The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $590,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 93.946 - Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs) to the American Samoa Department of Health. The project aims to establish a Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) to review maternal deaths in American Samoa, identify preventable causes, and develop strategies to reduce pregnancy-related mortality and health disparities. Key...
The Palau Ministry of Health was awarded a $295,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs (CFDA 93.946). The award will fund efforts to improve and build upon the ministry's existing work to address maternal mortality in Palau. Key activities include enhancing maternal death reviews and surveillance systems to capture comprehensive, timely, and...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $740,000 Cooperative Agreement under CFDA 93.946, "Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs," to the Puerto Rico Department of Health (PRDOH). The purpose of the award is to address the issue of maternal mortality underreporting in Puerto Rico by enhancing the capacity of the Puerto Rico Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PR-MMRC) to increase the timeliness,...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs (CFDA 93.946) provides $590,000 to the Ministry of Health in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) to enhance maternal mortality reviews and surveillance to eliminate maternal mortality in the country. The key objectives of this 5-year award, effective September 30, 2024, are to: 1)...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $590,000.00 was provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs (CFDA 93.946). The award will fund the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation (CHC) to develop and implement a multidisciplinary Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC). The MMRC will systematically and...
The Hawaii Department of Health received a $885,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs (CFDA 93.946). The award will support the state's efforts to improve data quality and characterize pregnancy-related deaths, address health inequities, and reduce disparities among disproportionately impacted populations. Key activities include...
The Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) in Guam was awarded a $678,844 Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Immunization Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 93.268) program. The award, which runs from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2030, is intended to support DPHSS in establishing and maintaining preventive health service programs to immunize individuals against vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, rubella, and hepatitis B....
This federal Project Grant award of $1,948,171.00 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), under the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to the States program (CFDA 93.994), supports the Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) in Guam. The funding will enable DPHSS to improve the health and well-being of mothers, children, and families in Guam by providing and coordinating comprehensive healthcare...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $590,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs (CFDA 93.946) to the Executive Office of the Governor of Delaware's Division of Public Health. The funding will support public health surveillance, research, and quality improvement initiatives aimed at identifying, characterizing, and preventing pregnancy-related deaths in Delaware. Key...
This $7,344,865.36 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Emerging Infections Programs (CFDA 93.317) grant, supports the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) in enhancing epidemiology, laboratory, and health information systems to improve detection, investigation, and response to foodborne, communicable, and emerging infectious diseases in Guam. The 12-month budget period runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31,...