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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 106484-106485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31201]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Notice of Award of a Single Source Cooperative Agreement To Fund 
University of Oslo (UiO).

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located 
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the 
award of approximately $1,500,000, with an expected total funding of 
approximately $7,500,000 over a 5-year period, to the University of 
Oslo (UiO). This award will protect Americans and people worldwide from 
public health threats by building capacity within their respective 
countries to strengthen public health preparedness; early pathogen 
detection to mitigate the impact of global disease outbreaks and

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public health; and bolstering rapid response to global health 
emergencies.

DATES: The period for this award will be September 30, 2025 through 
September 29, 2030.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Broderick Yoerg, Division of Global 
Health Protection, Global Health Center, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd., Atlanta, GA 30329, Telephone: (404) 
234-0666, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The single source award will enhance public 
health surveillance, outbreak detection and response for disease that 
pose global health security risks by delivering high-quality, 
effective, and timely informatics solutions to strengthen data and 
health information systems. This award will strengthen the core 
District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2) software, improve 
interoperability with laboratory information systems, and enhance 
electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response's functionality 
in support Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response, National 
Disease Surveillance, and other types of public health surveillance 
systems.
    University of Oslo is in a unique position to conduct this work, as 
it is the only organization that can modify and share the core DHIS2 
software therefore, CDC can only work with them to provide enhancements 
that are then available to all countries, globally.

Summary of the Award

    Recipient: University of Oslo.
    Purpose of the Award: The purpose of this award is to support and 
further scale the DHIS2, an open-source software platform developed and 
maintained by UiO. The global strategy seeks to leverage the Health 
Information Systems Program (HISP) partnership network to collect, 
validate, analyze, visualize, and implement public health data, while 
building local capacity to strengthen health information systems in 
countries worldwide. This effort is expected to significantly 
strengthen global health surveillance systems, contribute to improved 
public health outcomes and respond more effectively to global health 
threats.
    Amount of Award: $1,500,000 in Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2025 
funds, with a total estimated $7,500,000 for the 5-year period of 
performance, subject to availability of funds.
    Authority: This program is authorized under Section 307 of the 
Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 242l] and Section 301(a) [42 
U.S.C. 241l(a) of the Public Health Service Act.
    Period of Performance: September 30, 2025 through September 29, 
2030.

    Dated: December 17, 2024.
Terrance Perry,
Acting Director, Office of Grants Services, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-31201 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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