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Funding Opportunity: Dengue Prevention and Control
Title: Project to Strengthening the Integrated Management Strategy for the dengue prevention and control (IMS-Dengue) in the Americas. This is a collaborative effort of PAHO/WHO, to support countries in the Region to fight against this disease. Goal: To have an updated Dengue Regional Program, competent and effective in the delivery of technical cooperation for the adequate management and control of dengue, with emphasis on the subject matters that make up the IMS-Dengue: Program management, epidemiological surveillance, Integrated Vector Management (IVM), clinical management of cases, environmental health issues, social communication and good laboratory practices for effective diagnosis. Purpose: To review, update and strengthen all the components of the IMS-Dengue, with special emphasis on upgrade the Dengue Laboratory Network of the Americas (RELDA, for its acronym in Spanish) capacities, in order to develop recommendations for the implementation and monitoring policies and strengthened strategies for the prevention, management and control of the disease, including the possible inclusion of the dengue vaccine as an additional tool, and establishing an adequate impact monitoring. Expected results:
Place and Time:The benefits obtained and the activities of this project will be developed in all the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, through the National Dengue Programs and RELDA. This work will be supported and coordinated by the PAHO/WHO Dengue Regional Program, the WHO Collaborating Centers for Dengue in the Americas, and allied institutions and RELDA members.
Duration: 24 months (October 2013 - September 2015)
Cost: $624,890 total Two funders: $312,445 Three funders: $208,296.70
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