Block Grant R43AI075783

This $302,424 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) will fund the iterative development and evaluation of an interactive handwashing training prototype for students with disabilities in pre-vocational programs. The project aims to create an accessible, engaging digital tool that will teach proper handwashing technique, relevant scenarios, and help...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under CFDA 93.865 Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program provides $1,442,972 to the University of Washington to conduct a randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of a vaginal washing cessation intervention on cervical inflammation and microbiome among women in sub-Saharan Africa at high risk for HIV acquisition. The study will assess changes in cervicovaginal...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $6,286,902 Project Grant under its USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to International Medical Corps (IMC) to implement an "Emergency Intervention to Increase Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Access in Masvingo Province" in Zimbabwe. The goal of this 15-month grant, effective January 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026, is to mitigate the effects of the El Nino-induced lack of access to...

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to the Transcultural Psychosocial Organization to support emergency water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) needs in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo from August 8, 2022 through June 7, 2023. The grant funding will support the organization's delivery of WASH services and programs under USAID's Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program. This program aims to promote long-term economic...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $761,600 Cooperative Agreement to the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), doing business as the Office of Public Health (OPH), for the "LOUISIANA'S PROMOTION OF STRATEGIES TO ADVANCE ORAL HEALTH" project. This award is funded through the CDC's Investigations and Technical Assistance program (CFDA 93.283), which supports public health initiatives to control communicable diseases, chronic diseases, and other preventable...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $1,888,033 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants) to the Center for Innovative Public Health Research, a woman-owned non-profit organization, to test a text messaging-based HIV prevention program for young adults aged 18-22 across Uganda. The "IN THIS TOGETHER" (ITG) program was developed with input from the target population to deliver research-driven HIV preventive information via text messaging, one of the...

This $635,170 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (CFDA 93.855 - Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research) supports a study to analyze baseline data and samples from a community in Quelimane, Mozambique that will soon undergo a major neighborhood-level sanitation infrastructure improvement project. The primary goal is to establish a robust baseline to assess the potential impacts of this transformative sanitation intervention on child health,...

This $1,800,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Center for HIV/AIDS (CFDA 93.940 - HIV Prevention Activities Health Department Based) will enable the Hamilton County General Health District (Hamilton County, Ohio) to expand access to HIV prevention, testing, and linkage to care services. The funding will support targeted outreach, service delivery, and community engagement efforts to reach populations disproportionately impacted by HIV, including women, sex workers, transgender...

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) was awarded a $1,800,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the HIV Prevention Activities Health Department Based program (CFDA 93.940). The 5-year award, running from August 2024 to July 2029, aims to strengthen HIV prevention services in South Carolina by enhancing access to HIV/STI testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) services, improving linkage to care, and...

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) was awarded a 5-year, $260,740 Cooperative Agreement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the HIV Prevention Activities Health Department Based grant program (CFDA 93.940). The award will enable DOHMH to implement a comprehensive approach to sexually transmitted infection (STI) surveillance, including: Establishing protocol-based sentinel surveillance in NYC sexual health clinics, including routine data...