Tanzania Global Health Security Partner Engagement: Advancing Efforts and Strategies to Protect and Improve Public Health
CDC partners with Tanzania to strengthen disease surveillance, emergency response, and lab capacity to better detect, report, and manage public health threats under the Global Health Security Agenda.
Funder: Centers for Disease Control-GHC
Due Dates (Anticipated): June 2026 (Full application deadline, projected)
Funding Amounts: Estimated total program funding: $5,000,000 | Expected number of awards: 3 | Award size not specified
Summary: Supports strengthening of biosurveillance, laboratory, emergency response, and workforce capacity for health security in Tanzania through local partnerships.
Description
This funding opportunity from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Global Health Center (CDC-GHC) aims to expand global health security in Tanzania via local partnerships. The program supports Tanzania’s implementation of the Global Health Security Agenda and its National Action Plan for Health Security. Funded activities will focus on:
- Strengthening biosurveillance systems and information-sharing platforms to predict and identify health threats, including at points of entry.
- Expanding emergency capacity through national and subnational emergency operation centers.
- Enhancing national laboratory capabilities, including biosafety and biosecurity best practices for accurate detection of outbreaks, antimicrobial resistance, and emerging zoonotic diseases.
- Increasing timely and transparent reporting of disease emergencies to national and international authorities.
- Developing a functional biosurveillance workforce, including training for disease detectives and laboratory scientists.
