laboratory data exchange to support influenza pandemic monitoring
  3. Integration of state-based immunization information systems to track distribution of influenza pandemic countermeasures.
  4. Development of statewide electronic death reporting systems compliant with Public Health Information Network (PHIN) requirements
  5. Collaborative planning among healthcare providers to ensure the delivery of essential services during an influenza pandemic
  6. Development of interventions that promote preparedness for pandemic disease among identified vulnerable populations
  7. Distribution and dispensing of antiviral drugs to self-isolated or self-quarantined persons in an influenza pandemic event

A list of the 29 award recipients and their projects can be found at http://emergency.cdc.gov/cotper/coopagreement/07/funding-schedule-pan-flu.asp.

The $24 million for the new projects are part of $600 million in PHEP supplemental funding appropriated by Congress to accelerate state and local influenza pandemic planning efforts. The focus of the funding, which was distributed in three phases beginning in 2006, was on practical, community-based procedures that could prevent or delay the spread of an influenza pandemic.

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