Protecting and Improving Global Public Health: Strengthening and Sustaining Public Health Systems in Ghana (360455) Grant FORECAST

Protecting and Improving Global Public Health: Strengthening and Sustaining Public Health Systems in Ghana (360455) Grant

Funder: Dept. of Health & Human Services: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

This grant focuses on strengthening Ghana's public health system to better identify and respond to health threats. It aims to enhance the country's capacity through collaboration with various partners. Key initiatives include improving laboratory and surveillance capabilities, emergency response, and workforce development, all crucial for boosting global health security. The program also emphasizes support for border district health capacities and aims to prevent epidemics while ensuring rapid response to disease outbreaks.

This NOFO seeks to build and sustain a more resilient public health system in Ghana capable of identifying, responding to and mitigating public health threats. CDC, through this NOFO, will continue to leverage and complement the strengths and resources of multi-sectoral and multilateral partners in Ghana to build and improve country capacity and leadership in the prevention, early detection and response to infectious disease threats. The NOFO builds upon laboratory, surveillance, emergency response, and workforce development activities previously funded by CDC to enhance Global Health Security. In addition, this NOFO has expanded to include support for surveillance and laboratory capacity strengthening in border districts and sequencing and bioinformatics. This NOFO’s outcomes aim to improve prevention of avoidable epidemics and improve early detection of disease threats and respond rapidly and effective to public health threats.