Capacity Building for Global, Regional, and National Immunization Programs
Forecasted
This grant funds efforts to strengthen immunization systems in priority countries to prevent and control vaccine-preventable diseases like polio, measles, and rubella, especially among high-risk groups.
Funder: Centers for Disease Control-GHC
Due Dates (Anticipated): February 2027 (Full application deadline, projected)
Funding Amounts: Up to $120,000,000 total; up to 2 awards; project duration and typical award size not specified.
Summary: Supports strengthening immunization systems in priority countries to prevent, control, and eliminate vaccine-preventable diseases and respond to emerging global health threats.
Key Information: This is a forecasted opportunity; all deadlines are projected.
Description
This forecasted cooperative agreement will fund efforts to strengthen global, regional, and national immunization programs, especially in priority countries. The primary objectives are to prevent, control, and eliminate or eradicate vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) such as polio, measles, and rubella; reduce morbidity and mortality from these diseases; and increase preparedness for emerging global health threats.
Awardees will:
- Build and enhance immunization systems to prevent, detect, and respond to VPDs.
- Improve immunization services and surveillance.
- Expand capacity for outbreak preparedness and management.
- Implement targeted approaches to reach high-risk, un- or under-immunized populations.
- Support long-term sustainability of immunization programs, including evidence-based decision-making through National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs).
- Enhance program evaluation to increase impact.
- Manage and coordinate Pakistan’s National Stop Transmission of Polio (NSTOP) program and assist other countries at high risk for polio outbreaks.
- Potentially support other global health priorities aligned with CDC goals.
