GHSA/Ebola Preparedness Grantee Meeting

CDC’s Division of Global Health Protection awarded 50 cooperative agreements to partners in more than 20 countries to support global health security and Ebola preparedness activities. On February 10-12 2016, grantees and other partner organizations gathered at CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta to:

• Learn about global health security
• Gain practical tools and skills for grants and risk management
• Enhance understanding of the health security agenda and Ebola technical areas and approaches
• Understand CDC’s reporting frameworks
• Promote collaboration among partners and across countries through the sharing of experiences and lessons learned

Many of the attending grantees were new to working with CDC and the US government, so it was critical to meet in-person to ensure clear understanding of both the technical aspects of grant management as well as the objectives of the Global Health Security Agenda. Partners had the unique opportunity to brainstorm with colleagues from around the world and share best practices and tools for preventing, detecting, and responding to avoidable epidemics. The activities that are supported by the grants are diverse but share the common theme of enhancing worldwide public health capacity, improving the ability of countries to more rapidly detect and respond to public health emergencies, and enhancing global health security.