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  • 2024-31197 — Notice of Award of a Sole Source Cooperative Agreement To Fund World Health Organization (WHO)
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    Type:Notice
    Citation:89 FR 105607
    Reading Time:about 2 minutes

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), part of the Department of Health and Human Services, is awarding around $20 million to the World Health Organization (WHO), with the total expected funding to reach approximately $100 million over five years. This funding will help CDC and WHO work together to improve the world's ability to detect, respond to, and prevent infectious diseases. The focus is on building infrastructure and preparing for disease outbreaks, using WHO's global network to support these efforts. The award period is from September 2025 to September 2030.

    Simple Explanation

    The CDC is giving a big chunk of money to the World Health Organization to work together on stopping diseases from spreading all over the world, but some people are concerned because they didn't ask anyone else if they wanted to help, and it's not super clear how all the money will be used.

  • 2024-30223 — Notice of Award of a Sole Source Cooperative Agreement to Fund Secretaria Ejecutiva del Consejo de Ministros de Salud de Centroamerica y Republica Dominicana (SE-COMISCA)
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    Type:Notice
    Citation:89 FR 104162
    Reading Time:about a minute or two

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), part of the Department of Health and Human Services, has awarded around $5 million, with a total expected funding of $25 million over five years, to SE-COMISCA. This funding aims to enhance health security efforts in Central America and the Dominican Republic by collaborating with Ministries of Health to serve underserved populations and improve healthcare access. The award will support initiatives like epidemic control and the integration of health systems. The funding period runs from September 30, 2025, to September 29, 2030.

    Simple Explanation

    The CDC is giving a lot of money to help improve health in Central America and the Dominican Republic, but some people worry it was done without checking if others could help too. There are also questions about how exactly the money will be used and if the rules were followed correctly.