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May 2019
DARPA ReVector Proposers Day
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office is holding a Proposers Day meeting on 17 May 2019 to provide information to potential proposers on the objectives of the new ReVector program and to facilitate teaming. The goal of ReVector is to develop an easily delivered treatment — for example, a topical solution — that safely and temporarily modifies the human skin microbiome to alter scents and thereby reduce attraction of disease-spreading mosquitoes. The Proposers Day will include…
Find out more »RFI Deadline – Malaria Prophylactic Drug Tafenoquine
The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) located at FT. Detrick, MD, has issued a solicitation outlining plans to conduct User Acceptance Testing for the malaria prophylactic drug (Tafenoquine) brand name Arakoda. The operational testing will look at the drug’s performance attributes and usability. The DoD is seeking sources, capability statements, and industry feedback for this requirement for one commercial lot of ~120,000 tablets (7,500 packages) of Tafenoquine brand name Arakoda immediately, with base Contract Line Item Number (CLIN)…
Find out more »June 2019
Cross-Sector Collaboration to Implement Health in All Policies (HiAP)
NACCHO is hosting a Health in All Policies (HiAP) webinar series for local health departments. The goal of the webinar series is to provide an open, informal space for dialogue and peer-to-peer sharing about challenges and best practices. The webinars take place on the second Wednesday of the month, and each month has a different theme. Each webinar in the series will be recorded and posted to NACCHO’s HiAP webpage; however, the best way to ensure your questions are answered is to…
Find out more »Biodefense World Summit 2019
Cambridge Healthtech Institute's (CHI) 5th Annual Biodefense World Summit 2019 is a dynamic conference for the entire biodefense community: technology providers to policy makers at industry, government and academic institutions. The event will be held on June 17-19, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency in Bethesda, MD. Conferences: Biodetection Technologies: Biothreat and Pathogen Detection Biodetection Technologies: Point-of-Care for Biodefense Biosurveillance Integration: Integrated Management of Threats to Public Health and Safety Short Courses: Sample Prep Technologies for Pathogen Detection Commercializing the Next…
Find out more »Webinar: Local Health Department Role in Containment of Novel Resistance
As issues with drug resistant pathogens have emerged across the country, local health departments have been called on to lead and support the containment of novel or targeted multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). Join NACCHO to learn more about the experiences of three local health departments who have been affected by containment events. By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to: Describe the experiences of three local health departments supporting containment responses Identify the role of local health departments…
Find out more »CDC RFI Deadline: Rapid Response to Outbreaks for Sample Collection
CDC is seeking information from companies and other organizations about their capability and capacity to deploy to the site of a domestic or international outbreak or public health emergency, obtain informed consent, collect specimens (blood, urine, swabs, etc.) from identified patients, and safely ship these specimens to CDC in accordance with all applicable local, state, and federal and/or international laws, and regulations. Additionally, the agency is seeking to obtain information, needs, capabilities, constraints, capacities, and requirements of those vendors and…
Find out more »CBRN Defense Conference 2019
The NDIA's 2019 CBRN Defense Conference and Exhibition will be held 23-24 July 2019 in Wilmington, Delaware. High-level leadership, program managers and stakeholders will discuss emerging CBRN threats, warfighter needs, science & technology to modernize the future force, and the outlook for acquisition programs. Industry leaders in the CBRN space will also present on future efforts. Highlighted speakers and moderators include: BG William King, USA (Ret), CWMD Fellow and Executive Advisor, Booz Allen Hamilton Doug Bryce, Joint Program Executive Officer,…
Find out more »GHSA Supplemental Funding Opportunity Application Deadline – Ebola, Cholera Outbreak Response
CDC’s Emergency Response and Recovery Branch may have funds available to support emergency activities in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh, and/or global cholera outbreak response. In response to the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Emergency Response and Recovery Branch (ERRB) has coordinated the establishment of CDC’s Global Rapid Response Team (GRRT). This funding opportunity supports the implementation of programs and activities targeted at increasing the rapid…
Find out more »Estimated Release Date of Draft WHO Roadmap on Neglected Tropical Diseases 2012–2020
At its eleventh meeting in 2018, the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases (STAG-NTD) recommended that WHO initiate a consultative process with the global NTD community to set new targets and milestones beyond 2020 to achieve the health-related 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Phase 1 feedback was collected, summarized and presented on 29-30 April 2019 at a STAG-NTD meeting. A second round of feedback from stakeholders will take place following the late June release of…
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